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Anti-trojan-source scan detects potential glassworm threats #1064

@JBustin

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@JBustin

Hello
Following this articles,
https://www.aikido.dev/blog/glassworm-returns-unicode-attack-github-npm-vscode
https://snyk.io/fr/articles/defending-against-glassworm/
We're working in my organization to detect the potential threats in our tools.

We get 2 critical alerts with the scan results in browser extension, and especially with vuejs extension:
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npx anti-trojan-source --files="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1/Extensions/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd/7.7.7_0/client/*.js"

  (65 issues) ❌  /$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1/Extensions/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd/7.7.7_0/client/index-B-XIiefs.js
  (65 issues) ❌  /$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1/Extensions/nhdogjmejiglipccpnnnanhbledajbpd/7.7.7_0/client/index-C7XPmmLS.js

┌───────────────── SCAN SUMMARY ─────────────────┐
│ Files Scanned:      2                          │
│ Files with Issues:  2                          │
│ Total Issues:       130                        │
│ Critical:           2                          │
│ Warnings:           128                        │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

When I open one of two files with vim (to see the bidi unicode characters), I get a weird sequence of characters:
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Is it possible to check on your side and tell us if there is no risk to use this extension ?

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