@apilift/cli@1.4.37
AI Security Review
scanned 23d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe collector uses the package’s service by default, but APILIFT_URL accepts any HTTP or HTTPS origin and the collector reuses the stored installation token there. Because the CLI starts the collector after a user command and the API client sends the token as a bearer credential, a non-Apilift override can expose it; the source does not establish malicious intent.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs a CLI command with an existing installation and APILIFT_URL set to a different HTTP or HTTPS origin.
Impact
The configured recipient can receive the installation token. The source does not establish that the token is stolen or misused.
Mechanism
The command starts the collector, which loads the saved installation token and builds an API client for APILIFT_URL; the client places the token in a bearer authorization header.
AI rationale
The collector uses the package’s service by default, but APILIFT_URL accepts any HTTP or HTTPS origin and the collector reuses the stored installation token there. Because the CLI starts the collector after a user command and the API client sends the token as a bearer credential, a non-Apilift override can expose it; the source does not establish malicious intent.
Evidence
dist/apilift.jsdist/apilift-collector.js
Network endpoints2
apilift.devAPILIFT_URL
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- After a CLI command, the package starts a background collector that loads the stored installation and uses its token for API requests.
- The API client sends its supplied token as a bearer credential; APILIFT_URL accepts any HTTP or HTTPS origin, with https://apilift.dev as the default.
- The collector builds pseudonymous usage measurements and submits them through the API client.
- The collector’s agent integration locates local session files and opens Codex state databases read-only.
- The required session-audit location contains vocabulary data, not an agent configuration write.
- The dynamic Function call compiles schema validation code; the capture server binds to loopback and parses JSON requests.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscation
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/apilift.jsView file
31202// src/process.ts
L31203: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L31204: function backgroundOptions(env) {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/apilift.jsView on unpkg · L3120223396sourceCode = this.opts.code.process(sourceCode, sch);
L23397: const makeValidate = new Function(`${names_1.default.self}`, `${names_1.default.scope}`, sourceCode);
L23398: const validate2 = makeValidate(this, this.scope.get());
High
•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/apilift.js:
transportDefinitionSchema = external_exports.strictObject({ title, description: requiredDescription, mode: external_exports.enum(["direct", "browser"]), baseUrl: requestUrlSchema.o...
if (v.mode === "direct" && !v.baseUrl)
ctx.addIssue({ code: "custom", path: ["baseUrl"], message: "Direct transport requires baseUrl" });
if (v.baseUrl && !v.allowedOrigins.includes(parseUrl(v.baseUrl)?.origin ?? ""))
ctx.addIssue({ code: "custom", path: ["baseUrl"], message: "Base URL origin must be allowed" });
const keys = kind === "transport" ? ["mode", "baseUrl", "allowedOrigins", "browserContext", "credentials", "inject", "probes"]
Findings
2 Critical4 High3 Medium6 Low
CriticalRemote Response Code Executiondist/apilift-capture-server.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/apilift-collector.js
HighChild Processdist/apilift.js
HighEvaldist/apilift.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/apilift.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/apilift.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @apilift/cli@1.4.37.
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