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webhintio/hint: technical due diligence, read from its repository
What Borehole read in webhintio/hint's code and history at 62bfce6: its licence, security advisories, releases, review practice, tests, dependencies and operations. Every finding cites the file and line it rests on. The full report also covers the team and asks the questions the code cannot answer.
| Dimension | Rating |
|---|---|
| Architecture & Codebase — including AI provenance | strong |
| Engineering Process & SDLC Maturity | adequate |
| Product & Engineering Maturity | strong |
| Security & Reliability Posture | strong |
| Observability & Operations | not assessable |
| Fit with the Acquirer | not assessable |
What the repository says
README.md:101: names OpenJS Foundation
Architecture & Codebase — including AI provenance
strongNo finding.
Engineering Process & SDLC Maturity
adequate2 committed .only switches other tests off
adequate2 test files commit a focused `.only`, which runs that test and silently skips the rest of its suite. 1 skip markers across 1 of 537 test files. Each is a failure somebody chose to stop seeing; the question is whether anyone is tracking them.
packages/extension-vscode/tests/utils/problems.ts:169 — committed .only: other tests do not run |
packages/utils-network/tests/request-async.ts:5 — committed .only: other tests do not run |
packages/extension-browser/tests/end-to-end.ts:216 — skipped test |
Product & Engineering Maturity
strongNo finding.
Security & Reliability Posture
strong3 shell commands built from strings
adequate3 places run a command through a shell (`shell=True`, `os.system`, `exec` with a template) rather than passing arguments. Where any part comes from outside, it is command injection. Ask where each one's input comes from.
packages/connector-puppeteer/src/lib/chromium-finder.ts:135 — command run through a shell |
packages/connector-puppeteer/src/lib/chromium-finder.ts:186 — command run through a shell |
packages/connector-puppeteer/src/lib/chromium-finder.ts:188 — command run through a shell |
88 locked dependencies have published vulnerabilities, 94 high or critical
adequate88 of 1,646 locked dependencies match 181 published advisories in OSV, 94 of them rated high or critical. A lockfile says which version is installed, not whether the flawed code is reachable from this product, so each needs a look. Most are fixed by an upgrade, and the advisory names the version. This lockfile pins development tools alongside what ships and does not say which is which, so some of these may never reach a user.
6 places insert HTML from a variable without sanitising it
adequate6 places set HTML from a value that is neither a literal nor passed through a sanitiser. Where the value can come from a user, that is stored cross-site scripting, and it is the first thing a buyer's security review looks for in a frontend.
packages/connector-jsdom/src/polyfills/custom-elements.min.js:28 — HTML from a variable |
packages/formatter-html/src/assets/js/highlight/highlight.min.js:4 — HTML from a variable |
packages/formatter-html/src/assets/js/highlight/highlight.min.js:4 — HTML from a variable |
Observability & Operations
not assessableNot rated: only 5 of 16 checks could reach a conclusion here; the rest do not apply to this repository or could not read it.
Fit with the Acquirer
not assessableNot rated: structurally not assessable from a repository.
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