Node.js Component Vulnerability Detection via Package.json Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for detecting vulnerabilities in NODE.JS components are labor-intensive and inefficient, relying on manual reviews and lacking mature technologies or products.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for detecting vulnerabilities in NODE.JS components, which involves collecting basic vulnerability information from a database, parsing the package.json file to obtain key information, and extracting target vulnerability information using CVE and CPE information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual review is used to detect NODE.JS component vulnerabilities, then accuracy can be maintained through expert analysis, but productivity is severely reduced due to labor-intensive processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary automated system that acts as a bridge between the component package and vulnerability database. This system uses package.json parsing to extract component information, matches it against CVE/CPE databases, and automatically generates vulnerability reports. The intermediary automation handles the labor-intensive matching process while maintaining accuracy through structured data comparison, thereby resolving the contradiction between manual accuracy and automated efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual review process with an automated computational system. Instead of human experts manually examining each component, the system automatically parses package.json files, extracts component metadata, queries vulnerability databases using CPE matching algorithms, and generates vulnerability assessments. This substitution maintains detection accuracy through systematic data matching while dramatically improving productivity by eliminating manual labor bottlenecks.
2Reliability
If comprehensive vulnerability information is collected from multiple sources, then detection coverage is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple databases and matching processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal vulnerability detection system that handles multiple data sources (CVE databases, CPE dictionaries, package registries) through a single integrated architecture. The core matching engine performs multiple functions: parsing package.json, extracting component identifiers, querying vulnerability databases, and generating reports. This multi-functional design improves detection coverage by consolidating multiple information sources while managing complexity through a unified processing framework rather than separate specialized systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms vulnerability detection from a complex multi-source query problem into a standardized parameter-matching problem. By converting component information from package.json into standardized parameters (name, version, CPE identifiers) and vulnerability database entries into comparable parameter sets, the system enables efficient matching across diverse data sources. This parameter standardization approach improves coverage by enabling comprehensive database queries while reducing complexity through consistent data representation and matching logic.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a method and system for detecting vulnerabilities of NODE.JS components. The method includes the following steps: collecting first basic vulnerability information from a NODE.JS vulnerability database; parsing a package.json file to obtain key information of a NODE.JS component; and extracting first target vulnerability information from the first basic vulnerability information according to the key information of the NODE.JS component. With the method for detecting vulnerabilities of NODE.JS components provided by the present invention, first basic vulnerability information can be collected from a NODE.JS vulnerability database, and possible vulnerability information of a NODE.JS component may be quickly obtained. A package.json file is a file in the NODE.JS component. When parsing the package.json file, the key information of the to-be-detected NODE.JS component can be obtained, thereby contributing to data call and arrangement. Thus, as only a small amount of key information needs to be detected, a large amount of vulnerability information will be obtained from the to-be-detected NODE.JS component. First target vulnerability information is hereby generated.