Is carbon-addons-iot-react safe to install?

carbon-addons-iot-react was flagged as CRITICAL RISK (risk score 2429) with 158 findings detected across 992 files. Review the findings before installing.

What security issues were found in carbon-addons-iot-react?

Sigil detected 158 findings in carbon-addons-iot-react, including patterns related to code_patterns, obfuscation, install_hooks, credentials. See the full scan report for details.

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Summary

carbon-addons-iot-react v5.9.1 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 2429. Sigil detected 158 findings across 992 files, covering phases including code patterns, obfuscation, install hooks, credential access. Review the findings below before installing this package.

CRITICAL RISK(2429)

v5.9.1

20 March 2026, 14:45 UTC

by Sigil Bot

Risk Score

2429

Findings

158

Files Scanned

992

Provenance

Registry

https://www.npmjs.com/package/carbon-addons-iot-react/v/5.9.1

Scanned From

https://registry.npmjs.org/carbon-addons-iot-react/-/carbon-addons-iot-react-5.9.1.tgz

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install-npm-postinstall

CRITICAL

npm lifecycle script — runs automatically on install

package/package.json:37

    "pre-push": "yarn reports:clean && yarn test:base && yarn test:e2e && yarn reports",
    "postinstall": "ibmtelemetry --config=telemetry.yml",
    "start": "yarn test:engines && yarn storybook",

Why was this flagged?

npm lifecycle scripts like postinstall run automatically during package installation with no user interaction required. This is the #1 attack vector for malicious npm packages — attackers embed data theft or backdoor installation in these hooks. Rated CRITICAL because code executes before the developer can review it.

install-pip-setup-exec

CRITICAL

setup.py executes code at install time

package/umd/carbon-addons-iot-react.js:224023

          if (shouldSetUp && !_this.isSetUp) {
            _this.backend.setup();

Why was this flagged?

This setup.py calls subprocess, os.system, exec, or eval during package installation. Legitimate packages rarely need to execute arbitrary commands at install time. This pattern is commonly used by malicious packages to download and run payloads, exfiltrate environment variables, or establish persistence. Rated CRITICAL because it runs with the installer's full permissions.

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