Gathering detailed insights and metrics for root-check
Gathering detailed insights and metrics for root-check
Try to downgrade the permissions of a process with root privileges and block access if it fails
Installations
npm install root-checkDeveloper Guide
BETA
Typescript
No
Module System
ESM
Min. Node Version
>=12
Node Version
16.0.0
NPM Version
7.10.0
Languages
1
JavaScript
JavaScript (100%)
Developer
sindresorhus
Download Statistics
Total Downloads
0
Last Day
0
Last Week
0
Last Month
0
Last Year
0
GitHub Statistics
MIT License
31 Stars
10 Commits
7 Forks
6 Watchers
1 Branches
3 Contributors
Updated on May 17, 2024
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Maintainers
1
Package Meta Information
Latest Version
2.0.0
Package Id
root-check@2.0.0
Size
1.43 kB
NPM Version
7.10.0
Node Version
16.0.0
Published on
May 03, 2021
Total Downloads
Cumulative downloads
Total Downloads
NaN
Last Day
0%
NaN
Compared to previous day
Last Week
0%
NaN
Compared to previous week
Last Month
0%
NaN
Compared to previous month
Last Year
0%
NaN
Compared to previous year
Weekly Downloads
Monthly Downloads
Yearly Downloads
Dependencies
2
root-check
Try to downgrade the permissions of a process with root privileges and block access if it fails
Install
$ npm install root-check
Usage
1import rootCheck from 'root-check'; 2 3rootCheck();
API
See the sudo-block API.
No vulnerabilities found.
Reason
no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Reason
security policy file detected
Details
- Info: security policy file detected: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found linked content: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found disclosure, vulnerability, and/or timelines in security policy: .github/security.md:1
- Info: Found text in security policy: .github/security.md:1
Reason
no binaries found in the repo
Reason
0 existing vulnerabilities detected
Reason
license file detected
Details
- Info: project has a license file: license:0
- Info: FSF or OSI recognized license: MIT License: license:0
Reason
Found 1/10 approved changesets -- score normalized to 1
Reason
0 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 0
Reason
detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions
Details
- Warn: no topLevel permission defined: .github/workflows/main.yml:1
- Info: no jobLevel write permissions found
Reason
dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:17: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/root-check/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: GitHub-owned GitHubAction not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:18: update your workflow using https://app.stepsecurity.io/secureworkflow/sindresorhus/root-check/main.yml/main?enable=pin
- Warn: npmCommand not pinned by hash: .github/workflows/main.yml:22
- Info: 0 out of 2 GitHub-owned GitHubAction dependencies pinned
- Info: 0 out of 1 npmCommand dependencies pinned
Reason
no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Reason
project is not fuzzed
Details
- Warn: no fuzzer integrations found
Reason
branch protection not enabled on development/release branches
Details
- Warn: branch protection not enabled for branch 'main'
Reason
SAST tool is not run on all commits -- score normalized to 0
Details
- Warn: 0 commits out of 1 are checked with a SAST tool
Score
4.2
/10
Last Scanned on 2025-07-07
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