---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@codexapi/codexclaude"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@codexapi/codexclaude/v/2.0.33.md"
package: "@codexapi/codexclaude"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.0.33"
---

# @codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 14 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 2.0.33
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis flagged 14 finding(s) at 86.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-16T15:51:49.960Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-16T15:51:50.853Z
- **Download time:** 505 ms
- **Static scan time:** 387 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 893 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33.

- Review the evidence and your use of @codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33 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. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install-safe-aliases.js
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/codexclaude.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/bin/codexclaude.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L4: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/codexclaude.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/bin/codexclaude.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L545: return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
L546: const child = spawn(command, args, { stdio: "inherit", env: process.env, shell: false });
L547: child.once("error", reject);
...
L558: async function getJson(pathname) {
L559: const response = await fetch(`${API_ORIGIN}${pathname}`, {
L560: headers: {
```

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/codexclaude.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/bin/codexclaude.js>)

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.
bin/codexclaude.js:
import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, copyFileSync, chmodSync, unlinkSync } from "node:fs";
import readline from "node:readline/promises";
const API_ORIGIN = (process.env.CODEXCLAUDE_API_ORIGIN || "https://codexapi.pro").replace(/\/+$/, "");
const CHICAGO_API_ORIGIN = "https://api-chicago.codexapi.pro";
const CONFIG_DIR = path.join(homedir(), ".codexclaude");
const CODEX_DIR = path.join(homedir(), ".codex");
aliases: ["codexapi", "codex", "codexapi.pro", "api.codexapi.pro"],
codexclaude setup       Rewrite ~/.codex/config.toml with Full Access defaults
```

### 10. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/codexclaude.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/bin/codexclaude.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
bin/codexclaude.js:
import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, copyFileSync, chmodSync, unlinkSync } from "node:fs";
const API_ORIGIN = (process.env.CODEXCLAUDE_API_ORIGIN || "https://codexapi.pro").replace(/\/+$/, "");
const CHICAGO_API_ORIGIN = "https://api-chicago.codexapi.pro";
const NPM_LATEST_URL = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@codexapi%2Fcodexclaude/latest";
const HOSTED_TARBALL_URL = `https://codexapi.pro/downloads/codexapi-codexclaude-${APP_VERSION}.tgz`;
apiOrigin: "https://codexapi.pro",
apiOrigin: "https://chatplus.chat",
apiOrigin: "https://api.myapi.world",
```

### 11. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/install-safe-aliases.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@codexapi/codexclaude@2.0.33/scripts/install-safe-aliases.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Install-time AI-agent control hijack evidence:
L6: lstatSync,
L7: mkdirSync,
L8: symlinkSync,
L9: writeFileSync,
L10: } from "node:fs";
...
L39: const quiet = Boolean(options.quiet);
L40: if (!isGlobalInstall || isTruthy(process.env.CODEXCLAUDE_SKIP_COMMAND_ALIASES)) {
L41: return { status: "skipped" };
...
L65: try {
L66: mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
L67: if (process.platform === "win32") {
...
L128: const launcher = quoteForCmd(launcherPath);
Payload evidence from codexclaude.md:
L11: - Required install command: `npm install -g @codexapi/codexclaude@latest`
L12: - Hosted fallback: `npm install -g https://codexapi.pro/downloads/codexapi-codexclaude-2.0.33.tgz`
L13: - Backend minimum version: `2.0.33`
...
L138: 2. Run `npm install @openai/codex@<version> --save-exact`.
L139: 3.
```

### 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.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 1
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1

### Published dependency entries
- @openai/codex 0.148.0-alpha.20 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @codexapi/codexclaude
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.0.33
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-16T15:51:06.236Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-05T14:06:50.644Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-26T16:42:58.959Z
- **Known versions:** 13
- **Latest version:** 2.0.41
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** MagnetAPI.org Codex CLI for ChatGPT Daybreak Blue, GPT-5.6, Opus 5, Sonnet 5, and Fable 5.
- **Maintainers:** embire
- **Keywords:** codex, claude, opus, codexapi, coding-cli
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 6
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 78,418 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@codexapi/codexclaude/v/2.0.33>)
- [Repository](<https://codexapi.pro/>)