---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime/v/1.0.1058.md"
package: "@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime"
report_status: "published"
title: "@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.0.1058"
---

# @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 1.0.1058
- **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.

A stored boxes.dev refresh token can be sent to an environment-configured control-plane URL without a destination allowlist.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 94.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-07T21:57:16.710Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-07T21:58:06.441Z
- **Download time:** 1800 ms
- **Static scan time:** 7554 ms
- **AI review time:** 40376 ms
- **Total time:** 49731 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:** A stored boxes.dev refresh token can be sent to an environment-configured control-plane URL without a destination allowlist.

- **Trigger:** The daemon attempts session refresh when a saved refresh token is available.

- **Impact:** If the URL is set to an unintended endpoint, the existing session refresh token may be exposed.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-07T21:58:06.441Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** It builds a refresh endpoint from the configured URL and posts the stored token to it.

- **Rationale:** The manifest-reachable daemon forwards a saved service refresh token to an operator-configured endpoint without destination validation. This is conditional credential exposure, so it warrants a warning but does not establish a malicious fixed recipient or an automatic publish-blocking attack.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 94.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** The daemon accepts either of two environment variables as its control-plane URL without validating the destination., When a stored session needs refreshing, it reads the saved control-plane refresh token and calls the refresh flow., The refresh request sends that stored token in the request body to the selected URL., The request uses the service's \`/auth/refresh\` path, consistent with an intended session-refresh operation.

- **Evidence against:** The token is sent as part of a session-refresh flow, and the configurable endpoint is used as the control plane; no unrelated fixed recipient is shown.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058.

- Review the evidence and your use of @boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058 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. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L46901: exports.execAsync = void 0;
L46902: var child_process = __require("child_process");
L46903: var util2 = __require("util");
```

### 3. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvbd.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058/dist/bin/dvbd.mjs>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L19277: if (this.opts.code.process) sourceCode = this.opts.code.process(sourceCode, sch);
L19278: const validate = new Function(`${names_1.default.self}`, `${names_1.default.scope}`, sourceCode)(this, this.scope.get());
L19279: this.scope.value(validateName, { ref: validate });
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. 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@1.0.1058/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,
```

### 8. 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@1.0.1058/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 {
```

### 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/postgres-tools/linux-arm64/bin/pg\_restore
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058/dist/postgres-tools/linux-arm64/bin/pg_restore>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/postgres-tools/linux-arm64/bin/pg_restore
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 200536
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 12. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvb.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058/dist/bin/dvb.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin/dvb.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 12000004
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/dvb.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime@1.0.1058/dist/bin/dvb.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin/dvb.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 12000004
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. 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.

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

Package manifest contains a wildcard dependency.

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

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 17. 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@1.0.1058/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
```

### 18. 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@1.0.1058/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:** 1.0.1058
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-10-07T21:53:58.781Z
- **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:** 87
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 42,460,981 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@boxes-dev/dvb-runtime/v/1.0.1058>)
- [Homepage](<https://boxes.dev/>)
