registry / Credential exfiltration / @delorenj/pjangler
@delorenj/pjangler
Project subsystem bootstrapper CLI
This report shows the evidence for @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.17. 1 of 17 known versions is blocked or flagged. The newest version, 1.5.18, is allowed. See all versions.
AI Security Review
scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source establishes that an existing Plane API key is sent to a package-selected default host during ordinary CLI operations, without recipient-specific consent. This is concrete credential disclosure and warrants blocking publication.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the project identity reconciliation or board-link CLI action with a Plane API key available.
Impact
The selected host receives the API key and may gain access to the associated Plane account or workspace.
Mechanism
The client builds a request using the configured base or the package default and places the stored key in the request’s `X-API-Key` header; the source shows no recipient-specific confirmation or destination allowlist.
Attack narrative
When a user invokes Plane board reconciliation or linking without setting a different Plane base, the CLI obtains a stored API key from the environment or Hermes fleet file and sends it to `https://plane.delo.sh`. The source allows a host override, but does not require one or obtain confirmation for the package-selected default recipient.
AI rationale
The source establishes that an existing Plane API key is sent to a package-selected default host during ordinary CLI operations, without recipient-specific consent. This is concrete credential disclosure and warrants blocking publication.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.js
Network endpoints1
plane.delo.sh
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 91.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The package exposes `dist/index.js` as the `pj` and `pjangler` CLI entrypoint.
- The CLI reads Plane API keys from environment variables or the user’s Hermes fleet environment file.
- Without a configured Plane base, the client selects `https://plane.delo.sh` as its destination.
- The client sends the stored API key in an `X-API-Key` header to the selected host.
- The `pj project identity` command invokes reconciliation that fetches Plane boards; `pj project link` also fetches boards.
Evidence against
- The Plane host can be overridden through `PLANE_BASE` or the Plane base setting in the user configuration.
- The credential-bearing requests are reached through explicit CLI actions.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.jsView file
•path = dist/index.js
kind = trigger_reachable_excluded_payload
sizeBytes = 911727
triggerReachableSource = dist/index.js
excludedPayload = .mise/scripts/versioning.sh
Critical
Trigger Reachable Excluded Directory Payload
A package entrypoint or install-reachable source explicitly loads and activates an executable-looking payload from a test, fixture, or hidden path.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg121// src/project/registryClient.ts
L122: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L123: import { homedir as homedir2 } from "node:os";
High
•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
CREDENTIAL_KEY = /(?:^|[_-])(?:password|passwd|api[_-]?key|access[_-]?token|refresh[_-]?token|client[_-]?secret|private[_-]?key|credential|authorization)(?:$|[_-])/iu;
`no Plane API key for workspace "${workspace}": set ${planeApiKeyNames(workspace).join(" or ")}, or add one to ${ctx.env.HERMES_FLEET_ENV?.trim() || join12(ctx.home, ".hermes", "fl...
`Plane returned ${response.status} for ${path}` + (credentials ? ` \u2014 the API key was rejected; check ${planeApiKeyNames(client.workspace).join(" / ")}` : response.status === 4...
import { chmodSync as chmodSync2, closeSync, copyFileSync as copyFileSync2, existsSync as ex
Findings
1 Critical4 High5 Medium5 Low
CriticalTrigger Reachable Excluded Directory Payloaddist/index.js
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executionscripts/install-project-registry.mjs
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighPayload In Excluded Dirdist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperdist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.17.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.17. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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