Description
Upgrading a third-party package blindly can introduce malicious code or hidden security regressions into an application. To mitigate this risk, PatchPilot needs a Delta Analysis Engine. When a user bumps a dependency version, this module will intercept the modification and analyze exactly what code changed between the old version and the newly requested release.
Proposed Changes
- Version Manifest Diffing: Implement a tracker that reads dependency file updates (e.g., detecting changes in
package-lock.json or requirements.txt from a Git history or file upload state).
- Upstream Registry Fetching: Build a utility to pull source code or release manifests directly from public ecosystems (like PyPI or npm registries) for both the baseline version and the target version.
- Code Changes Audit: Run lightweight static analysis over the differences between the two packages to highlight added files, modified functions, or newly introduced network outgoing calls.
Expected Output Payload Structure
{
"supply_chain_diff": {
"dependency": "requests",
"upgrade_path": "2.28.1 -> 2.31.0",
"risk_assessment": {
"added_files": ["requests/auth_addon.py"],
"suspicious_patterns_detected": ["eval() usage in auth_addon.py:5"],
"overall_risk_score": "elevated"
}
}
}
Description
Upgrading a third-party package blindly can introduce malicious code or hidden security regressions into an application. To mitigate this risk, PatchPilot needs a Delta Analysis Engine. When a user bumps a dependency version, this module will intercept the modification and analyze exactly what code changed between the old version and the newly requested release.
Proposed Changes
package-lock.jsonorrequirements.txtfrom a Git history or file upload state).Expected Output Payload Structure
{ "supply_chain_diff": { "dependency": "requests", "upgrade_path": "2.28.1 -> 2.31.0", "risk_assessment": { "added_files": ["requests/auth_addon.py"], "suspicious_patterns_detected": ["eval() usage in auth_addon.py:5"], "overall_risk_score": "elevated" } } }