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@addai/node@0.30.9

Daemon that pairs a machine with your +Ai account and runs Claude / Codex / Kimi / Gemini agents on its behalf. Reachable via Supabase from Vault, Entity Studio, or any other +Ai surface.

AI Security Review

scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package is not an install-hook attack, but its runtime deliberately weakens a foreign AI-agent permission control and persists that choice. This warrants a warning rather than a block because the trigger is an explicit daemon start and no covert exfiltration or install-time broad mutation was found.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

User runs ainode or starts the ainode daemon.

Impact

Later Claude sessions can run without the normal dangerous-permissions confirmation and treat generated session directories as trusted.

Mechanism

Persistent Claude permission-prompt suppression and project trust mutation.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/index.jsdist/claude-config.jspackage.json~/.claude/settings.json~/.claude.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 89.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

Starting the daemon persistently pre-accepts Claude's dangerous-permissions warning.
The package writes skipDangerousModePermissionPrompt: true to the user's Claude settings.
It also marks daemon-created working directories as trusted in Claude configuration.
The postinstall hook is limited to repairing the bundled node-pty helper executable bit.

Evidence against

The Claude configuration mutation occurs when the user starts the ainode daemon, not during npm installation.
Startup persistence is exposed through the explicit ainode startup enable command.
No self-dependency, credential harvesting, or unrelated exfiltration path was found in the inspected files.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStrings

Source & flagged code

12 flagged

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/fix-pty-helper.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/command-runner.jsView file

46exports.wake = wake; L47: const child_process_1 = require("child_process"); L48: const crypto = __importStar(require("crypto"));

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/command-runner.jsView on unpkg · L46

dist/flows/engine-loader.jsView file

21exports.engineLoaded = engineLoaded; L22: const dynamicImport = new Function('specifier', 'return import(specifier);'); L23: let cached = null;

Low

Eval

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

dist/flows/engine-loader.jsView on unpkg · L21

dist/unpair.jsView file

17exports.disconnectNode = disconnectNode; L18: const supabase_client_1 = require("./supabase-client"); L19: const store_1 = require("./store");

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

dist/unpair.jsView on unpkg · L17

dist/autostart-win.jsView file

13// L14: // The task is registered from generated XML rather than `schtasks` flags, L15: // because the settings that decide whether it ever runs are not reachable ... L59: const path = __importStar(require("path")); L60: const child_process_1 = require("child_process"); L61: const autostart_1 = require("./autostart"); ... L71: * username is ambiguous on a machine joined to one. */ L72: function currentUserId(env = process.env) { L73: const user = env.USERNAME || os.userInfo().username; L74: const dom = env.USERDOMAIN; ... L81: * behaves, instead of being wedged into a VBS string or a `schtasks` argument. L82: * The redirect matters: headless stdout on Windows has nowhere else to go, and

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

dist/autostart-win.jsView on unpkg · L13

dist/desktop/open-viewer.jsView file

Lines 1-32javascript

1"use strict";

2Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });

3exports.viewerCommand = viewerCommand;

4exports.openViewer = openViewer;

5// Open a desktop in whatever this machine calls a screen viewer.

dist/claude-config.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. var __createbinding = (this && this.__createbinding) || (object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) { if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k; var desc = object.getownpropertydescriptor(m, k); if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esmodule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) { desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } }; } object.defineproperty(o, k2, desc); }) : (function(o, m, k, k2) { if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k; o[k2] = m[k]; })); var __setmoduledefault = (this && this.__setmoduledefault) || (object.create ? (function(o, v) { object.defineproperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v }); }) : function(o, v) { o["default"] =

High

Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

dist/claude-config.jsView on unpkg

dist/autostart-mac.jsView file

48Trigger-reachable persistence chain: scripts.start -> dist/cli.js -> dist/autostart.js -> dist/autostart-mac.js L48: const path = __importStar(require("path")); L49: const child_process_1 = require("child_process"); L50: const autostart_1 = require("./autostart"); L51: exports.PLIST_PATH = path.join(os.homedir(), 'Library', 'LaunchAgents', `${autostart_1.LABEL}.plist`); L52: /** `<string>` bodies are the only place user data lands in the plist, and a ... L127: * open() and the process HANGS in module resolution rather than failing. L128: * `launchctl print` says the job is fine. It is not. L129: * ... L172: try { L173: // stderr is piped, not inherited: `bootout` on a label that isn't loaded L174: // prints "Boot-out failed: 3: No such process", and that expected no-op

High

Trigger Reachable Persistence

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

dist/autostart-mac.jsView on unpkg · L48

dist/self-update.jsView file

Lines 46-86javascript

46 return function (mod) {

47 if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;

48 var result = {};

49 if (mod != null

scripts/smoke-test.shView file

•path = scripts/smoke-test.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2483 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

scripts/smoke-test.shView on unpkg

dist/autostart-linux.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 15

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/autostart-linux.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/win.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @addai/node@0.30.10 matchedIdentity = npm:QGFkZGFpL25vZGU:0.30.10 similarity = 0.891 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/win.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

12 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/fix-pty-helper.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/command-runner.jsView file

46exports.wake = wake; L47: const child_process_1 = require("child_process"); L48: const crypto = __importStar(require("crypto"));

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/command-runner.jsView on unpkg · L46

dist/flows/engine-loader.jsView file

21exports.engineLoaded = engineLoaded; L22: const dynamicImport = new Function('specifier', 'return import(specifier);'); L23: let cached = null;

Findings

1 Critical8 High6 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/win.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/command-runner.js

HighShell

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/desktop/open-viewer.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/claude-config.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/autostart-mac.js

HighRuntime Package Installdist/self-update.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/autostart-linux.js#virtual:normalized:round1

MediumDynamic Requiredist/unpair.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @addai/node@0.30.9.

See all versions of @addai/node for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @addai/node@0.30.9 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-12 18:36:59.609Z (UTC).

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Findings

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