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@cachly-dev/mcp-server@0.10.123

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scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

No concrete malicious install-time behavior or unrelated endpoint was found. However, explicit setup creates persistent agent and git hooks that automatically process user/agent content, warranting a warning.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

User runs cachly init, setup, autosetup, or autopilot; later Claude or git events trigger installed hooks.

Impact

Project prompts, agent context, and commit metadata may be processed by Cachly after user-initiated setup; generated configs use @latest.

Mechanism

Persistent Cachly MCP/rule/hook installation with automatic CLI invocation.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsdist/src/index.jsdist/src/ambient-hooks.jsdist/src/cls-hook.jsdist/src/credentials.js.mcp.json.cursor/mcp.json.vscode/mcp.json~/.claude/mcp.json.claude/settings.json.claude/hooks/cachly-ambient-session-start.mjs.git/hooks/post-commitCLAUDE.mdAGENTS.md

Network endpoints3

api.cachly.devauth.cachly.dev/realms/cachly/protocol/openid-connect/@cachly-dev/mcp-server/latest

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

Explicit init writes MCP configuration, instructions, and hooks.
Generated rules mandate Cachly calls before every task.
Setup installs Claude event hooks into project settings.
Hooks execute the latest package through a shell command.
Git hook captures commit metadata and invokes Cachly CLI.
Runtime credential refresh can create a global Cachly MCP entry.

Evidence against

postinstall only prints onboarding text; it makes no filesystem or network calls.
Control-surface writes are behind explicit init/setup/autopilot CLI commands.
Observed endpoints are Cachly service/auth and npm registry, consistent with package purpose.
No install-time payload, foreign-package overwrite, or unrelated exfiltration was confirmed.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

Source & flagged code

14 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 11-51json

11 "server.json",

12 "glama.json"

13 ],

14 "bin": {

15 "cachly-mcp": "dist/src/index.js"

16 },

17 "main": "./dist/src/index.js",

18 "scripts": {

19 "count-tools": "node scripts/count-tools.mjs",

20 "tool-catalog": "node scripts/tool-catalog.mjs summary",

21 "tool-catalog:json": "node scripts/tool-catalog.mjs json",

22 "tool-catalog:markdown": "node scripts/tool-catalog.mjs markdown",

23 "capability-docs": "node scripts/capability-docs.mjs markdown",

24 "capability-docs:write": "node scripts/capability-docs.mjs write",

25 "verify-capability-docs": "node scripts/capability-docs.mjs check",

26 "tool-spec-snapshots:write": "node scripts/tool-spec-snapshots.mjs write",

27 "verify-tool-spec-snapshots": "node scripts/tool-spec-snapshots.mjs check",

28 "verify-tool-counts": "node scripts/verify-tool-counts.mjs",

29 "verify-capabilities": "node scripts/verify-capabilities.mjs",

30 "build": "tsc",

31 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L31

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L31

32 "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",

33 "start": "node dist/src/index.js",

34 "test": "vitest run",

35 "test:watch": "vitest",

36 "bench": "tsx src/bench/cachly-bench.ts",

37 "bench:external": "tsx src/bench/external-corpus.ts",

38 "bench:onboarding": "tsx src/bench/onboarding-bench.ts",

39 "bench:gate": "tsx src/bench/gate.ts",

40 "test:e2e": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh",

41 "test:e2e:api": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh api",

42 "test:e2e:cli": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh cli",

43 "test:e2e:tools": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh tools",

44 "test:e2e:funnel": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh funnel",

45 "test:e2e:provisioning": "bash scripts/e2e-run.sh provisioning",

46 "lint": "eslint src",

47 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",

48 "bench:cost": "tsx src/bench/cost.ts"

49 },

50 "dependencies": {

51 "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.10.0",

dist/src/bench/cachly-bench.jsView file

Lines 20-60javascript

20import { rerankByQuality } from '../rerank.js';

21import { BENCH_LESSONS, BENCH_QUERIES } from './fixtures.js';

22const LESSON_PREFIX = 'cachly:lesson:best:';

23// ── Minimal in-memory Redis (only what keywordSearch needs) ──────────────────

dist/src/ambient-hooks.jsView file

Lines 48-88javascript

48 const cli = opts.cliCommand ?? DEFAULT_CLI;

49 return [

50 `#!/usr/bin/env node`,

51 `// cachly Ambient Recall — ${event} ${AMBIENT_HOOK_VERSION}`

dist/src/tools.jsView file

Lines 2313-2353javascript

2313 'Example: brain_share(instance_id="...", title="My Auth Patterns", topic_filter=["auth"])',

2314 inputSchema: {

2315 type: 'object',

2316 properties: {

2317 instance_id: { type: 'string',

dist/src/confidence.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';

2// ── Confidence Decay Config ───────────────────────────────────────────────────

3export const CONFIDENCE_WARN_DAYS = Number(process.env.CACHLY_CONFIDENCE_WARN_DAYS ?? 5);

dist/src/handlers/cache.jsView file

Lines 12-52javascript

12 'cache_stats', 'semantic_search', 'detect_namespace', 'cache_warmup', 'index_project',

13 'cache_mset', 'cache_mget', 'cache_lock_acquire', 'cache_lock_release',

14 'cache_stream_set', 'cache_stream_get'

dist/src/index.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @cachly-dev/mcp-server@0.10.122 matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhY2hseS1kZXYvbWNwLXNlcnZlcg:0.10.122 similarity = 0.732 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

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

dist/src/index.jsView on unpkg

•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/src/index.js: headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${JWT}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: `Bearer ${JWT}` }, headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${JWT}`, Accept: 'application/json' }, // When the credential is near expiry we mint a fresh long-lived API key *while the /** Persist a (possibly refreshed) API key to ~/.claude/mcp.json so restarts keep it. const { writeFile, mkdir, readFile } = await import('node:fs/promises'); // Primary config: create or update ~/.claude/mcp.json const claudePath = resolve(home, '.claude', 'mcp.json');

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/src/index.jsView on unpkg

•Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior. dist/src/index.js: * CACHLY_API_URL – default https://api.cachly.dev let API_URL = process.env.CACHLY_API_URL ?? 'https://api.cachly.dev'; const { writeFile, mkdir, readFile } = await import('node:fs/promises'); await writeFile(claudePath, JSON.stringify(cfg, null, 2), 'utf-8'); await writeFile(p, JSON.stringify(sc, null, 2), 'utf-8'); const { writeFile, readFile } = await import('node:fs/promises'); await writeFile(p, JSON.stringify(cfg, null, 2), 'utf-8'); // window *title*, so `start "https://…"` opens an empty console window instead of the

dist/src/cls-hook.jsView file

69"files:(process.env.CLS_FILES||'').split(',').filter(Boolean)}};" + L70: "require('child_process').execFileSync('npx',['@cachly-dev/mcp-server@latest','cls-ingest',JSON.stringify(p)]," + L71: "{stdio:'ignore',timeout:8000});" +

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/src/cls-hook.jsView on unpkg · L69

Source & flagged code

14 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/src/bench/cachly-bench.jsView file

40get(key) { cmds.push(key); return this; }, L41: async exec() { L42: return cmds.map(k => [null, store.get(k) ?? null]);

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/src/bench/cachly-bench.jsView on unpkg · L40

Findings

1 Critical10 High5 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/src/index.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/src/bench/cachly-bench.js

HighShelldist/src/ambient-hooks.js

HighCredential Exfiltrationdist/src/handlers/cache.js

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/src/index.js

HighEntrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwritedist/src/index.js

HighExternal Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/src/index.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/src/index.js

HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/src/handlers/cache.js

HighRuntime Package Install

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @cachly-dev/mcp-server@0.10.123.

See all versions of @cachly-dev/mcp-server for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @cachly-dev/mcp-server@0.10.123 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: 2026-08-14 01:29:42.457Z (UTC).

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