frida

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Is frida safe to use?

Based on the latest brin safety scan, no vulnerabilities or threats were detected for frida v17.7.2. Trust score: 80/100. No known CVE vulnerabilities, no detected threat patterns, and no suspicious capabilities identified. This is an automated, point-in-time assessment.

Install (safety-checked)

frida Passed Security Checks

No security concerns detected

clean
CVEs

0

Threats

0

Install Scripts

0

No Concerns Detected

No security concerns detected in the latest brin assessment. This is an automated, point-in-time evaluation — security posture may change.

This is an automated, point-in-time assessment and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. Security posture may change over time. Maintainers can dispute findings via the brin review process.

frida Capabilities & Permissions

What frida can access when installed. Review these capabilities before using with AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Network Access

This package makes network requests.

api.github.comblogs.msdn.microsoft.combugreports.qt.iobugs.freedesktop.orgbugs.python.orgbugs.winehq.orgbugzilla.gnome.orgbuild.frida.rebz.mercurial-scm.orgcgit.freedesktop.org+43 more
Protocols: http, https

Filesystem Access

Reads and writes to the filesystem.

/usr/ (rw).env (rw).env (rw)/usr/ (rw).env (rw)/usr/ (rw)/usr/ (rw).env (rw)+160 more

Process Spawning

This package can spawn child processes.

git

Environment Variables

Accesses the following environment variables.

ANDROID_NDK_ROOTANSICONCFLAGSCOMSPECCPPFLAGSCXXFLAGSDESTDIRDOAS_USERFOO_ROOTFRIDA_CAN_RUN_HOST_BINARIES+77 more

Native Modules

Contains native code that runs outside the JavaScript sandbox.

ctypesnative extension

AGENTS.md for frida

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frida Documentation & Source Code

For the full frida README, API documentation, and source code, visit the official package registry.

Frequently asked questions about frida safety

Weekly Downloads

412.4K

Version

17.7.2

License

LGPL-2.0 WITH WxWindows-exception-3.1

Last Scanned

Feb 14, 2026

Trust Score

80/100·Legitimacy signals, not safety

Capabilities

Network

Connects to: api.github.com, blogs.msdn.microsoft.com, bugreports.qt.io...

Filesystem

Reads & Writes files

Process

Spawns child processes

Environment

Accesses: ANDROID_NDK_ROOT, ANSICON, CFLAGS...

Native

Contains native modules

Is frida Safe? | PyPI Safety Scan - brin