Does Splunk do virus scan and malware check on all apps uploaded to apps.splunk.com?

[melonman]

Hi

In my understanding, apps.splunk.com is the site where developers can freely upload and share Splunk apps. I want to know whether Splunk does virus scan and malware check on all apps uploaded to apps.splunk.com when an app is uploaded to the site/repository.

I just want to make sure the apps available are safe to use in terms of malware.

Thanks

[Splunk_Shinobi · Accepted solution]

According to the doc, the answer is mentioned in the documentation below.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunkbase/latest/Splunkbase/Approvalcriteria

Malware/viruses, malicious content, user security standards
Check for viruses: Run scanner software to check for viruses and malware
Check for offensive material: No offensive material is in the distribution(pornography, racist content etc..)
Check embedded links: Any URL links in the app do not link to malicous or offensive sites
Authorization credentials: No plain text authorization credentials are in the app artifacts
Hostname/IPs: No sensitive hostnames/IPs have been left in the distributed app

For more details regarding submission of an app, please visit the site below.

https://apps.splunk.com/develop/

[markthompson]

It's a sensible question, I guess @piebob or @ppablo_splunk would be able to answer this due to their staff role.

I would hope that nobody did, but as a precautionary measure I don't know whether it exists

[charlsem]

Hi

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