---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime/v/1.0.1033.md"
package: "@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "1.0.1033"
---

# @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 21 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 1.0.1033
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

No confirmed attack surface was identified in the readable manifest and daemon entrypoint. Bundled binary assets remain unreviewable by source inspection.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-27T14:36:38.660Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-27T14:40:18.445Z
- **Download time:** 1284 ms
- **Static scan time:** 6976 ms
- **AI review time:** 211524 ms
- **Total time:** 219785 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:** No confirmed attack surface was identified in the readable manifest and daemon entrypoint. Bundled binary assets remain unreviewable by source inspection.

- **Trigger:** Running the dvbd command starts the daemon.

- **Impact:** No malicious impact was confirmed, but binary asset behavior cannot be ruled out.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-27T14:40:18.445Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The daemon initializes telemetry and loads its daemon implementation; opaque native and compressed assets could not be inspected.

- **Rationale:** The readable entrypoint does not establish an attack, but required binary assets were genuinely unreadable under the available static source interface. A clean decision cannot be source-grounded with the required citation coverage.

- **Files touched:** package.json, dist/bin/dvbd.mjs, dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz, dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/mosh-client

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 72.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** The manifest exposes the dvbd command through a package binary entrypoint., The dvbd entrypoint initializes telemetry and then starts its daemon., The required notices archive and bundled mosh client are binary files that could not be source-inspected through the available read-only interface.

- **Evidence against:** No install, preinstall, or postinstall hook was present in the inspected manifest., No concrete malicious behavior was established in the inspected daemon entrypoint.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033.

- Review the evidence and your use of @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 5. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/bin/dvbd.mjs:
delete opts.headers.authorization;
if (opts.auth && !options.headers.authorization) {
options.headers.authorization = "Basic " + Buffer.from(opts.auth).toString("base64");
authorization_servers: array(SafeUrlSchema).optional(),
authorization_details_types_supported: array(string2()).optional(),
authorization_endpoint: SafeUrlSchema,
authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported: boolean2().optional().catch(void 0)
authorization_endpoint: SafeUrlSchema,
```

### 6. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: const require = __dvbCreateRequire(import.meta.url);
L8: const __dirname = __dvbDirname(__dvbFileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L9: var __create = Object.create;
...
L70: kStatusCode: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("status-code"),
L71: kWebSocket: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("websocket"),
L72: NOOP: () => {
...
L123: } else {
L124: buf = Buffer.from(data);
L125: toBuffer.readOnly = false;
...
L135: };
L136: if (!process.env.WS_NO_BUFFER_UTIL) {
L137: try {
```

### 7. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: const require = __dvbCreateRequire(import.meta.url);
L8: const __dirname = __dvbDirname(__dvbFileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L9: var __create = Object.create;
...
L70: kStatusCode: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("status-code"),
L71: kWebSocket: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("websocket"),
L72: NOOP: () => {
...
L123: } else {
L124: buf = Buffer.from(data);
L125: toBuffer.readOnly = false;
...
L135: };
L136: if (!process.env.WS_NO_BUFFER_UTIL) {
L137: try {
```

### 8. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin/dvbd.cjs -> dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
L7: const require = __dvbCreateRequire(import.meta.url);
L8: const __dirname = __dvbDirname(__dvbFileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L9: var __create = Object.create;
...
L70: kStatusCode: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("status-code"),
L71: kWebSocket: /* @__PURE__ */ Symbol("websocket"),
L72: NOOP: () => {
...
L123: } else {
L124: buf = Buffer.from(data);
L125: toBuffer.readOnly = false;
...
L135: };
L136: if (!process.env.WS_NO_BUFFER_UTIL) {
L137: try {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 11. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/mosh-client
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/mosh-client>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/mosh-client
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 8307136
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 12. Medium: Ships Compressed Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz>)

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz
kind = compressed_blob
sizeBytes = 19268
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/boxes-mosh/linux-arm64/notices.tar.gz
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 19268
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 6006396
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 6006396
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 16. 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.

### 17. Medium: Wildcard Dependency
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest contains a wildcard dependency.

### 18. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 19. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

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 = @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.995
matchedPath = dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJveGVzLWRldi9kdmItcnVudGltZQ:1.0.995
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1033/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = 4b991e957ea611c9
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.995
matchedPath = dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QGJveGVzLWRldi9kdmItcnVudGltZQ:1.0.995
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 2
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 18
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 18

### Published dependency entries
- @bomb.sh/args ^0.3.1 (Dependency)
- @bomb.sh/tab ^0.0.12 (Dependency)
- @clack/core ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- @clack/prompts ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- cli-truncate ^6.1.1 (Dependency)
- convex ^1.29.3 (Dependency)
- file-type ^22.0.1 (Dependency)
- ink ^7.1.1 (Dependency)
- jsonc-parser ^3.3.1 (Dependency)
- ora ^8.2.0 (Dependency)
- p-queue ^9.3.3 (Dependency)
- qrcode-terminal ^0.11.0 (Dependency)
- react ^19.2.3 (Dependency)
- string-width ^7.2.0 (Dependency)
- wrap-ansi ^10.0.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.18.3 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1033
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-09-27T04:36:54.874Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T18:29:11.528Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T21:38:14.186Z
- **Known versions:** 118
- **Latest version:** 1.0.1060
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Runtime for the boxes.dev CLI. Install @boxes-dev/dvb to use the CLI.
- **Maintainers:** nick\_ndco, drew-boxes
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 95
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 72,680,257 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime/v/1.0.1033>)
- [Homepage](<https://boxes.dev/>)
