---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@aitherium/awsh/v/1.18.6"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@aitherium/awsh/v/1.18.6.md"
package: "@aitherium/awsh"
report_status: "published"
title: "@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.18.6"
---

# @aitherium/awsh@1.18.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 16 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.18.6
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis flagged 16 finding(s) at 72.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-25T16:15:10.142Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-25T16:15:15.274Z
- **Download time:** 1007 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4124 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 5132 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @aitherium/awsh@1.18.6.

- Review the evidence and your use of @aitherium/awsh@1.18.6 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: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/repl.js>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 794
matchedText = pw = (aw...m();
```

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/repl.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14: import * as readline from 'node:readline';
L15: import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
L16: import { existsSync, readFileSync, appendFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/repl.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L688: else if (!shellCmd) {
L689: console.log(chalk.yellow('  Usage: !command  (run in PowerShell 7)'));
L690: console.log(chalk.dim('  !!  repeats last shell command'));
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/crash-reporter.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/crash-reporter.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
L14: import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
L15: import { hostname, platform, release, arch, cpus, totalmem } from 'node:os';
...
L17: import { VERSION as SHELL_VERSION } from './version.js';
L18: const GENESIS_URL = process.env.AITHER_GENESIS_URL || 'http://localhost:8001';
L19: const GITHUB_REPO = 'Aitherium/AitherOS';
```

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/commands.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/commands.js:
import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
writeFileSync(file, json ? JSON.stringify(entry, null, 2) : transcriptMarkdown(entry));
const res = await fetch(`${client.baseUrl}/forge/resume`, {
writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify(existing, null, 2), 'utf-8');
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}` },
headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}` },
description: 'Log in to AitherOS (password, OTP, browser SSO, or API key)',
```

### 10. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/commands.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/commands.js:
import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
'.git', '.hg', '.svn', 'node_modules', '.next', 'dist', 'build', 'coverage', '.turbo',
writeFileSync(file, json ? JSON.stringify(entry, null, 2) : transcriptMarkdown(entry));
const msUrls = [process.env.AITHER_LLM_URL, 'https://localhost:8150'].filter(Boolean);
healthUrl: 'https://localhost:8001/health',
const clusterUrl = (process.env.AITHER_CLUSTER_URL || 'https://cluster.aitherium.com').replace(/\/+$/, '');
writeFileSync(configPath, JSON.stringify(existing, null, 2), 'utf-8');
const gateway = cfg.gateway_url || 'https://gateway.aitheriu
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/commands.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: */
L4: import { execSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L5: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
...
L103: return null;
L104: const preferred = ['README.md', 'readme.md', 'package.json', 'pyproject.toml'];
L105: for (const name of preferred) {
...
L217: try {
L218: return JSON.parse(raw);
L219: }
...
L256: }
L257: /** Copy text to the OS clipboard (win32 clip / macOS pbcopy / Linux xclip|wl-copy). */
L258: function copyToClipboard(text) {
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/commands.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: */
L4: import { execSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L5: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
...
L103: return null;
L104: const preferred = ['README.md', 'readme.md', 'package.json', 'pyproject.toml'];
L105: for (const name of preferred) {
...
L217: try {
L218: return JSON.parse(raw);
L219: }
...
L256: }
L257: /** Copy text to the OS clipboard (win32 clip / macOS pbcopy / Linux xclip|wl-copy). */
L258: function copyToClipboard(text) {
```

### 13. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@aitherium/awsh@1.18.6/dist/commands.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6611: try {
L6612: execSync('npm install && npm run build', { cwd: OBSIDIAN_PLUGIN_DIR, stdio: 'pipe' });
L6613: console.log(chalk.green('  ✓ Plugin built'));
```

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

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

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 6
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6

### Published dependency entries
- @inquirer/prompts ^8.3.2 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.4.0 (Dependency)
- marked ^15.0.0 (Dependency)
- marked-terminal ^7.3.0 (Dependency)
- neo-blessed ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^8.2.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @aitherium/awsh
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.18.6
- **License:** BUSL-1.1
- **Version published:** 2026-08-25T13:02:00.618Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-25T16:15:15.274Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-02T15:50:11.631Z
- **Known versions:** 10
- **Latest version:** 1.19.7
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** awsh - your terminal answers you. Type a question where a command would go, and get an answer instead of "command not found".
- **Maintainers:** wzns
- **Keywords:** awsh, awshell, aitherium, agent, shell, cli, omnibox
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 160
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,853,837 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@aitherium/awsh/v/1.18.6>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Aitherium/awsh>)
- [Homepage](<https://aitherium.github.io/awsh/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Aitherium/awsh/issues>)