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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@delorenj/pjangler/v/1.5.13"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@delorenj/pjangler/v/1.5.13.md"
package: "@delorenj/pjangler"
report_status: "published"
title: "@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.5.13"
---

# @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 16 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.5.13
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

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.

AI assessment: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Source inspection found no npm install lifecycle trigger or concrete malicious behavior. The flagged agent integration and service setup are explicit package operations, while the excluded-path payload is test code using local temporary fixtures.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-09T04:25:16.580Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-09T04:25:55.047Z
- **Download time:** 1026 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4694 ms
- **AI review time:** 32746 ms
- **Total time:** 38467 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

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No confirmed attack surface was identified. Agent hook setup and registry service installation are explicit package operations, not automatic npm install behavior.

- **Trigger:** A user invokes the notebook integration or registry installer.

- **Impact:** These operations change user configuration when invoked, but inspected source does not establish an unconsented install-time attack.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-09T04:25:55.047Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The notebook integration installs the package-owned skill and projects hooks; the separate installer creates and enables a user systemd service.

- **Rationale:** Source inspection found no npm install lifecycle trigger or concrete malicious behavior. The flagged agent integration and service setup are explicit package operations, while the excluded-path payload is test code using local temporary fixtures.

- **Files touched:** package.json, dist/index.js, dist/mcp-server.js, dist/notebook/journal-service-main.js, scripts/install-project-registry.mjs, dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test\_project\_hooks.py

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly runs checks and a build., The flagged locations in the three bundles contain shared skill-root and registry-key constants, not agent configuration writes., Notebook skill and hook installation is exposed through an integration method, not an npm lifecycle hook., The registry service installer is a separate script that creates a user systemd unit when invoked., The flagged Python file is a test module that uses a temporary directory and local hook fixtures.

- **Evidence against:** The bundles include code for installing a first-party notebook skill and projecting hooks into Claude settings when the integration is invoked., The separate registry installer enables a user systemd service when run.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13.

- Review the evidence and your use of @delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L121: // src/project/registryClient.ts
L122: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L123: import { homedir as homedir2 } from "node:os";
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** scripts/install-project-registry.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/scripts/install-project-registry.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16: writeFileSync(unit, `[Unit]\nDescription=PJangler manifest-owned project registry\nAfter=network.target\n\n[Service]\nType=simple\nExecStart=${quote(process.execPath)} ${quote(entr...
L17: const runtimeDir = process.env.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR || `/run/user/${userInfo().uid}`;
L18: const systemdEnv = { ...process.env, ...(existsSync(runtimeDir) ? { XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: runtimeDir } : {}),
L19: ...(!process.env.DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS && existsSync(join(runtimeDir, 'bus')) ? { DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: `unix:path=${join(runtimeDir, 'bus')}` } : {}) };
L20: execFileSync('systemd-analyze', ['--user', 'verify', unit], { stdio: 'inherit', env: systemdEnv });
L21: execFileSync('systemctl', ['--user', 'daemon-reload'], { stdio: 'inherit', env: systemdEnv });
...
L26: try {
L27: const response = await f
```

### 8. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/index.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.
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() || join11(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
```

### 9. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7369: if (typeof bin !== "string" || !bin) throw new Error(`${manifestPath} declares no skillex bin`);
L7370: return { bin: resolve4(dirname4(manifestPath), bin), version: String(manifest.version ?? "unknown") };
L7371: }
...
L7377: } catch (error) {
L7378: process.stderr.write(`pjangler install is missing its @delorenj/skillex dependency (${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}); reinstall @delorenj/pjangler
L7379: `);
...
L7382: return await new Promise((resolveOutcome) => {
L7383: const child = spawn(process.execPath, [cli.bin, ...args], { stdio: "inherit" });
L7384: const relay = (signal) => {
```

### 10. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.js
L7369: if (typeof bin !== "string" || !bin) throw new Error(`${manifestPath} declares no skillex bin`);
L7370: return { bin: resolve4(dirname4(manifestPath), bin), version: String(manifest.version ?? "unknown") };
L7371: }
...
L7377: } catch (error) {
L7378: process.stderr.write(`pjangler install is missing its @delorenj/skillex dependency (${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}); reinstall @delorenj/pjangler
L7379: `);
...
L7382: return await new Promise((resolveOutcome) => {
L7383: const child = spawn(process.execPath, [cli.bin, ...args], { stdio: "inherit" });
L7384: const relay = (signal) => {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 13. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test\_project\_hooks.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 38660
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. High: Payload In Excluded Dir
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test\_project\_hooks.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py>)

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = dist/assets/project-notebook-skill/tests/test_project_hooks.py
kind = payload_in_excluded_dir
sizeBytes = 38660
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. Critical: Trigger Reachable Excluded Directory Payload
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@delorenj/pjangler@1.5.13/dist/index.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-reachable source explicitly loads and activates an executable-looking payload from a test, fixture, or hidden path.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/index.js
kind = trigger_reachable_excluded_payload
sizeBytes = 896389
triggerReachableSource = dist/index.js
excludedPayload = .mise/scripts/versioning.sh
```

### 16. 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:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 8
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 6
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 8

### Published dependency entries
- @clack/prompts ^1.4.0 (Dependency)
- @delorenj/skillex 0.1.2 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^14.0.2 (Dependency)
- pg ^8.16.0 (Dependency)
- smol-toml ^1.8.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @delorenj/pjangler
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.5.13
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-09T04:23:24.743Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T00:59:29.037Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-18T02:54:44.579Z
- **Known versions:** 17
- **Latest version:** 1.5.18
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Project subsystem bootstrapper CLI
- **Author:** delorenj
- **Maintainers:** lasertoast
- **Keywords:** cli, bootstrap, project-setup, mise, docker
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24
- **Artifact files:** 66
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,386,572 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@delorenj/pjangler/v/1.5.13>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/delorenj/pjangler>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/delorenj/pjangler#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/delorenj/pjangler/issues>)
