# @actions/core@3.0.0 security report (npm)

- Verdict: **No issues** (risk level: safe)
- Scanned: 2026-10-06T14:10:33.000Z
- Files reviewed: 8
- Findings: 1 low severity finding
- Report: https://security.togoder.click/npm/@actions/core
- Source: Togoder Security (https://security.togoder.click), AI source-code review

## Summary

Togoder Security scanned the npm package @actions/core@3.0.0 on Oct 6, 2026. An AI review of 8 source files produced 1 low severity finding. No malicious behavior, install-time payloads, credential theft or exfiltration were identified.

## Findings

### [low] process spawning

Finding ID: `NPS-9D75ECA1E5C2`

File: `lib/platform.js`

The code uses @actions/exec to spawn platform-specific commands (powershell, sw_vers, lsb_release) to retrieve OS information. These are legitimate, non-malicious calls used by the GitHub Actions toolkit to determine the runner platform, and the commands are hardcoded with no external input or obfuscation.

## Files reviewed

- `lib/command.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; this is the legitimate GitHub Actions toolkit command module that writes formatted workflow commands to stdout.
- `lib/core.js` (safe): This is the legitimate @actions/core library from the GitHub Actions toolkit, containing only standard workflow utility functions with no malicious patterns detected.
- `lib/file-command.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected
- `lib/oidc-utils.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; the code is a standard GitHub Actions OIDC client that securely retrieves and uses short-lived tokens from environment variables.
- `lib/path-utils.js` (safe): Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed
- `lib/platform.js` (safe): The file is a standard GitHub Actions platform-detection utility that only spawns fixed, non-malicious OS-information commands and contains no exfiltration, credential harvesting, obfuscation, or backdoor behavior.
- `lib/summary.js` (safe): No malicious patterns detected; the code is a standard GitHub Actions job summary implementation that reads a path from an environment variable and writes/appends content to it.
- `lib/utils.js` (safe): Cleared by Jev triage; no further analysis needed

AI analysis is guidance, not a guarantee. Methodology: https://security.togoder.click/methodology