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Security report for packagist.com

Private Packagist · Technology · N/a

Low risk. 4 critical or high findings in GDPR outside view.

Security score

80/100

Risk levelLow

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Private Packagist is a technology company providing a SaaS platform for private PHP Composer package management, mirroring, and security monitoring. Founded by the creators of Composer, it holds a strong market position with hundreds of customers and offers key services such as private package hosting, integration with major VCS platforms, and security vulnerability alerts. The website content is professionally presented with clear navigation and good user experience, targeting developers and organizations using PHP Composer. Technically, the site uses modern JavaScript frameworks and is hosted on AWS infrastructure, but performance is moderate and accessibility is basic. Security posture is weakened by an invalid SSL certificate and lack of TLS protocol support, despite good DNS security configurations and HSTS enforcement. Privacy and terms policies are comprehensive and GDPR compliant, but no cookie consent mechanism is present. Overall, the site is trustworthy and credible but requires urgent SSL and TLS remediation to improve security.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
25/ 100 · Critical
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

4 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. GDPR outside view

    These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.

    • High

      No Privacy Policy found

      GDPR requires a clear and accessible privacy policy

      What to do: Add a comprehensive privacy policy page and link to it prominently

    • High

      No Cookie Policy found

      GDPR requires clear information about cookie usage

      What to do: Add a dedicated cookie policy explaining cookie usage and purposes

    • High

      No Cookie Consent Banner found

      GDPR requires explicit consent for non-essential cookies

      What to do: Implement a cookie consent banner that appears on first visit

    • High

      Third-party services without privacy policy

      Detected services: Twitter, LinkedIn

      What to do: Document all third-party data sharing in your privacy policy

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  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
100
Security headers
80
Email security
88
DNS health
85
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
25
Average
80

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

The company operates a subscription-based SaaS model focused on PHP developers and organizations needing private package repositories and security monitoring. Its competitive advantage lies in its origin from Composer's creators and integration with popular VCS platforms. The business ecosystem includes partnerships with GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab via OAuth. The customer base includes medium to large enterprises across various sectors. The company maintains a professional online presence with strong branding and trust signals such as customer logos and security features. Growth potential is supported by increasing demand for secure dependency management in PHP development.

Security posture

The security maturity level is moderate but impaired by critical issues such as an invalid SSL certificate and absence of TLS protocol support, which expose users to potential interception risks. DNS security is well configured with SPF and DMARC records, and no subdomain takeover vulnerabilities were found. HSTS is enabled with preload and includeSubDomains, enhancing transport security. However, lack of OCSP stapling and session resumption reduces SSL performance and security. No explicit incident response or vulnerability disclosure policies are publicly documented. Privacy policies are GDPR compliant, but cookie consent is missing. Overall, the site needs urgent SSL remediation and additional security headers to strengthen its posture.

Recommendations

  1. Immediately fix the SSL certificate to ensure valid HTTPS connections and enable TLS 1.2 or 1.3 protocols.
  2. Implement OCSP stapling and session resumption to improve SSL performance and security.
  3. Add a cookie consent mechanism to comply with privacy regulations and enhance user trust.
  4. Publish explicit security policies including incident response and vulnerability disclosure procedures.
  5. Enhance security headers by adding Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, and X-Frame-Options.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built using modern JavaScript and CSS frameworks including Foundation and FontAwesome, with customer engagement via Intercom. Hosting is on AWS infrastructure as indicated by DNS nameservers and MX records. Performance is moderate with a page load time of approximately 4.7 seconds and 75 resources loaded. SEO is well addressed with meta tags and Open Graph data. Accessibility is basic but could be improved. The site lacks a valid SSL certificate and TLS support, which is a critical technical risk. No CMS was detected, indicating a custom or framework-based implementation. Overall, the technical infrastructure is solid but requires SSL/TLS remediation and performance optimization.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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