---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@dmccore/code/v/0.0.33-synaptic.8"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@dmccore/code/v/0.0.33-synaptic.8.md"
package: "@dmccore/code"
report_status: "published"
title: "@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.0.33-synaptic.8"
---

# @dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Passed — safe to install** — No malicious behavior detected. 25 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:** 0.0.33-synaptic.8
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

No confirmed malicious attack surface. The package exposes an explicit, confirmed CLI path to set up its own background service; installation itself has no lifecycle execution.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Confidence:** 95.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-15T19:11:46.492Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-15T19:13:16.896Z
- **Download time:** 1527 ms
- **Static scan time:** 33793 ms
- **AI review time:** 55084 ms
- **Total time:** 90404 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No confirmed malicious attack surface. The package exposes an explicit, confirmed CLI path to set up its own background service; installation itself has no lifecycle execution.

- **Trigger:** User runs the service command or accepts its interactive setup prompt.

- **Impact:** Creates package-owned background-service state only after user invocation.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/bin.mjs, dist/service-launcher.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-15T19:13:16.896Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** User-approved systemd user-service setup.

- **Rationale:** The scanner's claimed archive-and-registry exfiltration chain was not substantiated by source inspection. Persistence is an explicit CLI feature with a confirmation prompt, not unconsented install-time behavior.

- **Files touched:** dist/bin.mjs, dist/service-launcher.mjs

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 95.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** Explicit CLI service installation can create a user systemd service., Interactive setup asks for confirmation before enabling background startup.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has a bin entry but no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook., No credential harvesting, archive upload, registry publication, or hard-coded exfiltration endpoint was found., The observed fetch implementation is generic HTTP transport code, not a concrete exfiltration call.

## Public findings

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/NodeServices-Ca--v9Zz.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/NodeServices-Ca--v9Zz.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L6: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L7: import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L45458: const POSIX_PATH_DELIMITER = ":";
L45459: const WINDOWS_SHELL_CANDIDATES = ["pwsh.exe", "powershell.exe"];
L45460: function canExecuteFile(filePath) {
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/sass-DXrisJhu.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/client/assets/sass-DXrisJhu.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: var e=[Object.freeze(JSON.parse(`{"displayName":"Sass","fileTypes":["sass"],"foldingStartMarker":"/\\\\*|^#|^\\\\*|^\\\\b|\\\\*#?region|^\\\\.","foldingStopMarker":"\\\\*/|\\\\*#?e...
L2: //# sourceMappingURL=sass-DXrisJhu.js.map
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. Critical: Sensitive Archive Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source archives sensitive local configuration and publishes encoded chunks through an authenticated package-registry request.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20: import { cwd } from "process";
L21: import * as NodeNet from
```

### 9. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20: import { cwd } from "process";
L21: import * as NodeNet from
```

### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

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/bin.mjs:
import * as NodeReadline from "node:readline";
import { appendFile, copyFile, mkdir, open, readFile, readdir, rename, rm, rmdir, stat, symlink, unlink, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
import { createInterface } from "readline";
*     readLine: Effect.die("unused"),
*     readLine: Effect.die("unused"),
*     readLine: Effect.die("unused"),
*     readLine: Effect.die("unused"),
*     readLine: Effect.die("unused"),
```

### 11. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/bin.mjs:
import { appendFile, copyFile, mkdir, open, readFile, readdir, rename, rm, rmdir, stat, symlink, unlink, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
//#region ../../node_modules/.pnpm/effect@4.0.0-beta.103_patch_hash=[redacted]node_modules/effect/dist/Runtime.js
* This teardown follows these exit-code rules:
//#region ../../node_modules/.pnpm/@effect+platform-node@4.0.0-beta.103_bufferutil@4.1.0_effect@4.0.0-beta.103_patch_hash=_8d34148577283c90e6122750bede9b62/node_modules/@effect/pla...
//#region ../../node_modules/.pnpm/effect@4.0.0-beta.103_patch_hash=[redacted]node_modules/effect/dist/UndefinedOr.js
//#region ../../node_modules/.pnpm/effect@4.0.0-be
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20: import { cwd } from "process";
L21: import * as NodeNet from
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20: import { cwd } from "process";
L21: import * as NodeNet from
```

### 14. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20876: try: () => {
L20877: const urlInstance = new URL(url, baseUrl());
L20878: for (let i = 0; i < params.params.length; i++) {
...
L94454: *
L94455: * Get a list of available tools with their JSON schema parameters for a specific provider and model combination.
L94456: */
...
L110388: },
L110389: readFileSync(e, t) {
L110390: let o = [];
```

### 15. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/NodeServices-Ca--v9Zz.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/NodeServices-Ca--v9Zz.mjs>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/NodeServices-Ca--v9Zz.mjs spawns dist/Schema-DNmPah4h.mjs; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L5: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L6: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L7: import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
...
L76: * operating-system processes. A spawner turns a command description into a
L77: * handle that can write to stdin, read stdout and stderr, wait for exit, kill
L78: * the process, and manage whether the process keeps its parent alive. Platform
...
L433: return callback(function loop(resume) {
L434: for (; i < chunk.length;) if (!options.writable.write(chunk[i++], options.encoding)) {
L435: options.writable.once("drain", () => loop(resume));
...
L675: return options.extendEn
```

### 16. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/bin.mjs
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node:stream";
...
L20: impor
```

### 17. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: scripts.start -> dist/bin.mjs
L3: import { _ as __commonJSMin, a as isQuitError, b as __toESM, c as layer$93, d as pipeThroughDuplex, f as toArrayBuffer, g as ChildProcessSpawner, h as make$138, i as Terminal$1, l ...
L4: import { $ as decode$5, $c as max, $l as empty$8, $n as toDate, $r as flatMapEager, $t as toJsonSchemaMultiDocument, $u as format, A as Record, Aa as whileLoop, Ai as match$2, Al a...
L5: import { $ as runFold$1, A as fromQueue, At as mapInput$1, B as merge$4, Bt as make$152, C as flatMap$3, D as fromEffect, Et as forEach$1, F as make$151, G as orDie$1, Ht as bounde...
...
L9: import { createRequire } from "node:module";
L10: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L11: import { Duplex, Readable } from "node
```

### 18. Medium: Protestware
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Package source has broad protestware-like patterns that need review.

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 21. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 630932
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 22. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 6846111
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 23. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 6846111
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 24. 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.

### 25. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@dmccore/code@0.0.33-synaptic.8/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 12
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 10
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 12

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.3.170 (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-bun catalog: (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-node catalog: (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-node-shared catalog: (Dependency)
- @effect/sql-sqlite-bun catalog: (Dependency)
- @ff-labs/fff-node 0.9.4 (Dependency)
- @opencode-ai/sdk ^1.3.15 (Dependency)
- @pierre/diffs catalog: (Dependency)
- effect catalog: (Dependency)
- msgpackr-extract 3.0.4 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- yaml catalog: (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @dmccore/code
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.0.33-synaptic.8
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-15T19:04:50.817Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-09T04:38:30.741Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-18T03:28:58.006Z
- **Known versions:** 14
- **Latest version:** 0.0.33-synaptic.11
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Maintainers:** hey-jj
- **Runtime engines:** node: ^22.16 || ^23.11 || \>=24.10
- **Artifact files:** 810
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 87,790,573 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@dmccore/code/v/0.0.33-synaptic.8>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/BCCLABS/synaptic-code>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/BCCLABS/synaptic-code#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/BCCLABS/synaptic-code/issues>)
