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Security report for yarnpkg.com

Yarn Contributors, Inc. · Technology · N/a

Medium risk. 7 critical or high findings in Security headers, GDPR outside view and 1 other check.

Security score

64/100

Risk levelMedium

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

Yarn is a well-established open-source JavaScript package manager and project manager, serving a broad audience from individual developers to enterprise users. The website reflects a mature project with a strong community presence, offering innovative features such as workspaces, plugins, and stable reproducible installs. The business model is community-driven and independent, with no ties to a parent company. Technically, the site is built using modern frameworks like Docusaurus and React, hosted behind Cloudflare DNS and CDN services, and integrates analytics via Datadog RUM. The website is fast, mobile-optimized, and accessible, with clear navigation and professional design. From a security perspective, the site uses HTTPS and domain registration protections but lacks DNSSEC and visible security headers. There is no explicit privacy or cookie policy found, which is a compliance gap. No contact emails or phone numbers are listed on the homepage, and no vulnerability disclosure or incident response information is provided. The domain WHOIS data is consistent with the business age and shows no suspicious patterns, indicating legitimacy. Overall, the website is professional and trustworthy, with strong technical implementation and business credibility. However, improvements in privacy compliance, security headers, and transparency around data protection and incident response would enhance the security posture and user trust. The site contains no adult or questionable content and is safe for general audiences.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
50/ 100 · Medium
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

7 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Strict-Transport-Security header

      Forces HTTPS connections

      What to do: Add "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

      • CWE-319
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V3.4.1
    • High

      Missing X-Frame-Options header

      Prevents clickjacking attacks

      What to do: Add "X-Frame-Options: DENY" or "X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN"

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…
  2. 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

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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
75
Security headers
15
Email security
70
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
50
Average
64

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

Breach exposure

Leaked credentials and lookalike domains from OffSeq Breach. The counts are free; the detailed lists are paid add-ons.

Dark web exposure

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Leaked records that mention yarnpkg.com, from OffSeq Breach.

Total records
210
Employees
0
Customers
163
Third parties
47
Weak passwords
16%

3 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

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

Business context

Business profile

Yarn occupies a leading position in the JavaScript package management ecosystem, competing with other package managers by focusing on innovation, stability, and workspace management. Its open-source nature and community-driven roadmap provide competitive advantages, fostering rapid adoption and contributions. Revenue streams are likely indirect, possibly through enterprise support or partnerships, though not explicitly stated. The target customers include open-source developers, enterprises managing large monorepos, and JavaScript ecosystem users. The presence of active community channels like Discord and GitHub indicates a vibrant ecosystem. The business operates independently without a parent company, emphasizing openness and innovation. Strategic partnerships or subsidiaries are not evident from the data.

Security posture

The security maturity of the website is moderate to good. HTTPS is enforced, and domain registration includes standard protections against unauthorized changes. However, the absence of DNSSEC and security headers such as Content-Security-Policy or Strict-Transport-Security reduces the overall security robustness. No privacy or cookie policies are published, which is a compliance risk under GDPR and similar regulations. The lack of a published vulnerability disclosure or incident response policy limits transparency and preparedness for security incidents. No exposed sensitive data or vulnerable libraries were detected in the provided content. The use of Datadog RUM indicates some level of user behavior monitoring, but privacy compliance is weak. Overall, the site would benefit from enhanced security controls and compliance documentation.

Recommendations

  1. Enable DNSSEC on the domain to improve DNS security and prevent spoofing.
  2. Publish comprehensive privacy and cookie policies with clear GDPR compliance statements.
  3. Implement and publish a security.txt file or vulnerability disclosure policy to facilitate responsible reporting.
  4. Add security headers such as Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security to harden the website.
  5. Provide clear contact information for security incidents and data protection inquiries to improve transparency and trust.
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Yarn Contributors, Inc.
Description
Yarn is a modern JavaScript package manager and project manager designed for both simple projects and large monorepos. It supports open source developers and enterprise users.
Key services
Package management, Workspace management, Plugin support, Stable and reproducible installs
Content quality
excellent
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
JavaScript, React, Docusaurus v3.7.0, Datadog RUM
Frameworks
Docusaurus
Performance
fast
Mobile
good
Accessibility
good
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced (implied by URL)
  • Domain status includes clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited

Analytics and tracking

Services
Datadog RUM
Tracking level
moderate
Privacy practices
poor

Advertising

Tracking pixels
Datadog RUM
Marketing tools
Algolia search
Transparency
basic

Site quality

Design
excellent
User experience
excellent
Content relevance
excellent
Navigation
excellent
Professionalism
excellent
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with no blocking or WAF challenges.
  2. No explicit privacy, cookie, or terms of service policies found on the homepage HTML.
  3. Strong branding and professional design consistent with a mature open-source project.
  4. Use of modern web technologies and frameworks.
  5. External links to official community and code repositories (Discord, GitHub).
  6. No contact emails or phone numbers explicitly listed on the homepage HTML.
  7. No forms detected that collect user data on the homepage.
  8. No security.txt or vulnerability disclosure policy detected.
  9. No explicit security headers detected in provided data.
  10. Domain registration is stable and consistent with business age.
Technical notes

Notes

The website is built on a modern technical stack using Docusaurus v3.7.0, React, and JavaScript, with integration of Datadog RUM for analytics and Algolia for search functionality. Hosting and DNS services are provided by Cloudflare, ensuring fast content delivery and DNS resilience. The site demonstrates excellent performance, mobile optimization, and accessibility. The HTML structure is valid and SEO optimized with appropriate meta tags and Open Graph data. No CMS other than Docusaurus is detected. The technical implementation is robust with minimal technical debt visible from the front-end content. Opportunities exist to enhance security headers and privacy compliance to reduce technical risks.
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.

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