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@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.13
Version-aware project knowledge ingestion and retrieval for DevFlow.
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe postinstall is an undesirable automatic browser download, but it is package-aligned with the declared Playwright dependency and browser fetcher. Static inspection found no concrete malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Package installation downloads Chromium; callers must invoke exported ingestion functions for network or Git activity.
Impact
No credential collection, secret exfiltration, persistence, destructive action, or AI-agent control-surface mutation was found.
Mechanism
Playwright browser provisioning and caller-invoked documentation retrieval.
AI rationale
The postinstall is an undesirable automatic browser download, but it is package-aligned with the declared Playwright dependency and browser fetcher. Static inspection found no concrete malicious behavior.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- Its automatic postinstall invokes Playwright's Chromium installer and ignores failures.
- The runtime can fetch Context7 documentation over HTTPS.
Evidence against
- Chromium is a declared dependency and is used only by the exported browser-based HTML fetcher.
- Network fetches are in exported, caller-invoked documentation-ingestion functions; no install-time package source performs credential harvesting or exfiltration.
- Git execution is an explicit, argument-vector sparse clone of a caller-supplied documentation repository, not shell execution.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
4 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkg13"scripts": {
"build": "tsc -b",
"test": "node ../../node_modules/.bin/vitest run",
"typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
"clean": "rm -rf dist",
"postinstall": "playwright install chromium || true"
}
Low
Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
Its automatic postinstall invokes Playwright's Chromium installer and ignores failures.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L13Findings
1 High3 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencedist/context7-fetcher.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.13.
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