Deer Flow AI Agent
by bytedanceAn open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.
Deer Flow is an open-source ai agent by bytedance, written mainly in Python, with 84,814 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 2feec9c. Seen able to read environment and secrets, connect to the internet. Scan policy
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Findings (76)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.exfiltration issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Contacts a hard-coded IP address instead of a domain name.
backend/packages/harness/deerflow/community/browser_automation/session.py:517 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.torch@2.9.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-139, PYSEC-2026-2286, GHSA-qfhq-4f3w-5fph, GHSA-rrmf-rvhw-rf47
backend/tests/monocle/requirements.txt - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.@vue/server-renderer@3.5.28: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-g2v6-rqmx-r4w6
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@1.1.12: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@2.0.2: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@5.0.5: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.dompurify@3.3.1: 21 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-39q2-94rc-95cp, GHSA-55q2-fjhq-7xh7, GHSA-6688-9rhm-gjv2, GHSA-76mc-f452-cxcm, GHSA-c2j3-45gr-mqc4 +16 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.fflate@0.7.4: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-px8p-9vwx-vf98
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.flatted@3.3.3: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-25h7-pfq9-p65f, GHSA-rf6f-7fwh-wjgh
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.image-size@2.0.2: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-5p2g-fcmc-qvqq, GHSA-w3rx-r6r6-pgpr
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.js-yaml@4.1.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh, GHSA-52cp-r559-cp3m, GHSA-5p4m-2wfm-xmqj, GHSA-h67p-54hq-rp68
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.langsmith@0.5.2: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3644-q5cj-c5c7, GHSA-fw9q-39r9-c252, GHSA-rr7j-v2q5-chgv
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.lodash-es@4.17.21: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-r5fr-rjxr-66jc, GHSA-xxjr-mmjv-4gpg
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.lodash-es@4.17.23: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-f23m-r3pf-42rh, GHSA-r5fr-rjxr-66jc
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.minimatch@3.1.2: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74, GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26, GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.minimatch@9.0.5: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74, GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26, GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj, GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.uuid@10.0.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.uuid@11.1.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.uuid@13.0.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.vite@7.3.1: 10 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-4w7w-66w2-5vf9, GHSA-587h-7wmj-h5pm, GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv, GHSA-9jrq-w75r-8gcw, GHSA-fx2h-pf6j-xcff +5 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.zod@4.3.6: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: curl-auth-header2 matches in this file
backend/docs/AUTH_TEST_PLAN.md:353 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
backend/tests/test_compose_credentials_key.py:31 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_mcp_task_service.py:3032 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
backend/tests/test_notification_text.py:225 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_pii_redaction_middleware.py:902 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_pat_auth.py:32 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_skill_package_paths.py:112 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_skillscan_secret_assignment_formats.py:18 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_summarization_cost_recovery.py:220 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_setup_agent_e2e_user_isolation.py:299 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
backend/tests/test_skills_custom_router.py:428 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
backend/tests/test_skills_installer.py:784 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
backend/tests/test_update_agent_e2e_user_isolation.py:170 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key4 matches in this file
backend/tests/test_support_bundle.py:216 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
backend/tests/test_skillscan_native.py:53 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key11 matches in this file
backend/tests/test_skillscan_native.py:1742 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-12-telegram-streaming.md:23 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
frontend/tests/unit/components/workspace/browser-view/keyboard.test.ts:46 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.langgraph-cli@0.4.24: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-8prr-f582-jqq3
backend/uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.setuptools@83.0.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w
backend/uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@ai-sdk/provider-utils@4.0.14: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-866g-f22w-33x8
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@humanfs/node@0.16.7: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-p498-v437-472g
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.ajv@6.12.6: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-2g4f-4pwh-qvx6
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.esbuild@0.27.7: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-g7r4-m6w7-qqqr
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.katex@0.16.28: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-238p-pmpm-9mq7
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.mermaid@11.12.2: 9 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2v8p-3f2j-5mp7, GHSA-3rrr-jr9j-h3q3, GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxh, GHSA-6x64-9x62-f2gx, GHSA-87f9-hvmw-gh4p +4 more
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.minimatch@10.2.5: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.nuxt-og-image@5.1.13: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-c7xp-q6q8-hg76, GHSA-mg36-wvcr-m75h, GHSA-pqhr-mp3f-hrpp
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.satori@0.18.4: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-wx4j-mvgx-mqwp
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.unhead@2.1.4: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-5339-hvwr-7582, GHSA-95h2-gj7x-gx9w, GHSA-g5xx-pwrp-g3fv
frontend/pnpm-lock.yaml - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.idna@3.9.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-215
tests/skills/requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pygments@2.9.0: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-117, PYSEC-2026-2987
tests/skills/requirements.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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