---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@depup/expo__cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@depup/expo__cli/v/57.0.20-depup.0.md"
package: "@depup/expo__cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "57.0.20-depup.0"
---

# @depup/expo\_\_cli@57.0.20-depup.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 23 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Data Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 57.0.20-depup.0
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Running the CLI sends telemetry by default. It can include coding-agent and sandbox metadata with command telemetry.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-16T05:52:07.203Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-16T05:53:29.175Z
- **Download time:** 1033 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5208 ms
- **AI review time:** 75730 ms
- **Total time:** 81972 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:** Running the CLI sends telemetry by default. It can include coding-agent and sandbox metadata with command telemetry.

- **Trigger:** A user runs the expo-internal CLI without EXPO\_NO\_TELEMETRY.

- **Impact:** Agent identifiers and session identifiers may be disclosed to Expo telemetry.

- **Evidence paths:** build/bin/cli, build/src/utils/telemetry/utils/agent.js, build/src/utils/telemetry/Telemetry.js, build/src/utils/telemetry/clients/FetchClient.js, build/src/utils/telemetry/utils/constants.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-16T05:53:29.175Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Coding-agent detection and telemetry POST requests.

- **Rationale:** The package has no installation lifecycle hook or hidden payload chain, but its default runtime telemetry collects coding-agent metadata and sends it over the network. This is a concrete privacy risk that warrants a warning rather than a publish block.

- **Files touched:** build/bin/cli, build/src/utils/telemetry/utils/agent.js, build/src/utils/telemetry/Telemetry.js, build/src/utils/telemetry/clients/FetchClient.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://cdp.expo.dev/v1/batch

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** Runtime telemetry detects a coding agent and collects its identifier and session ID., Telemetry records include detected agent and sandbox-provider metadata., The CLI enables command telemetry by default unless the user sets an opt-out variable., Telemetry posts records to Expo's cdp.expo.dev endpoint.

- **Evidence against:** package.json contains no preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare lifecycle hook., The launcher only activates this behavior after a user runs the Expo CLI., The API credential wrapper limits Expo credentials to the configured Expo API origin.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @depup/expo\_\_cli@57.0.20-depup.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @depup/expo\_\_cli@57.0.20-depup.0 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: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** internal/unstable-expo-updates-exports.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/internal/unstable-expo-updates-exports.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: // NOTE for Expo Maintainers: Do not add to this file. We want to remove this
L3: module.exports = require('../build/src/expoUpdatesExports');
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 6. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** build/src/utils/errors.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/utils/errors.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L41: }
L42: function _child_process() {
L43: const data = require("child_process");
...
L107: *
L108: * @see https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/29083
L109: * @see https://github.com/facebook/metro/issues/834
...
L112: // Only enable special logging when running on macOS and are running into the `EMFILE` error
L113: if ('code' in error && error.code === 'EMFILE' && process.platform === 'darwin') {
L114: try {
```

### 7. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/platforms/android/adbReverse.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/platforms/android/adbReverse.js>)

Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = @depup/expo__cli; repositoryIdentity = expo; dependency = debug
L66: }
L67: const debug = require('debug')('expo:start:platforms:android:adbReverse');
L68: let removeExitHook = null;
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 10. 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.

### 11. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** build/src/api/user/expoSsoLauncher.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/api/user/expoSsoLauncher.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 8
```

### 12. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/export/embed/exportServer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/export/embed/exportServer.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 13. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/doctor/apple/XcodePrerequisite.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/doctor/apple/XcodePrerequisite.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 14. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/run/ios/XcodeBuild.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/run/ios/XcodeBuild.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = build/src/run/ios/XcodeBuild.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/utils/errors.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/utils/errors.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = build/src/utils/errors.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/bin/cli
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/bin/cli>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = build/bin/cli
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/prebuild/resolveOptions.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/prebuild/resolveOptions.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/platforms/android/emulator.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/platforms/android/emulator.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/utils/npm.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/utils/npm.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = build/src/utils/npm.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/export/exportHermes.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/export/exportHermes.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = build/src/export/exportHermes.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/platforms/ios/AppleDeviceManager.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/platforms/ios/AppleDeviceManager.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/platforms/ios/simctl.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/platforms/ios/simctl.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** build/src/start/server/AsyncWsTunnel.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@depup/expo__cli@57.0.20-depup.0/build/src/start/server/AsyncWsTunnel.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @expo/cli@57.0.24
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGV4cG8vY2xp:57.0.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 59
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 46
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 62

### Published dependency entries
- @expo/code-signing-certificates ^0.0.6 (Dependency)
- @expo/config ~57.0.9 (Dependency)
- @expo/config-plugins ~57.0.9 (Dependency)
- @expo/devcert ^1.2.1 (Dependency)
- @expo/env ~2.4.3 (Dependency)
- @expo/image-utils ^0.11.5 (Dependency)
- @expo/inline-modules ^0.1.7 (Dependency)
- @expo/json-file ^11.0.1 (Dependency)
- @expo/log-box ^57.0.4 (Dependency)
- @expo/metro ~56.0.2 (Dependency)
- @expo/metro-config ~57.0.12 (Dependency)
- @expo/metro-file-map ^57.0.2 (Dependency)
- @expo/osascript ^2.7.1 (Dependency)
- @expo/package-manager ^1.13.1 (Dependency)
- @expo/plist ^0.8.1 (Dependency)
- @expo/prebuild-config ^57.0.15 (Dependency)
- @expo/require-utils ^57.0.5 (Dependency)
- @expo/router-server ^57.0.8 (Dependency)
- @expo/schema-utils ^57.0.2 (Dependency)
- @expo/spawn-async ^1.8.0 (Dependency)
- @expo/ws-tunnel ^2.0.0 (Dependency)
- @expo/xcpretty ^4.4.4 (Dependency)
- @react-native/dev-middleware ^0.87.1 (Dependency)
- accepts ^1.3.8 (Dependency)
- agent-cli-detector ^0.1.7 (Dependency)
- arg ^5.0.2 (Dependency)
- bplist-creator ^0.1.1 (Dependency)
- bplist-parser ^0.3.2 (Dependency)
- chalk ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- ci-info ^4.4.0 (Dependency)
- compression ^1.8.1 (Dependency)
- connect ^3.7.0 (Dependency)
- debug ^4.4.3 (Dependency)
- dnssd-advertise ^1.1.6 (Dependency)
- expo-server ^57.0.3 (Dependency)
- fetch-nodeshim ^0.4.10 (Dependency)
- getenv ^2.0.0 (Dependency)
- glob ^13.0.6 (Dependency)
- lan-network ^0.2.1 (Dependency)
- multitars ^1.0.2 (Dependency)
- node-forge ^1.4.0 (Dependency)
- npm-package-arg ^14.0.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^9.4.1 (Dependency)
- picomatch ^4.0.7 (Dependency)
- pretty-format ^30.5.0 (Dependency)
- progress ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- prompts ^2.4.2 (Dependency)
- resolve-from ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- sandbox-cli-detector ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- semver ^7.8.5 (Dependency)
- send ^1.2.1 (Dependency)
- slugify ^1.6.9 (Dependency)
- stacktrace-parser ^0.1.11 (Dependency)
- structured-headers ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- terminal-link ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- toqr ^0.1.1 (Dependency)
- wrap-ansi ^10.0.1 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.21.3 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.5.1 (Dependency)
- expo \* (PeerDependency)
- expo-router \* (PeerDependency)
- react-native \* (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @depup/expo\_\_cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 57.0.20-depup.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-28T20:04:42.596Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-08T09:38:17.009Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-06T21:14:37.506Z
- **Known versions:** 20
- **Latest version:** 57.0.28-depup.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** The Expo CLI (with updated dependencies)
- **Author:** Expo
- **Maintainers:** chiefmikey
- **Keywords:** @expo/cli, depup, updated-dependencies, security, latest, patched, expo, cli
- **Artifact files:** 799
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 4,929,423 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@depup/expo__cli/v/57.0.20-depup.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/expo/expo>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/main/packages/@expo/cli>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/expo/expo/issues>)
