posthog 7.75.6

Source: https://github.com/posthog/posthog-python
Artifact scanned: posthog-7.75.6-py3-none-any.whl (wheel · 901.1 KB · SHA-256 b95ec6a155d3…)
Compared with: posthog-7.75.5-py3-none-any.whl (0 signals introduced since)
Files: 260 scanned, 5 skipped (binary, oversized, or unrecognised)
Signals: 0 critical · 0 warn · 7 info
Scan time: 7.1 s
LLM review: Reviewed by claude-haiku-5-5 (Anthropic): 7 of 7 warn and critical signals; 7 demoted to info.
Disclude version: 4.3.0
Scanned (UTC): 2026-10-23 16:43

Signals

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

info ~~warn~~ → info by review frame-introspection posthog/exception_utils.py:1060:21

`sys._getframe` — call-stack frame introspection (ast pass, confidence 0.70)
```
        try:
            frame = sys._getframe(depth)
            depth += 1
        except ValueError:
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.80 Walks the call stack with sys._getframe to gather frame data for exception reporting.
Reasoning
sys._getframe(depth) in a loop walking up the stack is a standard way to collect frame information for exception reporting, with ValueError handled when the stack is exhausted. Introspection alone is not malicious.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review encoding-base64 posthog/test/mcp/test_session_token.py:68:15

base64-like blob (95 bytes, compression ratio 1.12) (raw pass, confidence 0.60)
```
    )
    frozen = "eyJzaWQiOiJzZXNfZml4dHVyZSIsImNuIjoiQ2xhdWRlIENvZGUiLCJjdiI6IjEuMi4zIiwicHYiOiIyMDI1LTA2LTE4In0"

    # Encode side: our output is byte-identical to the shared wire format.
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.85 Test fixture containing a base64url-encoded session token for wire-format comparison.
Reasoning
A base64-like string in a test fixture encoding a session id, client name and version. The comment indicates it is a wire-format compatibility check. It is test data, not a hidden payload.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review decoder-decompress-payload posthog/test/test_capture_v1.py:456:24

file imports decoder module(s) zlib and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)
```
        self.assertEqual(call["data"][0], 0x78)  # zlib header
        roundtripped = zlib.decompress(call["data"]).decode("utf-8")
        self.assertNotIn("api_key", json.loads(roundtripped))
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.90 Test decompresses a captured zlib request body to assert the API key is not leaked.
Reasoning
zlib.decompress is applied in a unit test to the captured request body to check that the api_key is absent. This is test verification of the client's own compressed output, not a runtime-embedded payload.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review decoder-decompress-payload posthog/test/test_metrics.py:55:23

file imports decoder module(s) gzip and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)
```
    body = kwargs.get("data")
    return json.loads(gzip.decompress(body).decode("utf-8"))
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.90 Test helper gunzips and parses a mocked request body.
Reasoning
gzip.decompress in a test helper parses the body captured from a mocked HTTP call. This is ordinary test code verifying serialized output.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review decoder-decompress-payload posthog/test/test_request.py:227:27

file imports decoder module(s) gzip, zlib and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)
```
        self.assertEqual(headers["Content-Encoding"], "gzip")
        body = json.loads(gzip.decompress(data))
        self.assertEqual(body["batch"], [])
        self.assertEqual(body["api_key"], TEST_API_KEY)
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.90 Test gunzips a captured request body to assert its contents.
Reasoning
gzip.decompress of request data in a test to check the batch and api_key fields. Standard assertion of serialized payload content.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review decoder-decompress-payload posthog/test/tracing/test_client_traces.py:60:23

file imports decoder module(s) gzip and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)
```
    args, kwargs = session.post.call_args
    return json.loads(gzip.decompress(kwargs["data"])), args[0], kwargs
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.90 Test helper gunzips a mocked POST body for JSON assertions.
Reasoning
Test helper decompresses the mocked session.post payload to inspect the JSON. No runtime execution of the data and no external network path.
info ~~warn~~ → info by review decoder-decompress-payload posthog/test/tracing/test_transport.py:71:27

file imports decoder module(s) gzip and calls `.decompress()` — embedded payload decompressed at runtime (ast pass, confidence 0.75)
```
        assert kwargs["headers"]["Content-Type"] == "application/json"
        assert json.loads(gzip.decompress(kwargs["data"])) == PAYLOAD

    def test_falls_back_to_the_default_timeout(self):
```
likely benign LLM, confidence 0.90 Test gunzips a mocked request body and compares it to the expected payload.
Reasoning
gzip.decompress of a mocked request payload compared against an expected constant in a unit test. Ordinary test verification.

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 posthog-7.75.6-py3-none-any.whl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ce/05/a89280a96eec96eb8c2fbbed547f92068cd21232e8b2904e99be59e2362c/posthog-7.75.6-py3-none-any.whl
printf '%s  %s\n' b95ec6a155d38d4804ac7a3b004066a1d5faa238c5e20e1cfb42b7a446abe6a3 posthog-7.75.6-py3-none-any.whl | shasum -a 256 -c -
unzip -q posthog-7.75.6-py3-none-any.whl -d pkg
disclude scan --untrusted --severity info pkg