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express — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of express on npm: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/7/2026
Approvedexpress@4.22.1View on registry ↗latest: 4.22.1

This is the official, widely-used Express web framework with no static findings, no suspicious files, and a clean sandbox install. No malicious behavior present.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

Express is a minimalist web framework for Node.js, providing routing, middleware handling, and HTTP utilities as described in its manifest.

Capabilities

  • Runs lint and test scripts
  • Includes router and middleware modules
  • Depends on body parsing and static file serving packages

Data access

  • Filesystem (via dependencies like send)
  • None observed in manifest scripts

Network

  • No network access observed in manifest or scripts

Standard, widely-used package with only test/lint scripts and no static findings; review dependencies for any transitive risks before installation.

Dependency & execution chain

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64 packages29 directtruncated
express@4.22.1
qs@6.15.3
depd@2.0.0
etag@1.8.1
once@1.4.0
send@1.2.1
vary@1.1.2
debug@4.4.3
fresh@0.5.2
cookie@2.0.1
router@2.2.0
accepts@1.3.8
type-is@2.1.0
parseurl@1.3.3
statuses@2.0.2
encodeurl@2.0.0
mime-types@3.0.2
proxy-addr@2.0.7
content-type@2.0.02 findings
content-disposition@2.0.12 findings

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework

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Files in package (32)

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