Summary
chromadb-client v1.5.8 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 1510. Sigil detected 133 findings across 1931 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, network exfiltration, code patterns, obfuscation, credential access. Review the findings below before installing this package.
v1.5.8
1 May 2026, 01:41 UTC
by Sigil Bot
Risk Score
1510
Findings
133
Files Scanned
1931
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install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chromadb_client-1.5.8/Dockerfile:14
make && \
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable && \
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chromadb_client-1.5.8/rust/cli/install/install.sh:7
# Usage:
# curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chroma-core/chroma/main/rust/cli/install/install.sh | bash
# ----------------------------------------------Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chromadb_client-1.5.8/rust/cli/src/commands/update.rs:11
const GITHUB_RELEASES_URL: &str = "https://api.github.com/repos/chroma-core/chroma/releases";
const UNIX_CURL: &str = "curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chroma-core/chroma/main/rust/cli/install/install.sh | bash";
const WINDOWS_CURL: &str = "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chroma-core/chroma/main/rust/cli/install/install.ps1'))";Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chromadb_client-1.5.8/sample_apps/generative_benchmarking/data/chroma_docs.json:91
"b26597ba-cb71-44b6-9fe0-cf6235d9aaab": "const embedder = new VoyageAIEmbeddingFunction(\"apiKey\", \"voyage-3-large\")\n\nmultilingual_texts = [ 'Hello from VoyageAI!', '\u0645\u0631\u062d\u0628\u0627\u064b \u0645\u0646 VoyageAI!!',\n 'Hallo von VoyageAI!', 'Bonjour de VoyageAI!',\n '\u00a1Hola desde VoyageAI!', 'Ol\u00e1 do VoyageAI!',\n 'Ciao da VoyageAI!', '\u60a8\u597d\uff0c\u6765\u81ea VoyageAI\uff01',\n '\u0915\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0905\u0930 \u0938\u0947 VoWhy was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
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