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@aui.io/apollo@0.1.54

Apollo operator console — CLI + interactive TUI

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package has a concrete install-time persistence mechanism, but static inspection found no self-dependency chain, credential harvesting, or exfiltration in that path. It warrants a warning rather than a block.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

npm postinstall during package installation

Impact

Future interactive shells evaluate an Apollo command wrapper; installation may also replace the package's OpenTUI directory.

Mechanism

Shell rc-file injection and conditional npm dependency repair

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/setup-shell.mjsscripts/ensure-opentui.mjs~/.zshrc~/.bashrc~/.bash_profilenode_modules/@opentui

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The package runs two scripts automatically in postinstall.
Postinstall appends an eval-based Apollo wrapper to user shell startup files.
It targets existing zsh and bash rc files and can create the login shell rc file.
The other postinstall script can remove its OpenTUI dependency directory and invoke npm install.

Evidence against

No runtime dependency on the root package name was found.
The reviewed postinstall code does not read credentials or send network requests.
Service API endpoints are used by the interactive CLI, not by the postinstall scripts.
The flagged bundled Commander file is a standard command-parser implementation.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemShell

Supply chainNo supply-chain packaging signals triggered.

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 3 file(s), 5.06 KB of source

Source & flagged code

15 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 9-49json

9 "bin": {

10 "apollo": "./bin/apollo.js"

11 },

12 "files": [

13 "bin",

14 "scripts/setup-shell.mjs",

15 "scripts/ensure-opentui.mjs"

16 ],

17 "repository": {

18 "type": "git",

19 "url": "git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/getstuff/runtime-v2.git",

20 "directory": "console/apollo"

21 },

22 "homepage": "https://bitbucket.org/getstuff/runtime-v2/src/main/console/apollo/",

23 "publishConfig": {

24 "access": "public",

25 "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"

26 },

27 "scripts": {

28 "check-release-tag": "node ./scripts/check-release-tag.mjs",

29 "postinstall": "node ./scripts/ensure-opentui.mjs && node ./scripts/setup-shell.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

30 "prepack": "node ./scripts/materialize-bundle.mjs",

31 "postpack": "node ./scripts/clean-bundle.mjs"

32 },

33 "dependencies": {

34 "@aui.io/apollo-core": "0.1.54",

35 "@aui.io/apollo-cli": "0.1.54",

36 "@aui.io/apollo-tui": "0.1.54",

37 "picocolors": "^1.1.1",

38 "yaml": "^2.9.0",

39 "commander": "^14.0.3",

40 "@opentui/core": "^0.4.5",

41 "@opentui/react": "^0.4.5",

42 "diff": "8.0.2",

43 "react": "^19.1.0",

44 "web-tree-sitter": "0.25.10"

45 },

46 "bundleDependencies": [

47 "@aui.io/apollo-core",

48 "@aui.io/apollo-cli",

49 "@aui.io/apollo-tui"

bin/apollo.jsView file

Lines 1-14javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

3/**

4 * Human-facing Apollo entry (@aui.io/apollo).

5 * Depends on both apollo-cli and apollo-tui, then delegates to the CLI dispatcher

6 * so bare TTY opens the TUI and every subcommand stays Commander.

7 */

8import { createRequire } from "node:module";

9import { pathToFileURL } from

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/assets/zig/tree-sitter-zig.wasmView file

•path = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/assets/zig/tree-sitter-zig.wasm kind = wasm_module sizeBytes = 691726 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Wasm Module

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/assets/zig/tree-sitter-zig.wasmView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/node_modules/yaml/dist/parse/lexer.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 11

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/node_modules/yaml/dist/parse/lexer.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/command.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/command.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/doctor.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/doctor.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/doctor.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/lib/ide.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/lib/ide.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/lib/ide.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/identity.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/identity.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/identity.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/chunk-bun-t2myhmwd.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/chunk-bun-t2myhmwd.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/chunk-bun-t2myhmwd.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/upgrade.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/upgrade.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/upgrade.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/author/backend/claudeCode.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-[redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/author/backend/claudeCode.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/index.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/index.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.43 matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.43 similarity = 0.817 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

High

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

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

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/index.jsView on unpkg

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/management.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @aui.io/apollo@0.1.53 matchedPath = node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/management.js matchedIdentity = npm:QGF1aS5pby9hcG9sbG8:0.1.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

node_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/management.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

15 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node ./scripts/ensure-opentui.mjs && node ./scripts/setup-shell.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node ./scripts/ensure-opentui.mjs && node ./scripts/setup-shell.mjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

bin/apollo.jsView file

10L11: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L12: const cliBin = require.resolve("@aui.io/apollo-cli/bin/apollo.js");

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

bin/apollo.jsView on unpkg · L10

Findings

12 High5 Medium3 Low

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighSemantic Analysis Limitednode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/node_modules/yaml/dist/parse/lexer.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-cli/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/doctor.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/dist/src/lib/ide.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/api/identity.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-tui/node_modules/@opentui/core/chunk-bun-t2myhmwd.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritynode_modules/@aui.io/apollo-core/dist/src/services/upgrade.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @aui.io/apollo@0.1.54.

See all versions of @aui.io/apollo for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @aui.io/apollo@0.1.54 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: 2026-09-07 15:58:51.540Z (UTC).

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