---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@factiii/runner/v/0.12.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@factiii/runner/v/0.12.2.md"
package: "@factiii/runner"
report_status: "published"
title: "@factiii/runner@0.12.2 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.12.2"
---

# @factiii/runner@0.12.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 0.12.2
- **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.

The source confirms automatic, user-scoped AI-agent extension setup during the runner workflow, so a warning is appropriate. There is no install lifecycle hook or concrete source evidence of exfiltration, stealth persistence, or malicious payload execution.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-30T01:40:49.946Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-30T01:42:33.122Z
- **Download time:** 1763 ms
- **Static scan time:** 14227 ms
- **AI review time:** 87185 ms
- **Total time:** 103176 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:** Starting or reattaching a Factiii runner provisions a Factiii plugin and MCP configuration for the user's Claude and Codex installations. It also writes a Claude onboarding flag.

- **Trigger:** The user runs the runner setup/start flow or the daemon reattaches a space.

- **Impact:** The package can extend the behavior and network tool access of installed AI-agent CLIs for the user account.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/cli.js, plugin/factiii/hooks/hooks.json

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-30T01:42:33.122Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** User-scoped agent-plugin, hook, MCP, and onboarding configuration changes.

- **Rationale:** The source confirms automatic, user-scoped AI-agent extension setup during the runner workflow, so a warning is appropriate. There is no install lifecycle hook or concrete source evidence of exfiltration, stealth persistence, or malicious payload execution.

- **Files touched:** ~/.factiii-runner/plugin, ~/.claude.json

- **Network endpoints:** api.factiii.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** Runner setup automatically provisions user-scoped Claude and Codex plugins., The provisioned plugin installs command hooks that run on agent events., Runner setup adds user-scoped MCP entries with bearer-token support., The package writes Claude onboarding state in the user home directory.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook., The control-surface changes occur in the runner's explicit setup/start workflow, not npm installation., The plugin, hooks, and API endpoint are Factiii-branded and match the runner's stated remote-agent function., No source evidence shows credential harvesting, secret exfiltration, hidden payload loading, or destructive behavior.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @factiii/runner@0.12.2.

- Review the evidence and your use of @factiii/runner@0.12.2 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: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 12948
matchedText = url2.pas...ic";
```

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
```

### 5. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L17682: var SELF_WRITE_MS = 2e3;
L17683: var dynamicImport = new Function("s", "return import(s)");
L17684: var importFs = new Function("s", "return import(s)");
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: var __hasOwnProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
L9: var __commonJS = (cb, mod) => function __require() {
L10: return mod || (0, cb[__getOwnPropNames(cb)[0]])((mod = { exports: {} }).exports, mod), mod.exports;
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L38: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L39: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L40: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
...
L1013: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1014: writeOut: (str) => process2.stdout.write(str),
L1015: writeErr: (str) => process2.stderr.write(str),
...
L1049: * @returns {Command[]}
L1050: * @private
L1051: */
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L38: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L39: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L40: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
...
L1013: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1014: writeOut: (str) => process2.stdout.write(str),
L1015: writeErr: (str) => process2.stderr.write(str),
...
L1049: * @returns {Command[]}
L1050: * @private
L1051: */
```

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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/cli.js:
headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + authBuf.toString("base64");
fs15.writeFileSync(syncFile, "", "utf8");
var execString = "var http = require('http'), https = require('https'), fs = require('fs');var doRequest = http" + (ssl ? "s" : "") + ".request;var options = " + JSON.stringify(opt...
delete opts.headers.authorization;
if (opts.auth && !options.headers.authorization) {
options.headers.authorization = "Basic " + Buffer.from(opts.auth).toString("base64");
content: `Claude ${e.claude_code_version ?? ""} (${e.model ?? "unknown"})`
"- Persistent agent memory in your state dir (~/.claude or ~/.codex) that survives across s
```

### 13. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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/cli.js:
// node_modules/commander/lib/error.js
"node_modules/commander/lib/error.js"(exports2) {
// node_modules/commander/lib/argument.js
"node_modules/commander/lib/argument.js"(exports2) {
// node_modules/commander/lib/help.js
"node_modules/commander/lib/help.js"(exports2) {
// node_modules/commander/lib/option.js
"node_modules/commander/lib/option.js"(exports2) {
```

### 14. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** index/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/index/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L41664: if (e) return e.href;
L41665: F(`Invalid absolute docBaseUrl: "${t}".`);
L41666: }
...
L87787: *
L87788: * This can be used by clients to improve the LLM's understanding of available tools, resources, etc. It can be thought of like a "hint" to the model. For example, this information ...
L87789: */
```

### 15. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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/cli.js spawns index/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L38: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L39: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L40: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
...
L1013: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1014: writeOut: (str) => process2.stdout.write(str),
L1015: writeErr: (str) => process2.stderr.write(str),
...
L1049: * @returns {Command[]}
L1050: * @private
L1051: */
```

### 16. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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/cli.js
L38: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L39: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L40: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
...
L1013: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1014: writeOut: (str) => process2.stdout.write(str),
L1015: writeErr: (str) => process2.stderr.write(str),
...
L1049: * @returns {Command[]}
L1050: * @private
L1051: */
```

### 17. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/dist/cli.js>)

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/cli.js
L38: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L39: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L40: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L964: var EventEmitter = require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L965: var childProcess = require("node:child_process");
L966: var path23 = require("node:path");
...
L1013: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1014: writeOut: (str) => process2.stdout.write(str),
L1015: writeErr: (str) => process2.stderr.write(str),
...
L1049: * @returns {Command[]}
L1050: * @private
L1051: */
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 20. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** vendor/frpc-linux-amd64
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/vendor/frpc-linux-amd64>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = vendor/frpc-linux-amd64
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 16453816
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 21. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** plugin/factiii/bin/report-state.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/plugin/factiii/bin/report-state.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = plugin/factiii/bin/report-state.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 1931
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 22. 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.

### 23. Medium: Wildcard Dependency
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest contains a wildcard dependency.

### 24. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** index/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/index/index.js>)

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
```

### 25. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** vendor/tmux-resurrect/scripts/save.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@factiii/runner@0.12.2/vendor/tmux-resurrect/scripts/save.sh>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @factiii/runner@0.11.2
matchedIdentity = npm:QGZhY3RpaWkvcnVubmVy:0.11.2
similarity = 1.000
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 1
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 7
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1

### Published dependency entries
- node-datachannel ^0.12.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @factiii/runner
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.12.2
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-08-30T01:35:56.219Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T01:18:58.504Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-22T22:33:07.705Z
- **Known versions:** 34
- **Latest version:** 0.28.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Factiii Runner, run Board AI agents on a machine you control. Pairs with the Factiii web/mobile clients over WebRTC.
- **Maintainers:** hammad387, jsnyder10, shyam415
- **Keywords:** factiii, runner, claude, ai, agent, webrtc, cli
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20 \<25
- **Artifact files:** 29
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 67,926,767 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@factiii/runner/v/0.12.2>)
- [Homepage](<https://factiii.com/>)
