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Audited by Socket on Sep 14, 2026
1 alert found:
AnomalyAnomalyscripts/fetch_descriptor.py
LOWAnomalyLOW
scripts/fetch_descriptor.py
The code appears to be a legitimate descriptor downloader, but it has a meaningful path traversal/local file overwrite risk because command-line filenames are written without validation. It also lacks cryptographic authenticity checks for downloaded descriptors. No clear malware, credential theft, data exfiltration, or persistence behavior is present. The incomplete `main(` ending would cause a syntax error if representative of the actual file.
Confidence: 98%Severity: 68%
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