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@cgh567/agent@2.6.30

Helios self-improvement lab

AI Security Review

scanned 20d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. This is a first-party Helios/Pi agent that installs with a native-binding postinstall and later can start Docker, a detached daemon, global npm upgrades, and headless RPC workers. No install-time write to a foreign third-party agent config was found, but the dual-use control surface is large and not fully covered by static analysis.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.

Trigger

npm install runs postinstall; using Helios/Pi then loads extensions on CLI or session start, which can start Docker/daemon and run upgrade or wizard commands.

Impact

A consumer who installs and runs Helios can get a copied native addon, a background daemon, a Memgraph container, and global coding-agent installs without those actions being a hidden third-party hijack.

Mechanism

First-party agent extension lifecycle plus native and process spawning

AI rationale

Inspected source shows a Helios agent product with a bounded sqlite postinstall and no foreign agent-config hijack or self-dependency install chain, so this is not a publish block. The first-party extension lifecycle, detached daemon, Docker autostart, global npm upgrade, and incomplete static coverage of this large dual-use tree remain unresolved risk that should warn.

Evidence

package.jsonpostinstall.cjsbin/helios.jsextensions/memgraph-autostart.tsdaemon/daemon-manager.jsextensions/upgrade-reviewer.tsdaemon/lib/wizard-engine.jsbackfill-dashboard.jsprebuildsnode_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 74.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

Install postinstall copies a bundled better-sqlite3 native binding into that dependency's build directory and can spawn in-package helper scripts.
package.json registers first-party Pi extensions and skills; the Helios CLI injects those paths at runtime.
A session-start extension can start Memgraph with docker compose.
Daemon manager spawns a detached Helios company daemon.
The upgrade-reviewer extension can run npm install -g of the coding-agent package and auto-checks on session start.
Wizard and backfill tools spawn headless RPC or npx/tsx children; native binaries and incomplete static coverage leave dual-use behavior not fully reviewable as source.

Evidence against

There is no preinstall hook, and postinstall stays in this package plus the declared better-sqlite3 binding path.
The package is a Helios/Pi agent product, not a hidden dependency of an unrelated library.
It does not runtime-depend on another @cgh567/agent release that would chain extra install hooks.
Install does not write foreign .claude, .cursor, or similar third-party agent control files.
No bidi/Trojan Source override characters were found in lib/triage-core/types.ts.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicenseWildcardDependency

scanned 1,966 file(s), 21.3 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, 2captcha.com, accounts.google.com, accounts.zoho.com, acme.vc, api.2captcha.com, api.anti-captcha.com, api.apollo.io, api.capsolver.com, api.github.com, api.guerrillamail.com, api.hubapi.com, api.hunter.io, api.mail.tm, api.notion.com, api.porkbun.com, api.resend.com, api.search.brave.com, api.slack.com, calendar.google.com, cdn.jsdelivr.net, clients2.google.com, console.aws.amazon.com, console.cloud.google.com, console.developers.google.com, deb.nodesource.com, docs.example.com, docs.google.com, echo.epa.gov, en.wikipedia.org, example.com, external-api.com, first.com, fonts.googleapis.com, freedesktop.org, github.com, gmail.googleapis.com, graph.microsoft.com, hacker-news.firebaseio.com, helios-harada.fly.dev, helios.dev, hn.algolia.com, httpsms.com, inbox.dog, login.microsoftonline.com, mailadmin.zoho.com, mcp.mail.superhuman.com, mcp.zapier.com, memgraph.com, myaccount.google.com

Source & flagged code

17 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.cjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.cjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

extensions/helios-governance/lib/crawl4ai-client.tsView file

884patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 884

Medium

Secret Pattern

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

extensions/helios-governance/lib/crawl4ai-client.tsView on unpkg · L884

bin/helios.jsView file

14const path = require('node:path'); L15: const { spawn } = require('node:child_process'); L16: const { createRequire } = require('node:module');

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/helios.jsView on unpkg · L14

extensions/upgrade-reviewer.tsView file

746const declRegex = /export\s+(?:declare\s+)?(?:interface|type|function|class|const|let|var|enum)\s+(\w+)/g; L747: let match: RegExpExecArray | null; L748: while ((match = declRegex.exec(dtsContent)) !== null) {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

extensions/upgrade-reviewer.tsView on unpkg · L746

brainv2/task-context-strategy.tsView file

35try { L36: const { shannonEntropy } = require('../lib/graph/analytics/quantum-entropy-detector.js'); L37: // If task text itself contains error-like keywords, boost governance context

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

brainv2/task-context-strategy.tsView on unpkg · L35

extensions/memgraph-broker-launcher.tsView file

3* L4: * Uses Node.js fork() with IPC channel for readiness signaling. L5: * The broker sends { type: 'ready' } after its socket is listening. ... L22: // HELIOS_SKIP_INFRA=1: headless/judge mode — broker not started, resolve immediately L23: if (process.env.HELIOS_SKIP_INFRA === '1') return; L24: await new Promise<void>((resolve) => { ... L33: L34: const BROKER_SOCK = process.env.HELIOS_BROKER_SOCK || join(homedir(), 'helios-agent', 'run', 'memgraph-broker.sock'); L35: const BROKER_LOCK = BROKER_SOCK.replace('.sock', '.lock'); ... L54: try { L55: const lock = JSON.parse(readFileSync(BROKER_LOCK, 'utf8')); L56: process.kill(lock.pid, 0);

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

extensions/memgraph-broker-launcher.tsView on unpkg · L3

extensions/memgraph-autostart.tsView file

12*/ L13: import { execFile } from 'child_process'; L14: import { promisify } from 'util'; L15: import * as net from 'net'; L16: import { join } from 'path'; ... L23: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L24: const QUIET = process.env.PI_QUIET === '1' || process.env.PI_LOG_LEVEL === 'error'; L25:

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

extensions/memgraph-autostart.tsView on unpkg · L12

12*/ L13: import { execFile } from 'child_process'; L14: import { promisify } from 'util'; L15: import * as net from 'net'; L16: import { join } from 'path'; ... L23: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L24: const QUIET = process.env.PI_QUIET === '1' || process.env.PI_LOG_LEVEL === 'error'; L25: ... L53: if (!driver) { L54: process.stderr.write('[memgraph-autostart] ⚠️ Driver not available yet — skipping MAGE module load (will retry on next tick)\n'); L55: return; ... L266: // AGENT_DIR: resolved from HELIOS_ROOT env var (canonical), then from helios-root.js

High

Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

extensions/memgraph-autostart.tsView on unpkg · L12

daemon/lib/wizard-engine.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

336// ── Dispatch the CEO"s first goal-decompose task directly into Memgraph ───────\r\n//\r\n// GAP-3 FIX: The original approach used spawn() + stdin write with child.unref().\r\n// ... L337: // the 200ms setTimeout resolved before the child"s stdin was ever consumed\r\n// (helios-rpc startup + skill loading takes 2-10s). stdout/stderr pipes also\r\n// filled up (64KB O... L338: // CEO agent — exactly the same path used for all other task dispatch. No process, ... L350: // BusinessTask node — and a new duplicate "Goal Decompose" inbox card — L351: // every time the wizard"s final step re-executes for the same goal.\r\n const taskId = `task:wizard:goal-decompose:${goalId}`;\r\n\r\n const haradaPillars = [\r\n "Mind", "Sk... L352: // one, or seedToMemgraph"s per-goal MERGE below cre

High

Command Output Exfiltration

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

daemon/lib/wizard-engine.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L336

backfill-dashboard.jsView file

10* - Metrics panel (right): emails, edges, episodes, deltas, memory, triage counts L11: * - Live log panel (bottom): rolling stderr/stdout stream, color-coded by severity L12: * - Header bar: status, account, elapsed time ... L27: const fs = require('fs'); L28: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L29: ... L43: // ── Config ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── L44: const REPO = __dirname; L45: const LOG_FILE = path.join(path.dirname(REPO), 'backfill-run.log'); ... L470: const startTimestamp = new Date().toISOString().replace('T', ' ').slice(0, 19); L471: logStream.write(`\n=== Backfill dashboard started: ${startTimestamp} args: ${ARGS.join(' ')} ===\n`); L472:

High

Hidden Inline Dependency Execution

Source silently spawns a Node process to execute an inline dependency payload.

backfill-dashboard.jsView on unpkg · L10

713} else { L714: child = spawn('npx', ['tsx', scriptPath, ...ARGS], { L715: cwd: __dirname, stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'pipe'], env: { ...process.env }

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

backfill-dashboard.jsView on unpkg · L713

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 103

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

backfill-dashboard.jsView on unpkg

lib/triage-core/types.tsView file

957contains invisible/control Unicode U+FEFF (zero width no-break space) <U+FEFF>

Critical

Trojan Source Unicode

Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.

lib/triage-core/types.tsView on unpkg · L957

daemon/daemon-manager.jsView file

19Cross-file remote execution chain: daemon/daemon-manager.js spawns daemon/helios-company-daemon.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution. L19: const fs = require('fs'); L20: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L21: L22: const DEFAULT_PORT = parseInt(process.env.HELIOS_DAEMON_PORT || '9093', 10); L23: const DAEMON_SCRIPT = path.join(__dirname, 'helios-company-daemon.js'); L24: // Use HELIOS_ROOT from lib/paths.js so PID_FILE is correct for all install locations ... L38: async function isHealthy(port = DEFAULT_PORT) { L39: const url = `http://localhost:${port}/api/health`; L40: try { ... L106: if (!pidAlive) { L107: // Write daemon stderr to a log file so crashes are visible for diagnosis. L108: // stdout is ignored (daemon uses log() internall

High

Cross File Remote Execution Context

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

daemon/daemon-manager.jsView on unpkg · L19

bin/fdView file

•path = bin/fd kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 2953808 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Native Binary

Package ships native binary artifacts.

bin/fdView on unpkg

run-backfill.ps1View file

•path = run-backfill.ps1 kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 5006 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

run-backfill.ps1View on unpkg