@picovoice/porcupine-node
Picovoice Porcupine Node.js binding
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Without SLSA provenance there is no cryptographic link between this tarball and the public source — the axios compromise (March 2026) relied on exactly this gap.
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| Source | Rule | Reason | Accepted by | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm-metadata | bundled-binaries | AI (npm-metadata): Porcupine is a native wake-word engine SDK; bundling platform-specific .node/.dll binaries is the expected and documented distribution model for this package. | ai | |
| semgrep | semgrep:dynamic-require | AI (semgrep): Dynamic require() loads the platform-specific native .node addon from the bundled lib/ directory — standard pattern for multi-platform native addons, not arbitrary code loading. | ai |
v4.0.2
2 findingsPackage contains compiled binaries that could be backdoors: • lib/windows/amd64/pv_ypu_impl_cuda_porcupine.dll • lib/linux/x86_64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/mac/arm64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/mac/x86_64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a53-aarch64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a53/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a72-aarch64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a72/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a76-aarch64/pv_porcupine.node • lib/raspberry-pi/cortex-a76/pv_porcupine.node ... and 2 more
Package was published without Sigstore provenance. Only ~12% of npm packages have provenance, so this is common but not ideal.
v4.0.0
1 findingPackage was published without Sigstore provenance. Only ~12% of npm packages have provenance, so this is common but not ideal.