uid-number
Convert a username/group name to a uid/gid number
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Versions
ISC
License
No
Install Scripts
Missing
Provenance
Supply chain provenance
Status for the latest visible version.
No SLSA provenance
npm registry signatures
gitHead linked
Without SLSA provenance there is no cryptographic link between this tarball and the public source — the axios compromise (March 2026) relied on exactly this gap.
Maintainers
isaacs
Accepted risks
Findings the reviewer chose to accept rather than block on.
| Source | Rule | Reason | Accepted by | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semgrep | semgrep:child-process-exec | AI (semgrep): Package's core purpose is uid/gid lookup via a helper script; child_process.exec() spawning the local Node.js executable is the expected, legitimate mechanism for this utility. | ai | |
| semgrep | semgrep:child-process-import | AI (semgrep): uid-number inherently uses child_process to spawn system commands (e.g., `id`) to resolve uid/gid — this is the package's core documented mechanism, not a security risk. | ai | |
| bogus-package | bogus-package | AI (bogus-package): Package is a small, focused Unix utility by isaacs; tiny payload and no deps are expected characteristics, not spam indicators. | ai |