--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine/v/0.18.49" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine/v/0.18.49.md" package: "@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine" report_status: "published" title: "@devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.49 npm security report" verdict: "clean" version: "0.18.49" --- # @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.49 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 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:** 0.18.49 - **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. The postinstall command performs ordinary Playwright browser setup. Network access occurs through library documentation-fetching APIs, with no inspected source behavior establishing credential theft, unrelated data disclosure, or destructive activity. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Clean - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 92.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-13T04:34:32.791Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-13T04:35:37.304Z - **Download time:** 1275 ms - **Static scan time:** 356 ms - **AI review time:** 62882 ms - **Total time:** 64513 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 attack was identified. The install hook sets up Playwright’s Chromium browser, and runtime network requests support documentation retrieval. - **Trigger:** Package installation runs the postinstall hook; a consumer calls the documentation synchronization API to fetch sources. - **Impact:** The inspected behavior is consistent with browser setup and documentation ingestion; no concrete attack behavior was established. - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-13T04:35:37.304Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The hook invokes Playwright’s browser installer. Synchronization retrieves registered documentation URLs or queries Context7 and configured GitHub repositories. - **Rationale:** The postinstall command performs ordinary Playwright browser setup. Network access occurs through library documentation-fetching APIs, with no inspected source behavior establishing credential theft, unrelated data disclosure, or destructive activity. - **Network endpoints:** https://context7.com/api/v2/context, https://github.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Clean - **Confidence:** 92.0% - **Recommended action:** mark\_clean - **Intent class:** Benign - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The only install hook runs Playwright’s Chromium installer., The entrypoint exports the knowledge engine and fetch helpers as library APIs., Document synchronization fetches registered source URLs when called., The additional network requests retrieve documentation from Context7 and configured GitHub repositories. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.49. - Review the evidence and your use of @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine@0.18.49 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]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = playwright install chromium || true ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 6. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 7. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 8. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 9. Low: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 92.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The only install hook runs Playwright’s Chromium installer. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "postinstall": "playwright install chromium || true" }, "dependenc ``` ### 10. Low: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 92.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The entrypoint exports the knowledge engine and fetch helpers as library APIs. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript export { KnowledgeEngine, DEFAULT_KNOWLEDGE_TOKEN_BUDGET, estimateKnowledgeTokens, } from "./knowledge-engine.js"; export { [redacted], [redacted], } from './embedding-provider.js'; export { fetchHtml, f ``` ### 11. Low: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 92.0% - **Path:** dist/knowledge-engine.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Document synchronization fetches registered source URLs when called. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript async syncDocs(pluginName, options = {}) { const name = pluginName ?? ""; // Sync all: iterate all registered knowledge sources if (!name) { const allResults = []; if (!existsSync(this.knowledgeDir)) return []; const dirs = readdirSync(this.knowledgeDir, { withFileTypes: true }) .filter(d => d.isDirectory()) .map(d => d.name); for (const dirName of dirs) { const results = await ``` ### 12. Low: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 92.0% - **Path:** dist/knowledge-engine.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Document synchronization fetches registered source URLs when called. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript if (existsSync(manifestPath)) { const existing = JSON.parse(readFileSync(manifestPath, "utf-8")); // Merge URLs — don't overwrite existing URLs const mergedUrls = [...new Set([...existing.urls, ...source. ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 5 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 3 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5 ### Published dependency entries - @devflow-tools/provider-runtime 0.18.49 (Dependency) - @devflow-tools/sdk 0.18.49 (Dependency) - @devflow-tools/telemetry 0.18.49 (Dependency) - playwright ^1.52.0 (Dependency) - turndown ^7.2.4 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @devflow-tools/knowledge-engine - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.18.49 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-13T03:25:46.825Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T12:10:46.773Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T02:54:45.706Z - **Known versions:** 65 - **Latest version:** 0.19.3 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Version-aware project knowledge ingestion and retrieval for DevFlow. - **Maintainers:** shilongfei - **Artifact files:** 119 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 695,869 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()