---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@devflow-tools/devflow"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@devflow-tools/devflow/v/0.18.33.md"
package: "@devflow-tools/devflow"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33 npm security report"
verdict: "unknown"
version: "0.18.33"
---

# @devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 18 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Unknown
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.18.33
- **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 completed at 97.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 18 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Unknown
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 97.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-22T12:17:55.190Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-22T12:17:59.950Z
- **Download time:** 1015 ms
- **Static scan time:** 3744 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 4760 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 @devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33.

- Review the evidence and your use of @devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33 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/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/plugin/dist/hooks/hook-daemon.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/plugin/dist/hooks/hook-daemon.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import {createServer,createConnection}from'net';import {createHash,randomUUID as randomUUID$1,generateKeyPairSync,sign}from'node:crypto';import {execFileSync,spawn}from'node:child_...
L2: `;rotateDiagnosticLogFile({path:n,maxBytes:50*1024*1024,maxFiles:5,incomingBytes:Buffer.byteLength(o)}),appendFileSync(n,o);}catch{}}function Ui(e){return new Promise(t=>setTimeout...
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L241: ${S.green("\u2713")} ${n} deactivated and uninstalled`);}catch(o){console.error(`
L242: ${S.red("\u2717")} Uninstallation failed: ${o.message}`),process.exitCode=1;}});});function en(e){let t=join(e,".devflow","config.json");if(existsSync(t))try{let n=readFileSync(t,"...
L243: `));}let n=en(t);console.error(S.blue(`DevFlow init \u2014 mode: ${n}`));let{initProject:o,renderInitReport:r}=await Promise.resolve().then(()=>(Wo(),Ho)),s=await o(t,{force:e.forc...
```

### 6. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {createRequire as createRequire$1,isBuiltin}from'node:module';import {join as join$1,resolve,basename,dirname as dirname$1,relative,sep,isAbsolute,extname}from'node:path';im...
L3: `)}var Co=D(()=>{});function xt(){let e=dirname$1(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),t=[join$1(e,"..","plugin-files"),join$1(e,"plugin"),join$1(e,"..","..","dist","plugin-files"),join...
...
L8: `);}function ge(e){return typeof e=="object"&&e!==null&&!Array.isArray(e)}function Hi(e,t){let n=join$1(e,"package.json");if(!existsSync$1(n))return;let o=JSON.parse(readFileSync$1...
L9: `)}var To,Wo=D(()=>{Be();To=Io.default??Io;});var Uo={};j(Uo,{reviewPluginMemoryHints:()=>ea});async function ea(e,t,n={}){let o=n.isTTY??!!process.stdout.isTTY,r=new Set(t.split("...
L10: `,"utf-8"),rena
```

### 11. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/scripts/postinstall.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:
L2: //
L3: // Auto-configures .claude/hooks.json in the consuming project so that Claude
L4: // Code invokes the devflow PreToolUse hook on every tool call.
...
L11: 
L12: import { writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
L13: import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
...
L55: 
L56: const claudeDir = join(projectRoot, '.claude');
L57: const hooksFile = join(claudeDir, 'hooks.json');
...
L59: 
L60: // 1. Ensure .claude/ directory exists
L61: if (!existsSync(claudeDir)) {
Payload evidence from [redacted].md:
L29: 
L30: 以下版本描述知识源，不代表目标项目版本；目标项目的 package.json 与 lockfile 证据始终优先。
L31: 
L32: - animation-docs: 2024 — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_animations
L33:
```

### 12. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/scripts/postinstall.js>)

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation.
import { writefilesync, existssync, mkdirsync, readfilesync } from 'node:fs';
import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';
import { fileurltopath } from 'node:url';

const tag = '[devflow]';

   
                                                                             
                                                                 
   
function findprojectroot() {
  let dir = process.cwd();
  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    const pkgjson = join(dir, 'package.json');
    const nodemodules = join(dir, 'node_modules');
    if (existssync(pkgjson) && existssync(nodemodules)) {
      return dir;
    }
    const parent = dirname(dir);
    if (parent === dir) break;
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 15. 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.

### 16. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/hooks/user-prompt-submit.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/hooks/user-prompt-submit.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 = 2
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/dashboard/\_next/static/chunks/237-34a3fbfba7ff0de5.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/dashboard/_next/static/chunks/237-34a3fbfba7ff0de5.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 = @devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.24
matchedPath = dist/dashboard/_next/static/chunks/237-34a3fbfba7ff0de5.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGRldmZsb3ctdG9vbHMvZGV2Zmxvdw:0.18.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/dashboard/\_next/static/chunks/main-09803f06c26fe6d9.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.33/dist/dashboard/_next/static/chunks/main-09803f06c26fe6d9.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 = @devflow-tools/devflow@0.18.24
matchedPath = dist/dashboard/_next/static/chunks/main-09803f06c26fe6d9.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGRldmZsb3ctdG9vbHMvZGV2Zmxvdw:0.18.24
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 28
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 2
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 28

### Published dependency entries
- @colbymchenry/codegraph ^1.1.1 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/adapters 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/benchmark 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/context-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/database 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/delivery-line 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/mcp-server 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/memory-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/retrieval-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/sdk 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/semantic-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/server 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/task-runtime 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/telemetry 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @devflow-tools/workflow-engine 0.18.33 (Dependency)
- @inquirer/prompts ^7.10.1 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.30.0 (Dependency)
- @nestjs/common ^11.1.28 (Dependency)
- @nestjs/core ^11.1.28 (Dependency)
- @nestjs/platform-fastify ^11.1.29 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.3.0 (Dependency)
- class-transformer ^0.5.1 (Dependency)
- class-validator ^0.14.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^12.0.0 (Dependency)
- fastify ^5.11.3 (Dependency)
- reflect-metadata ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- rxjs ^7.8.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @devflow-tools/devflow
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.18.33
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-22T08:18:46.689Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-08T07:42:59.503Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-30T10:01:16.248Z
- **Known versions:** 40
- **Latest version:** 0.18.36
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Installable DevFlow distribution containing the CLI, runtime hooks, and Claude plugin.
- **Maintainers:** shilongfei
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.13.0
- **Artifact files:** 229
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,477,473 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@devflow-tools/devflow/v/0.18.33>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/shilongfeicool/dev-flow>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/shilongfeicool/dev-flow#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/shilongfeicool/dev-flow/issues>)
