--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@axiomantic/rhizo" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@axiomantic/rhizo/v/0.2.10.md" package: "@axiomantic/rhizo" report_status: "published" title: "@axiomantic/rhizo@0.2.10 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.2.10" --- # @axiomantic/rhizo@0.2.10 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 11 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Unknown - **Selected version:** 0.2.10 - **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 CLI wrapper selects a native executable and runs it. The executable payload could not be assessed as source, so no concrete attack was established. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 73.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-07T23:17:31.728Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-07T23:17:57.673Z - **Download time:** 1518 ms - **Static scan time:** 134 ms - **AI review time:** 24291 ms - **Total time:** 25945 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:** The CLI wrapper selects a native executable and runs it. The executable payload could not be assessed as source, so no concrete attack was established. - **Trigger:** Invoking the rhizo CLI or importing its main entry point. - **Impact:** The native program can perform actions with the caller’s privileges, but its behavior is unresolved from readable source. - **Evidence paths:** bin/run.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-07T23:17:57.673Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The wrapper uses a bundled or cached executable, or downloads a release binary, then starts it with the caller’s arguments and environment. - **Rationale:** The inspected JavaScript shows a package-aligned native CLI download and execution path, but does not establish malicious behavior. The unreviewable native payload leaves a real unresolved risk, so this warrants a warning rather than a block. - **Files touched:** bin/run.js, bin/binaries/rhizo-darwin-arm64, bin/binaries/rhizo-darwin-x64, bin/binaries/rhizo-linux-arm64, bin/binaries/rhizo-linux-x64, bin/binaries/rhizo-win32-x64.exe - **Network endpoints:** https://github.com/axiomantic/rhizo/releases ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 73.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The manifest presents Rhizo as an inter-assistant communication tool and routes both its main entry and CLI command to the launcher., The launcher downloads a native executable when needed and runs it with the caller’s arguments and environment; the binary behavior remains unverified. - **Evidence against:** No inspected source established credential theft, unrelated data exfiltration, destructive behavior, or a hidden install hook. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @axiomantic/rhizo@0.2.10. - Review the evidence and your use of @axiomantic/rhizo@0.2.10 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. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 2. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 3. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** bin/run.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L4: const os = require('os'); L5: const { spawnSync, execSync } = require('child_process'); L6: ... L8: const REPO = `axiomantic/${PKG_NAME}`; L9: const VERSION = require('../package.json').version; L10: ... L21: L22: const platform = process.platform; L23: const arch = process.arch; ... L63: const candidates = [ L64: path.join(__dirname, 'binaries', `${PKG_NAME}-${process.platform}-${process.arch}${ext}`), L65: path.join(__dirname, 'binaries', `${PKG_NAME}-${process.platform}-${process.arch === 'x64' ? 'amd64' : process.arch}${ext}`), ``` ### 4. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 5. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 6. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/binaries/rhizo-darwin-arm64 - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = bin/binaries/rhizo-darwin-arm64 kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 1525152 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 7. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** scripts/ci/build.sh - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```shell path = scripts/ci/build.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 1039 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 8. 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. ### 9. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 73.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The manifest presents Rhizo as an inter-assistant communication tool and routes both its main entry and CLI command to the launcher. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "description": "Inter-assistant communication bus, monotonic fencing locks, and work queues over Redis", "main": "bin/run.js", "bin": { "rhizo": "bin/run.j ``` ### 10. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 73.0% - **Path:** bin/run.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The launcher downloads a native executable when needed and runs it with the caller’s arguments and environment; the binary behavior remains unverified. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript process.stderr.write(`[@axiomantic/${PKG_NAME}] Downloading native binary for ${platform}-${arch} from GitHub Releases...\n`); if (process.platform === 'win32') { const zipPath = path.join(cacheBinDir, assetName); ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 73.0% - **Path:** bin/run.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The launcher downloads a native executable when needed and runs it with the caller’s arguments and environment; the binary behavior remains unverified. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript pile from source.`); process.exit(1); } try { fs.chmodSync(binPath, 0o755); } catch (_) {} const res = spawnSync(binPath, process.argv.slice(2), { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env }); if (res.error) { cons ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** @axiomantic/rhizo - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.2.10 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-07T23:16:15.631Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-29T04:31:55.871Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T01:27:45.341Z - **Known versions:** 15 - **Latest version:** 0.2.11 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Inter-assistant communication bus, monotonic fencing locks, and work queues over Redis - **Author:** axiomantic - **Maintainers:** elijahr - **Keywords:** ai, agents, redis, multi-agent, orchestration, claude, opencode, antigravity, rhizo - **Artifact files:** 60 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 10,844,533 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()