PyPI / dnspython / 2.9.0

dnspython 2.9.0

Source

https://github.com/rthalley/dnspython

Artifact scanned

dnspython-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl (wheel · 346.5 KB · SHA-256 9a4aedb833c3…)

Compared with

dnspython-2.8.0-py3-none-any.whl (0 signals introduced since)

Files

161 scanned, 4 skipped (binary, oversized, or unrecognised)

Signals

0 critical · 0 warn · 2 info

Scan time

3.2 s

LLM review

Reviewed by claude-haiku-5-5 (Anthropic): 1 of 1 warn and critical signal; 1 demoted to info.

Disclude version

4.3.0

Scanned (UTC)

2026-10-23 05:36

Signals

Ordered by severity, then signals introduced in this release. Hidden characters are shown as ⟨U+…⟩.

1. info encoding-octal dns/name.py:1085:13

   9 consecutive `\NNN` octal escapes (entropy 3.2 bits/byte) (in comment) (raw pass, confidence 0.39)

           #
           # r'\150\151\152\153\154\155\156\157\158\159'
           #
           # then it's still "all ASCII" even though the domain name has

2. info warn → info by review decoder-decompress-payload dns/tsig.py:341:22

   file imports decoder module(s) base64 and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)

           if isinstance(secret, str):
               secret = base64.decodebytes(secret.encode())
           self.secret = secret
           if isinstance(algorithm, str):

   likely benign LLM, confidence 0.85 TSIG key handling in the dnspython library, where a base64-encoded secret is decoded and stored.

   Reasoning

   The snippet is ordinary dnspython TSIG setup: a string secret is base64-decoded with base64.decodebytes and stored on the object, which is standard key handling. The flagged decompress() call is not visible in the snippet, and the file is a DNS library with no sign of a hidden payload being run. The finding looks like a broad import-plus-method heuristic firing on a legitimate module.

Reproduce This Scan

Run disclude locally to verify. These commands scan the published file; the "new in this release" marks come from comparing it with the previous release's file, which they don't repeat. Add --format sarif for SARIF output. Add --llm (with an API key in the environment) to include the LLM review.

cargo install disclude --version 4.3.0
curl -fsSL -o dnspython-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/10/02/cdcc9b7c051786a103c3b09e1003a82fa0c66bcb91ffbdabcfbf7b4163b9/dnspython-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl
printf '%s  %s\n' 9a4aedb833c3c1b49214d04d44d3032ab7a9135f7c1d29a549b4ff78fd82fda9 dnspython-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl | shasum -a 256 -c -
unzip -q dnspython-2.9.0-py3-none-any.whl -d pkg
disclude scan --untrusted --severity info pkg