---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cartanova/qgrid-cli/v/2.7.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cartanova/qgrid-cli/v/2.7.4.md"
package: "@cartanova/qgrid-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.7.4"
---

# @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Unconsented AI-agent control-surface modification; existing qgrid skills are overwritten.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Warn by default
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Soft block: AI-agent control surface
- **Selected version:** 2.7.4
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. npm postinstall deletes and replaces Codex/Claude skill directories with package-controlled content. It affects project-local agent configuration and global agent homes without an explicit user command.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-18T15:30:39.710Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-18T15:31:34.765Z
- **Download time:** 506 ms
- **Static scan time:** 6989 ms
- **AI review time:** 47560 ms
- **Total time:** 55055 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** npm postinstall deletes and replaces Codex/Claude skill directories with package-controlled content. It affects project-local agent configuration and global agent homes without an explicit user command.

- **Trigger:** npm install (postinstall)

- **Impact:** Unconsented AI-agent control-surface modification; existing qgrid skills are overwritten.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, postinstall.mjs, skills/qgrid/SKILL.md

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-18T15:31:34.765Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** recursive deletion and symlink/copy into AI-agent skill directories

- **Attack narrative:** During npm installation, the package automatically runs postinstall.mjs. The hook locates the install project or global Codex/Claude homes, recursively removes qgrid skill directories there, and replaces them with package-controlled skill content via symlink or copy. This modifies foreign AI-agent instruction/control surfaces without an explicit setup command.

- **Rationale:** The lifecycle hook performs concrete, unconsented destructive writes to Codex and Claude Code skill locations. This meets the install-time foreign/broad AI-agent control-surface mutation block boundary.

- **Files touched:** skills/qgrid, \<project\>/.agents/skills/qgrid, \<project\>/.claude/skills/qgrid, $CODEX\_HOME/skills/qgrid, $CLAUDE\_HOME/skills/qgrid

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs postinstall.mjs automatically on installation., The hook targets Codex and Claude Code skill directories in the installing project or user home., The hook recursively deletes each target before replacing it with the package's skill directory., This is unconsented install-time mutation of foreign AI-agent control surfaces.

- **Evidence against:** The postinstall hook contains no network requests or credential exfiltration., The shipped skill content is package-specific qgrid documentation.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.mjs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** bundle/web-dist/server/assets/services.generated-B5UkNmgc.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/web-dist/server/assets/services.generated-B5UkNmgc.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18664: try {
L18665: new Function("");
L18666: return true;
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L295: try {
L296: const client = new (await (import("pg"))).default.Client({
L297: host: dbHost,
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** bundle/web-dist/server/entry-server.generated.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/web-dist/server/entry-server.generated.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L22: if (!shouldRedactErrors(error)) return Promise.reject(error);
L23: if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") console.error(`A query that was dehydrated as pending ended up rejecting. [${query.queryHash}]: ${error}; The error will be redacted in p...
L24: return Promise.reject(/* @__PURE__ */ new Error("redacted"));
...
L32: ...query.state,
L33: ...query.state.data !== void 0 && { data: serializeData(query.state.data) }
L34: },
...
L401: const promises = notifyManager.batch(() => this.#queryCache.findAll(filters).filter((query) => !query.isDisabled() && !query.isStatic()).map((query) => {
L402: let promise = query.fetch(void 0, fetchOptions);
L403: if (!fetchOptions.throwOnError) promise = promise.catch(noop$1);
...
L1081: const persistedState = safeSessionStorage.getItem(storageKey);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/postinstall.mjs>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L54: if (hasArg("--global") || isGlobalInstall) {
L55: const codexHome = process.env.CODEX_HOME
L56: ? path.resolve(process.env.CODEX_HOME)
L57: : path.join(os.homedir(), ".codex");
L58: const claudeHome = process.env.CLAUDE_HOME
L59: ? path.resolve(process.env.CLAUDE_HOME)
L60: : path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude");
L61: return [
...
L77: label: "Codex",
L78: target: path.join(projectRoot, ".agents", "skills", "qgrid"),
L79: useSymlink: true,
...
L82: label: "Claude Code",
```

### 11. High: External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/postinstall.mjs>)

Runtime or CLI source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Runtime or CLI code links a write operation to an explicit external AI-agent control path:
name(fileurltopath(import.meta.url));
const sourceskillsdir = path.join(packagedir, "skills", "qgrid");

function hasarg(name) {
  return process.argv.slice(2).includes(name);
}

function findprojectroot(startdir) {
  let current = path.resolve(startdir);
  let packagejsonroot = null;

  while (true) {
    if (
      existssync(path.join(current, "pnpm-workspace.yaml")) ||
      existssync(path.join(current, ".git"))
    ) {
      return current;
    }

    if (!packagejsonroot && existssync(path.join(current, "package.json"))) {
      packagejsonroot = current;
    }

    const parent = path.dirname(current);
    if (parent === current) return packagejsonroot ?? path.resolve(startdir);
    current =
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

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

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 16. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** bundle/dist/application/qgrid/tool-emulation.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/dist/application/qgrid/tool-emulation.js>)

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_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 5
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/dist/cli.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 = @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.3
matchedPath = dist/cli.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhcnRhbm92YS9xZ3JpZC1jbGk:2.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bundle/dist/utils/providers/anthropic/claude-session.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/dist/utils/providers/anthropic/claude-session.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 = @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.3
matchedPath = [redacted]-session.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhcnRhbm92YS9xZ3JpZC1jbGk:2.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bundle/src/utils/providers/anthropic/claude-session.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/src/utils/providers/anthropic/claude-session.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 = @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.3
matchedPath = [redacted]-session.ts
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhcnRhbm92YS9xZ3JpZC1jbGk:2.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bundle/web-dist/client/assets/services.generated-CA7oRRYY.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/web-dist/client/assets/services.generated-CA7oRRYY.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 = @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.3
matchedPath = bundle/web-dist/client/assets/services.generated-CSW8bhCP.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhcnRhbm92YS9xZ3JpZC1jbGk:2.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bundle/web-dist/server/assets/lazyRouteComponent-tS-rTksX.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.4/bundle/web-dist/server/assets/lazyRouteComponent-tS-rTksX.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 = @cartanova/qgrid-cli@2.7.3
matchedPath = bundle/web-[redacted]-0y-znAfz.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNhcnRhbm92YS9xZ3JpZC1jbGk:2.7.3
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:** 6
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @ai-sdk/anthropic ^3.0.0 (Dependency)
- @ai-sdk/provider ^3.0.0 (Dependency)
- @ai-sdk/provider-utils ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- @anthropic-ai/sdk ^0.81.0 (Dependency)
- @better-auth/passkey ~1.6.0 (Dependency)
- @better-auth/sso ~1.6.0 (Dependency)
- @logtape/logtape 2.0.0 (Dependency)
- @logtape/pretty 2.0.0 (Dependency)
- @logtape/redaction 2.0.0 (Dependency)
- @oxc-project/runtime ^0.79.0 (Dependency)
- ai ^6.0.1 (Dependency)
- bcrypt ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- better-auth ^1.6.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.0.0 (Dependency)
- date-fns ^4.1.0 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16 (Dependency)
- fastify ^4 (Dependency)
- ioredis ^5.8.2 (Dependency)
- json-schema-to-zod ^2.8.1 (Dependency)
- knex ^3.2.9 (Dependency)
- pg ^8.16.3 (Dependency)
- radashi ^12.2.0 (Dependency)
- sonamu 0.10.3 (Dependency)
- typescript 6.0.3 (Dependency)
- ws 8.20.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @cartanova/qgrid-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.7.4
- **Version published:** 2026-08-18T14:46:25.442Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T02:58:12.221Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-18T15:31:34.765Z
- **Known versions:** 18
- **Latest version:** 2.7.4
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 474
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 11,476,965 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@cartanova/qgrid-cli/v/2.7.4>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/cartanova-ai/qgrid>)
