@apso/cli@0.46.1
Apso CLI
AI Security Review
scanned 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged verification flow uses environment and .env values to run the project’s configured local service checks; no unrelated transmission was found. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to command and runtime metadata plus Apso account or workspace identifiers, and can be disabled.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
CLI command startup initializes telemetry; project verification and generation run only when their commands are invoked.
Impact
No credential exfiltration or unrelated account action was identified. Telemetry can be disabled through the documented settings or environment variables.
Mechanism
Telemetry reports command and runtime metadata to Apso’s PostHog and Sentry services. Verification reads the configured database URL to run the user’s local service checks.
AI rationale
The flagged verification flow uses environment and .env values to run the project’s configured local service checks; no unrelated transmission was found. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited to command and runtime metadata plus Apso account or workspace identifiers, and can be disabled.
Evidence
~/.apso CLI configuration<project>/src/autogen/<project>/.apso/hooks/prepare-commit-msg<project>/.git/config
Network endpoints2
us.i.posthog.com754ae10322af78af3edbb87b93383ebb@o4509208616435714.ingest.us.sentry.io/4511796852162560
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package is an Apso CLI whose executable is bin/run and whose main entry is dist/index.js.
- The CLI discloses usage telemetry, identifies its fields, and provides opt-out settings.
- Telemetry sends CLI, runtime, platform, and Apso account or workspace identifiers; no email, code, schema, or file contents are collected.
- The flagged verification code reads DATABASE_URL for a local service smoke test; it does not send it to an unrelated host.
- Generation writes generated project files and may install a project-local co-author hook when the generate command runs.
Evidence against
- Telemetry is initialized when CLI commands start and is enabled by default, but the package presents a first-run notice and offers opt-out controls.
- The generate command may remove stale generated files and write a Git hook in the user’s project; these actions are tied to code generation and the hook applies only to commits containing generated files.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVars
Source & flagged code
4 flaggeddist/lib/verify/index.jsView file
10const tslib_1 = require("tslib");
L11: const child_process_1 = require("child_process");
L12: const fs = tslib_1.__importStar(require("fs"));
L13: const http = tslib_1.__importStar(require("http"));
L14: const net = tslib_1.__importStar(require("net"));
...
L32: return new Promise((resolve) => {
L33: const p = (0, child_process_1.spawn)(cmd, args, { cwd, env: { ...process.env, ...env } });
L34: let output = "";
L35: p.stdout.on("data", (d) => {
L36: output += d;
...
L286: done(step(name, r));
L287: return r.ok ? JSON.parse(r.output.trim().split("\n").pop()) : undefined;
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
dist/lib/verify/index.jsView on unpkg · L10bin/dev.cmdView file
•path = bin/dev.cmd
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 30
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
dist/commands/generate.js
Findings
2 Critical4 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/lib/verify/index.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/commands/generate.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperbin/dev.cmd
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
LowAi Review Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @apso/cli@0.46.1.
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