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OpenSSF Scorecard report

5.1

Overall Score

10/10 Critical Risk
31/60 High Risk
10/40 Medium Risk
10/20 Low Risk
Generated on August 11, 2025 | Scorecard vv5.2.1-40-gf6ed084d
Security Checks
10/10
Binary-Artifacts
High Risk

no binaries found in the repo

Determines if the project has generated executable (binary) artifacts in the source repository.

10/10
Dangerous-Workflow
Critical Risk

no dangerous workflow patterns detected

Determines if the project's GitHub Action workflows avoid dangerous patterns.

10/10
License
Low Risk

license file detected

Determines if the project has defined a license.

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ℹ️ Info: project has a license file: LICENSE:0
ℹ️ Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal: LICENSE:0
10/10
Maintained
High Risk

30 commit(s) and 11 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10

Determines if the project is "actively maintained".

10/10
Security-Policy
Medium Risk

security policy file detected

Determines if the project has published a security policy.

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ℹ️ Info: security policy file detected: github.com/python/.github/SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found linked content: github.com/python/.github/SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: github.com/python/.github/SECURITY.md:1
ℹ️ Info: Found text in security policy: github.com/python/.github/SECURITY.md:1
9/10
Code-Review
High Risk

Found 27/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 9

Determines if the project requires human code review before pull requests (aka merge requests) are merged.

1/10
Branch-Protection
High Risk

branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

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⚠️ Warn: 'allow deletion' enabled on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: 'force pushes' disabled on branch 'main'
⚠️ Warn: branch 'main' does not require approvers
⚠️ Warn: codeowners review is not required on branch 'main'
ℹ️ Info: status check found to merge onto on branch 'main'
1/10
Vulnerabilities
High Risk

9 existing vulnerabilities detected

Determines if the project has open, known unfixed vulnerabilities.

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⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: PYSEC-2019-217 / GHSA-462w-v97r-4m45
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: PYSEC-2014-8 / GHSA-8r7q-cvjq-x353
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: PYSEC-2014-82 / GHSA-fqh9-2qgg-h84h
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: PYSEC-2021-66 / GHSA-g3rq-g295-4j3m
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-h5c8-rqwp-cp95
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-h75v-3vvj-5mfj
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: PYSEC-2019-220 / GHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v
⚠️ Warn: Project is vulnerable to: GHSA-q2x7-8rv6-6q7h
0/10
CII-Best-Practices
Low Risk

no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected

Determines if the project has an OpenSSF (formerly CII) Best Practices Badge.

0/10
Fuzzing
Medium Risk

project is not fuzzed

Determines if the project uses fuzzing.

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⚠️ Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
0/10
Pinned-Dependencies
Medium Risk

dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0

Determines if the project has declared and pinned the dependencies of its build process.

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⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci.yml:15: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/ci.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci.yml:16: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/ci.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/ci.yml:20: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/ci.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/documentation-links.yml:15: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/documentation-links.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:11: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/lint.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:12: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/lint.yml/main?enable=pin
⚠️ Warn: third-party GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/lint.yml:15: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/python/devguide/lint.yml/main?enable=pin
ℹ️ Info: 0 out of 4 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
ℹ️ Info: 0 out of 3 third-party GitHubAction dependencies pinned
0/10
SAST
Medium Risk

SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

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⚠️ Warn: 0 commits out of 30 are checked with a SAST tool
0/10
Token-Permissions
High Risk

detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions

Determines if the project's workflows follow the principle of least privilege.

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⚠️ Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/ci.yml:1
⚠️ Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/lint.yml:1
ℹ️ Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
N/A
Packaging
Not Applicable

packaging workflow not detected

Determines if the project is published as a package that others can easily download, install, easily update, and uninstall.

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⚠️ Warn: no GitHub/GitLab publishing workflow detected.
N/A
Signed-Releases
Not Applicable

no releases found

Determines if the project cryptographically signs release artifacts.

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Repository Details
  • Stars 2,044
  • Forks 971
  • Open issues 119
  • License cc0-1.0
  • Language Python
  • Size 2.89 MB
  • Created at over 9 years ago
  • Updated at 1 day ago
  • Pushed at 1 day ago
  • Last synced at 1 day ago
  • Dependencies parsed at Pending
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