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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@agentvault/agentvault/v/0.23.43"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@agentvault/agentvault/v/0.23.43.md"
package: "@agentvault/agentvault"
report_status: "published"
title: "@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.23.43"
---

# @agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.23.43
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The package does not automatically execute on npm installation, but its explicit setup command changes an AI-agent control surface and establishes persistence. That warrants a warning for a high-impact capability, not a malware block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 87.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-13T12:36:23.295Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-13T12:39:09.545Z
- **Download time:** 520 ms
- **Static scan time:** 18337 ms
- **AI review time:** 147391 ms
- **Total time:** 166250 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** A user who runs the setup command grants an AgentVault extension access to OpenClaw and can create a persistent gateway service. The extension also uses configured bearer credentials with AgentVault APIs.

- **Trigger:** Running agentvault setup or creating an agent through the CLI.

- **Impact:** The package can alter the local AI-agent control surface and keep its gateway running after the user invokes setup.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/cli.js, dist/openclaw-entry.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-13T12:39:09.545Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Explicit OpenClaw configuration, PM2 startup registration, and authenticated extension API calls.

- **Rationale:** The package does not automatically execute on npm installation, but its explicit setup command changes an AI-agent control surface and establishes persistence. That warrants a warning for a high-impact capability, not a malware block.

- **Files touched:** ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak.pre-setup-${options.accountId}, ~/.openclaw/agentvault

- **Network endpoints:** https://api.agentvault.chat

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 87.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The explicit setup command adds AgentVault configuration and allow-list entries to OpenClaw., The setup path registers an OpenClaw gateway with PM2 and enables boot startup., The extension dynamically imports OpenClaw runtime modules, including agent and transcript interfaces., The extension sends a bearer credential and token to its configured API endpoint.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has only a prepublishOnly hook, so registry installation does not run this setup code., The configuration and PM2 actions are reached only through the user-invoked setup command., The network endpoint defaults to the package's named AgentVault service., No source evidence shows harvesting unrelated credentials or automatic destructive behavior.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43.

- Review the evidence and your use of @agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43 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.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L93386: });
L93387: import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
L93388: import { existsSync as existsSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync3, writeFileSync, chmodSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/openclaw-entry.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/openclaw-entry.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L277: "use strict";
L278: defaultImporter = (specifier) => import(
L279: /* @vite-ignore */
```

### 6. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 7. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 8. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L93499: try {
L93500: execSync("curl -sf --max-time 3 http://127.0.0.1:18789/", { stdio: "pipe" });
L93501: return { name: "Gateway port (18789)", status: "pass", message: "Responding" };
...
L93513: }
L93514: const home = process.env.HOME ?? "";
L93515: const warnings = [];
```

### 10. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Source sends the broad process environment to a literal external destination.
L96: // ../../node_modules/libsodium-sumo/dist/modules-sumo-esm/libsodium-sumo.mjs
L97: var __filename, __dirname, url2, path, Module, Module, root, window_, crypto_, randomValuesStandard, crypto4, randomValueNodeJS, _Module, libsodium_sumo_default;
L98: var init_libsodium_sumo = __esm({
...
L173: _Module = Module;
L174: Module.ready = new Promise(function(resolve4, reject) {
L175: var Module2 = _Module;
...
L244: quit_2 = (status, toThrow) => {
L245: process.exitCode = status;
L246: throw toThrow;
...
L258: xhr.responseType = "arraybuffer";
L259: xhr.send(null);
L260: return new Uint8Array(xhr.response);
```

### 11. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
Authorization: this._authHeader
import { chmod, mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
await writeFile(filePath, data, { encoding: "utf-8", mode: FILE_MODE, ...flag ? { flag } : {} });
Authorization: `Bearer ${deviceJwt}`
import { readdir as readdir2, readFile as readFile3, writeFile as writeFile2, rename as rename3, stat, unlink, mkdir as mkdir2 } from "node:fs/promises";
await writeFile2(tempPath, data.content, "utf-8");
import { writeFile as writeFile3, mkdir as mkdir3 } from "node:fs/promises";
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${jwt2}` }
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L96: // ../../node_modules/libsodium-sumo/dist/modules-sumo-esm/libsodium-sumo.mjs
L97: var __filename, __dirname, url2, path, Module, Module, root, window_, crypto_, randomValuesStandard, crypto4, randomValueNodeJS, _Module, libsodium_sumo_default;
L98: var init_libsodium_sumo = __esm({
...
L173: _Module = Module;
L174: Module.ready = new Promise(function(resolve4, reject) {
L175: var Module2 = _Module;
...
L244: quit_2 = (status, toThrow) => {
L245: process.exitCode = status;
L246: throw toThrow;
...
L258: xhr.responseType = "arraybuffer";
L259: xhr.send(null);
L260: return new Uint8Array(xhr.response);
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli.js spawns dist/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L96: // ../../node_modules/libsodium-sumo/dist/modules-sumo-esm/libsodium-sumo.mjs
L97: var __filename, __dirname, url2, path, Module, Module, root, window_, crypto_, randomValuesStandard, crypto4, randomValueNodeJS, _Module, libsodium_sumo_default;
L98: var init_libsodium_sumo = __esm({
...
L173: _Module = Module;
L174: Module.ready = new Promise(function(resolve4, reject) {
L175: var Module2 = _Module;
...
L244: quit_2 = (status, toThrow) => {
L245: process.exitCode = status;
L246: throw toThrow;
...
L258: xhr.responseType = "arraybuffer";
L259: xhr.send(null);
L260: return new Uint8Array(xhr.response);
```

### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/index.js>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/index.js
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 4567128
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 17. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/cli.js
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 4410104
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 19. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43/dist/cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 1
- **Peer dependencies:** 1
- **Development dependencies:** 8
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 4

### Published dependency entries
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.10.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.16.0 (Dependency)
- node-notifier ^10.0.1 (OptionalDependency)
- openclaw \>=2026.3.0 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @agentvault/agentvault
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.23.43
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-13T12:32:31.283Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-13T13:12:41.389Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-05T00:24:51.978Z
- **Known versions:** 37
- **Latest version:** 0.23.66
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** The official \*\*OpenClaw\*\* plugin for AgentVault. Adds cryptographic identity, earned trust, and Signal-grade encrypted communications to OpenClaw agents. (Looking for a different framework? See \*\*\[Which Framework?\](\#which-framework)\*\* below.)
- **Maintainers:** motiveflow, motiveflow2
- **Artifact files:** 97
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 30,923,459 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@agentvault/agentvault/v/0.23.43>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/motiveflowllc/agentvault-gen2>)
- [Homepage](<https://agentvault.chat/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/motiveflowllc/agentvault-gen2/issues>)
