registry / @cr8rcho/alkahest / 0.1.38

@cr8rcho/alkahest@0.1.38

Screen-graph CLI that reverse-engineers a product from code (React/Next static analysis → product map)

AI Security Review

scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

No confirmed malicious attack surface. Network, filesystem, package-manager, and Git-hook actions are tied to explicit CLI commands and documented package functions.

Static reason

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

Trigger

User runs `alkahest publish`, `login`, `update`, `hook install`, `scan`, or `view`.

Impact

May save a token, upload a selected map, write `.alkahest` output, modify local Git hooks, or update this package when the user requests it.

Mechanism

Explicit CLI publishing, local analysis output, optional Git hooks, and self-update.

Rationale

The flagged primitives implement documented, user-invoked CLI capabilities rather than install-time or stealth behavior. Static inspection found no credential harvesting beyond an explicitly supplied service token and no unconsented foreign control-surface mutation.

Evidence

package.jsondist/cli.jsdist/commands/update.jsdist/commands/hook.jsdist/core/credentials.jsdist/core/publish.jsdist/core/serve.jsdist/core/version.js~/.alkahest/credentials.json~/.alkahest/update-check.json<projectRoot>/.alkahest/map.json<projectRoot>/.alkahest/index.html<projectRoot>/.git/hooks/post-commit<projectRoot>/.git/hooks/post-merge

Network endpoints2

ytcmzkrvtomtcrcyqqcb.supabase.co/functions/v1api.github.com/repos/cr8rcho/alkahest-cli/releases/latest

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

`dist/commands/update.js` explicitly runs `git pull` and `npm install` only via `alkahest update`.
`dist/commands/hook.js` writes marked post-commit/post-merge hooks only via `alkahest hook install`.
`dist/core/credentials.js` stores a user-provided publish token in `~/.alkahest/credentials.json`.

Evidence against

`package.json` has no preinstall/install/postinstall hook; `prepare` only invokes the missing source build assets.
`dist/cli.js` exposes update, hook, login, publish, and MCP behavior as explicit commands.
`dist/core/serve.js` binds only to `127.0.0.1` and opens that printed local URL.
`dist/core/publish.js` sends the scanned map only after explicit publish and token resolution.
No eval, VM execution, opaque payload loading, or foreign AI-agent config writes were found.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 55 file(s), 342 KB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.github.com, ytcmzkrvtomtcrcyqqcb.supabase.co

Source & flagged code

3 flagged

dist/core/serve.jsView file

Lines 1-23javascript

1import { createServer } from "node:http";

2import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";

3import { extname, resolve } from "node:path";

4import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

5import { platform } from "node:os";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/core/serve.jsView on unpkg · L3

6import { OUTPUT_DIR } from "./emit.js";

7const MIME = {

8 ".html": "text/html; charset=utf-8",

9 ".json": "application/json; charset=utf-8",

10 ".js": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",

11 ".css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",

12};

13/**

14 * Serves `<projectRoot>/.alkahest` as a local static server and opens the browser.

15 * The server keeps the event loop alive, so the process stays up until Ctrl+C.

16 */

17export async function serveDashboard(projectRoot) {

18 const root = resolve(projectRoot, OUTPUT_DIR);

19 const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {

20 try {

21 const urlPath = decodeURIComponent((req.url || "/").split("?")[0]);

22 const filePath = resolve(root, "." + (urlPath === "/" ? "/index.html" : urlPath));

23 if (filePath !== root && !filePath.startsWith(root + "/")) {

dist/commands/update.jsView file

Lines 3-42javascript

3import { createRequire } from "node:module";

4import { dirname, join } from "node:path";

5import { checkForUpdate } from "../core/version.js";

6export async function update(options = {}) {

7 const

dist/core/publish.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @cr8rcho/alkahest@0.1.37 matchedIdentity = npm:QGNyOHJjaG8vYWxrYWhlc3Q:0.1.37 similarity = 0.943 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/core/publish.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

3 flagged · loading source

dist/core/serve.jsView file

3import { extname, resolve } from "node:path"; L4: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; L5: import { platform } from "node:os";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/core/serve.jsView on unpkg · L3

dist/commands/update.jsView file

23console.log("[alkahest] update by reinstalling the latest from npm:"); L24: console.log(` npm install -g ${pkgName}@latest`); L25: return; L26: } L27: const run = (cmd, args) => execFileSync(cmd, args, { cwd: pkgRoot, stdio: "inherit" }); L28: try {

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/commands/update.jsView on unpkg · L23

dist/core/publish.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/core/publish.jsView on unpkg

Findings

1 Critical3 High3 Medium5 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/core/publish.js

HighChild Processdist/core/serve.js

HighShell

HighRuntime Package Installdist/commands/update.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Source & flagged code

3 flagged

dist/core/serve.jsView file

Lines 1-23javascript

1import { createServer } from "node:http";

2import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";

3import { extname, resolve } from "node:path";

4import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

5import { platform } from "node:os";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/core/serve.jsView on unpkg · L3

6import { OUTPUT_DIR } from "./emit.js";

7const MIME = {

8 ".html": "text/html; charset=utf-8",

9 ".json": "application/json; charset=utf-8",

10 ".js": "text/javascript; charset=utf-8",

11 ".css": "text/css; charset=utf-8",

12};

13/**

14 * Serves `<projectRoot>/.alkahest` as a local static server and opens the browser.

15 * The server keeps the event loop alive, so the process stays up until Ctrl+C.

16 */

17export async function serveDashboard(projectRoot) {

18 const root = resolve(projectRoot, OUTPUT_DIR);

19 const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {

20 try {

21 const urlPath = decodeURIComponent((req.url || "/").split("?")[0]);

22 const filePath = resolve(root, "." + (urlPath === "/" ? "/index.html" : urlPath));

23 if (filePath !== root && !filePath.startsWith(root + "/")) {

dist/commands/update.jsView file

Lines 3-42javascript

3import { createRequire } from "node:module";

4import { dirname, join } from "node:path";

5import { checkForUpdate } from "../core/version.js";

6export async function update(options = {}) {

7 const

dist/core/publish.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/core/publish.jsView on unpkg