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@canonry/canonry@4.112.0

Agent-first open-source AEO operating platform - track how answer engines cite your domain

AI Security Review

scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

No confirmed malicious attack surface. The package is a user-invoked CLI/server for AEO monitoring with telemetry, provider API calls, local config/database writes, and optional agent skill/MCP setup.

Static reason

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

Trigger

User runs canonry/cnry CLI commands such as init, serve, skills install, mcp install, backlinks install, or provider sync commands.

Impact

Creates local Canonry config/database and optional agent/MCP files; sends anonymous usage telemetry and calls configured external service APIs.

Mechanism

package-aligned CLI telemetry, local setup, integrations, and optional helper installs

Rationale

Static source inspection found sensitive primitives, but they are tied to documented, user-invoked CLI features and package-aligned integrations rather than install-time or hidden attack behavior. The scanner's host fingerprint finding is telemetry with opt-outs and disclosure, not enough to classify the package as malicious.

Evidence

package.jsonbin/canonry.mjsbin/canonry-mcp.mjsdist/cli.jsdist/mcp.jsdist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.jsdist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsassets/agent-workspace/skills/canonry/SKILL.md~/.canonry/config.yaml~/.canonry/data.db~/.canonry/plugins/package.json.claude/skills/canonry.claude/skills/aero.codex/skills/canonry.codex/skills/aero.mcp.json

Network endpoints8

canonry.ai/api/telemetryregistry.npmjs.org/-/package/@canonry%2Fcanonry/dist-tagsoauth2.googleapis.com/tokenlogging.googleapis.com/v2/entries:listssl.bing.com/webmaster/api.svc/jsondata.commoncrawl.org/projects/hyperlinkgraphvercel.com/api/logs/request-logsapi.ads.openai.com/v1

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

dist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.js posts anonymous telemetry to https://canonry.ai/api/telemetry using an ID derived from hostname/MAC when no config ID exists.
dist/cli.js init may install bundled skills into .claude/skills and symlink .codex/skills; it may also register an MCP server in .mcp.json.
dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.js has user-invoked child_process spawn for optional DuckDB plugin install under ~/.canonry/plugins.

Evidence against

package.json has no install/preinstall/postinstall lifecycle scripts.
bin/canonry.mjs and bin/canonry-mcp.mjs only import CLI/MCP entrypoints when the user runs the binaries.
Telemetry has opt-outs via CANONRY_TELEMETRY_DISABLED, DO_NOT_TRACK, CI, or config telemetry:false and is disclosed in CLI first-run text.
Agent skill and MCP writes are tied to explicit init/skills/mcp commands and are documented in README/CLI strings.
Network endpoints are package-aligned: Canonry telemetry/update checks, npm registry, provider APIs, Google/Bing/CommonCrawl/Vercel/WordPress integrations.
No evidence of credential harvesting or exfiltration beyond user-configured provider/integration API calls.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedObfuscatedProtestwareTelemetryUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 26 file(s), 4.39 MB of source, external domains: accounts.google.com, aistudio.google.com, analyticsdata.googleapis.com, api.ads.openai.com, api.deepinfra.com, api.perplexity.ai, bit.ly, brightkidsdental.com, businessprofileperformance.googleapis.com, canonry.ai, canonry.local, citypointdental.com, commoncrawl.org, console.cloud.google.com, console.developers.google.com, data.commoncrawl.org, developers.google.com, downtownsmiles.com, example.com, github.com, harbordental.com, hooks.example.com, indexing.googleapis.com, json-schema.org, logging.googleapis.com, mybusinessaccountmanagement.googleapis.com, mybusinessbusinessinformation.googleapis.com, mybusinesslodging.googleapis.com, oauth2.googleapis.com, openai.com, parkpediatricdental.com, places.googleapis.com, platform.claude.com, platform.openai.com, radix-ui.com, rdap.arin.net, react.dev, redacted.invalid, redux-toolkit.js.org, redux.js.org, registry.npmjs.org, schema.org, searchconsole.googleapis.com, ssl.bing.com, support.google.com, vercel.com, www.bing.com, www.googleapis.com, www.npmjs.com, www.perplexity.ai

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @canonry/canonry@4.111.0 matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhbm9ucnkvY2Fub25yeQ:4.111.0 similarity = 0.962 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/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg

25881// ../integration-commoncrawl/src/plugin-installer.ts L25882: import { spawn } from "child_process"; L25883: import fs4 from "fs/promises";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg · L25881

dist/cli.jsView file

Lines 10631-10671javascript

10631 tx.insert(apiKeys).values({

10632 id: crypto.randomUUID(),

10633 name: "default",

10634 keyHash,

10635 keyPrefix,

10636 scopes: ["*"],

10637 createdAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()

10638 }).run();

10639 });

10640 saveConfig({

10641 apiUrl: env.apiUrl || existingConfig?.apiUrl || `http://localhost:${process.env.CANONRY_PORT || "4100"}`,

10642 database: databasePath,

10643 apiKey: rawApiKey,

10644 providers: mergedProviders,

10645 google: mergedGoogle

10646 });

10647 if (format === "json") {

10648 console.log(JSON.stringify({

10649 bootstrapped: true,

10650 configPath: getConfigPath(),

10651 databasePath,

10652 apiUrl: env.apiUrl || existingConfig?.apiUrl || `http://localhost:${process.env.CANONRY_PORT || "4100"}`,

10653 providers: Object.keys(mergedProviders ?? {}),

10654 googleConfigured: !!mergedGoogle,

10655 generatedApiKey

10656 }, null, 2));

10657 return;

10658 }

10659 console.log(`Bootstrap complete. Config saved to ${getConfigPath()}`);

10660 console.log(`SQLite database path: ${databasePath}`);

10661 if (generatedApiKey) {

10662 console.log(`API key: ${generatedApiKey}`);

10663 }

10664}

10665

10666// src/commands/daemon.ts

10667import { spawn } from "child_process";

10668import fs10 from "fs";

High

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L10651

10669import path8 from "path";

10670function getPidPath() {

10671 return path8.join(getConfigDir(), "canonry.pid");

dist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.jsView file

Lines 167-207javascript

167 isRetryableHttpError,

168 normalizeIdTokens,

169 normalizeUrlPath,

170 notFound,

171 parseOriginList,

172 providerError,

173 resolveSnapshotRequestQueries,

174 serializeForInlineScript,

175 serializeRunError,

176 skillsClientSchema,

177 splitList,

178 validationError,

179

Source & flagged code

4 flagged · loading source

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView 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/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg

25881// ../integration-commoncrawl/src/plugin-installer.ts L25882: import { spawn } from "child_process"; L25883: import fs4 from "fs/promises";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg · L25881

dist/cli.jsView file

10651databasePath, L10652: apiUrl: env.apiUrl || existingConfig?.apiUrl || `http://localhost:${process.env.CANONRY_PORT || "4100"}`, L10653: providers: Object.keys(mergedProviders ?? {}), ... L10666: // src/commands/daemon.ts L10667: import { spawn } from "child_process"; L10668: import fs10 from "fs";

High

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L10651

dist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.jsView file

187var _require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L188: var { version: VERSION } = _require("../package.json"); L189: var TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT = "https://canonry.ai/api/telemetry"; L190: var TIMEOUT_MS = 3e3; ... L201: function isTelemetryEnabled() { L202: if (process.env.CANONRY_TELEMETRY_DISABLED === "1") return false; L203: if (process.env.DO_NOT_TRACK === "1") return false; L204: if (process.env.CI) return false; L205: if (!configExists()) return true; ... L243: try { L244: const hostname = os.hostname() || ""; L245: const mac = firstNonInternalMac();

High

Host Fingerprint Exfiltration

Source collects local host identity data and sends it to an external endpoint.

dist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.jsView on unpkg · L187

Findings

1 Critical4 High4 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.js

HighChild Processdist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.js

HighShell

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/cli.js

HighHost Fingerprint Exfiltrationdist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumProtestware

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowObfuscated

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowTelemetry

LowUrl Strings

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView 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/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg

25881// ../integration-commoncrawl/src/plugin-installer.ts L25882: import { spawn } from "child_process"; L25883: import fs4 from "fs/promises";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/chunk-UOMNYP5T.jsView on unpkg · L25881

dist/cli.jsView file

Lines 10631-10671javascript

10631 tx.insert(apiKeys).values({

10632 id: crypto.randomUUID(),

10633 name: "default",

10634 keyHash,

10635 keyPrefix,

10636 scopes: ["*"],

10637 createdAt: (/* @__PURE__ */ new Date()).toISOString()

10638 }).run();

10639 });

10640 saveConfig({

10641 apiUrl: env.apiUrl || existingConfig?.apiUrl || `http://localhost:${process.env.CANONRY_PORT || "4100"}`,

10642 database: databasePath,

10643 apiKey: rawApiKey,

10644 providers: mergedProviders,

10645 google: mergedGoogle

10646 });

10647 if (format === "json") {

10648 console.log(JSON.stringify({

10649 bootstrapped: true,

10650 configPath: getConfigPath(),

10651 databasePath,

10652 apiUrl: env.apiUrl || existingConfig?.apiUrl || `http://localhost:${process.env.CANONRY_PORT || "4100"}`,

10653 providers: Object.keys(mergedProviders ?? {}),

10654 googleConfigured: !!mergedGoogle,

10655 generatedApiKey

10656 }, null, 2));

10657 return;

10658 }

10659 console.log(`Bootstrap complete. Config saved to ${getConfigPath()}`);

10660 console.log(`SQLite database path: ${databasePath}`);

10661 if (generatedApiKey) {

10662 console.log(`API key: ${generatedApiKey}`);

10663 }

10664}

10665

10666// src/commands/daemon.ts

10667import { spawn } from "child_process";

10668import fs10 from "fs";

High

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L10651

10669import path8 from "path";

10670function getPidPath() {

10671 return path8.join(getConfigDir(), "canonry.pid");

dist/chunk-KS2M7B5E.jsView file

Lines 167-207javascript

167 isRetryableHttpError,

168 normalizeIdTokens,

169 normalizeUrlPath,

170 notFound,

171 parseOriginList,

172 providerError,

173 resolveSnapshotRequestQueries,

174 serializeForInlineScript,

175 serializeRunError,

176 skillsClientSchema,

177 splitList,

178 validationError,

179