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@factory/cli@0.208.2
Factory Droid CLI - AI-powered software engineering agent
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic native-binary setup is a supply-chain-sensitive capability, but source confines it to fixed same-vendor platform packages and package-local files. No source evidence shows secret theft, broad persistence, destructive action, or remote code selection beyond the version-matched npm binary fallback.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Installing @factory/cli, especially when its optional platform dependency is unavailable.
Impact
It can place and execute the package's native CLI binary, which is consistent with this CLI package's delivery model.
Mechanism
Version-matched platform-binary fallback and package-local command shim linking.
AI rationale
The automatic native-binary setup is a supply-chain-sensitive capability, but source confines it to fixed same-vendor platform packages and package-local files. No source evidence shows secret theft, broad persistence, destructive action, or remote code selection beyond the version-matched npm binary fallback.
Evidence
bin/droidbin/droid.backupbin/droid.exe
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest automatically runs install.js after installation.
- If an optional platform package is missing, the installer downloads its matching npm package and writes its droid binary locally.
- On Unix, the installer replaces the package's droid shim with a hard link or symlink to that binary.
Evidence against
- The download is limited to version-matched @factory platform packages selected from a fixed platform map.
- NPM_TOKEN is attached only to requests whose host includes npmjs.org; the source contains no credential collection or exfiltration.
- The installer only changes its own bin/droid path and prints PATH guidance; it does not modify shell profiles or project files.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node install.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg9scripts.postinstall = node install.js
Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native executable, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution.
L9: *
L10: * Based on esbuild's approach: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/pull/1621
L11: * and Sentry's guide: https://sentry.engineering/blog/publishing-binaries-on-npm
L12: *
...
L19: const path = require('path');
L20: const https = require('https');
L21: const zlib = require('zlib');
...
L27: getBinaryName,
L28: getBinaryPath,
L29: detectAVX2Support,
...
L50:
L51: function validateBinaryVersion(binaryPath) {
High
Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L9•scripts.postinstall = node install.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
Findings
6 High4 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processinstall.js
HighShellinstall.js
HighSame File Env Network Executioninstall.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighUnverified Remote Native Payload Installpackage.json
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedinstall.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @factory/cli@0.208.2.
See all versions of @factory/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @factory/cli@0.208.2 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.
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