---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@bobfrankston/rmfmail/v/1.2.259"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@bobfrankston/rmfmail/v/1.2.259.md"
package: "@bobfrankston/rmfmail"
report_status: "published"
title: "@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.2.259"
---

# @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Credential and email-account metadata exfiltration.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 1.2.259
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

At Android/client runtime, account configuration and captured logs are silently transmitted to an unrelated remote logging host. The account payload includes the complete IMAP configuration, which can contain credentials.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-14T13:34:39.108Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-14T13:36:07.515Z
- **Download time:** 1268 ms
- **Static scan time:** 16919 ms
- **AI review time:** 70218 ms
- **Total time:** 88407 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** At Android/client runtime, account configuration and captured logs are silently transmitted to an unrelated remote logging host. The account payload includes the complete IMAP configuration, which can contain credentials.

- **Trigger:** Launching the Android/client application and loading accounts.

- **Impact:** Credential and email-account metadata exfiltration.

- **Evidence paths:** packages/mailx-store-web/android-bootstrap.js, client/index.html, bin/postinstall.js, bin/mcp-server.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-14T13:36:07.515Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** remote verbose logging of account configuration and console output

- **Attack narrative:** On application startup, the Android bootstrap serializes each account's ID, email address, enabled state, and complete IMAP configuration into a verbose log. Its vlog helper silently sends up to 800 characters to rmf39.aaz.lt. The browser bootstrap also hooks console logging and forwards captured messages to that host. This constitutes unconsented remote collection from an email client and can expose account credentials contained in IMAP configuration.

- **Rationale:** Source directly shows silent remote transmission of account configuration, including a serialized IMAP object, to a non-provider logging endpoint. The package's benign workspace postinstall and local MCP command do not mitigate this concrete exfiltration path.

- **Network endpoints:** https://rmf39.aaz.lt/logit/

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** Android runtime sends verbose logs to a third-party host., A startup log serializes account id, email, enabled state, and the full IMAP configuration., Browser bootstrap forwards captured console output to the same remote logger.

- **Evidence against:** postinstall only links bundled workspace packages under its own node\_modules scope., MCP server is a separate user-invoked local stdio command and states no send tool.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node bin/postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node bin/postinstall.js
```

### 3. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/build-bundles.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/build-bundles.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L31: {
L32: const { execFileSync } = await import("node:child_process");
L33: try {
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/mailx.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/mailx.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L242: // reg.exe value for `\"path\" \"%1\"` — double-backslash escapes for
L243: // cmd.exe's shell layer, which strips one level before the value reaches
L244: // reg.exe. Quoting %1 keeps `?` and `&` from being eaten by cmd before
```

### 6. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** client/app.bundle.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/client/app.bundle.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11468: try {
L11469: const fn = new Function(`return (async () => (${code}))();`);
L11470: let v = await fn();
```

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/lean-accounts.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/lean-accounts.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L136: if (fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, "package.json"))) {
L137: const mod = await import(pathToFileURL(path.join(dir, "lib", "esm", "main.js")).href).catch(() => null) ||
L138: await import("jsonc-parser").catch(() => null);
```

### 8. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** bin/build-bundles.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/build-bundles.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: * mailx's msger custom protocol routes every fetch through one IPC channel
L6: * (Rust → daemon stdin → response → stdout), so an ES module import cascade
L7: * pays a multi-second roundtrip per file. With ~17 client-side modules each
...
L31: {
L32: const { execFileSync } = await import("node:child_process");
L33: try {
...
L162: logLevel: "info",
L163: // .wasm files are inlined as base64 data URLs so the runtime can
L164: // decode → Uint8Array → pass as initSqlJs({ wasmBinary }), bypassing
L165: // sql.js's fetch(...) of the .wasm. Android WebView refuses to
L166: // compile WASM fetched from file:// (even with AllowFileAccess /
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 12. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/mailx.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/mailx.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.
bin/mailx.js:
fs.copyFileSync(file, target);
fs.copyFileSync(__pkgRmfmailtoExe, __rmfmailtoExe);
// mailto still works, just from inside node_modules.
// picker show "rmfmail" regardless of which path it follows.
// Exec quoting follows the Desktop Entry spec: quoted absolute paths,
fs.writeFileSync(desktopPath, desktopEntry);
fs.writeFileSync(__instanceFile, JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2));
fs.writeFileSync(__handoffStamp, String(Date.now()));
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** bin/build-bundles.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/build-bundles.mjs>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: bin/build-bundles.mjs spawns client/app.bundle.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L5: * mailx's msger custom protocol routes every fetch through one IPC channel
L6: * (Rust → daemon stdin → response → stdout), so an ES module import cascade
L7: * pays a multi-second roundtrip per file. With ~17 client-side modules each
...
L31: {
L32: const { execFileSync } = await import("node:child_process");
L33: try {
...
L162: logLevel: "info",
L163: // .wasm files are inlined as base64 data URLs so the runtime can
L164: // decode → Uint8Array → pass as initSqlJs({ wasmBinary }), bypassing
L165: // sql.js's fetch(...) of the .wasm. Android WebView refuses to
L166: // compile WASM fetched from file:// (even with AllowFileAccess /
```

### 14. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** bin/mailx.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/mailx.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L661: // session — inherits it. On Windows a process's cwd holds the directory
L662: // locked, so `npm install -g` (the in-app self-update AND a manual update)
L663: // dies with EBUSY renaming .../rmfmail/bin for as long as we run
...
L674: if (!verbose && !isDaemon && !process.argv.slice(2).some(a => /^-/.test(a))) {
L675: const { spawn } = await import("node:child_process");
L676: const child = spawn(process.execPath, [...process.argv.slice(1), "--daemon"], {
```

### 15. Medium: Protestware
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Package source has broad protestware-like patterns that need review.

### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

### 18. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 19. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/rmfshare.exe
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/rmfshare.exe>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = bin/rmfshare.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 4603904
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. 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.

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/mailx.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/mailx.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.254
matchedPath = bin/mailx.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJvYmZyYW5rc3Rvbi9ybWZtYWls:1.2.254
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/mailx.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/mailx.ts>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.254
matchedPath = bin/mailx.ts
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJvYmZyYW5rc3Rvbi9ybWZtYWls:1.2.254
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/build-rmfmailto-exe.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/build-rmfmailto-exe.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.254
matchedPath = bin/build-rmfmailto-exe.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJvYmZyYW5rc3Rvbi9ybWZtYWls:1.2.254
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/build-rmfshare-exe.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/build-rmfshare-exe.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.254
matchedPath = bin/build-rmfshare-exe.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJvYmZyYW5rc3Rvbi9ybWZtYWls:1.2.254
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/share-target.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.259/bin/share-target.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @bobfrankston/rmfmail@1.2.254
matchedPath = bin/share-target.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJvYmZyYW5rc3Rvbi9ybWZtYWls:1.2.254
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 27
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @bobfrankston/iflow-direct ^0.1.65 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/mailx-host ^0.1.15 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/mailx-imap ^0.1.153 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/mailx-store-web ^0.1.80 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/mailx-sync ^0.1.29 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/miscinfo ^1.0.17 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/msger ^0.1.425 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/node-tcp-transport ^0.1.10 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/oauthsupport ^1.0.34 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/rmf-tiny ^0.1.49 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/smtp-direct ^0.1.9 (Dependency)
- @bobfrankston/tcp-transport ^0.1.8 (Dependency)
- @capacitor/android ^8.3.0 (Dependency)
- @capacitor/cli ^8.3.0 (Dependency)
- @capacitor/core ^8.3.0 (Dependency)
- dictionary-en ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- express ^4.21.0 (Dependency)
- harper.js ^2.4.0 (Dependency)
- html-to-docx ^1.8.0 (Dependency)
- jsonc-parser ^3.3.1 (Dependency)
- mailparser ^3.7.2 (Dependency)
- mammoth ^1.12.0 (Dependency)
- nodemailer ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- nspell ^2.1.5 (Dependency)
- quill ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- sql.js ^1.14.1 (Dependency)
- tinymce ^8.5.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @bobfrankston/rmfmail
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.2.259
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-13T23:00:28.153Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T04:46:34.920Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-14T13:36:07.515Z
- **Known versions:** 119
- **Latest version:** 1.2.259
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app
- **Author:** Bob Frankston
- **Keywords:** email, imap, smtp, mail-client, webview
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24.2.0
- **Artifact files:** 805
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 32,597,228 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@bobfrankston/rmfmail/v/1.2.259>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/BobFrankston/mailx.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/BobFrankston/mailx#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/BobFrankston/mailx/issues>)