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@factory/cli@0.223.0
Factory Droid CLI - AI-powered software engineering agent
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic installer is a package-local native-binary setup path with a registry fallback. Static inspection found no concrete malicious behavior or foreign control-surface mutation.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Installing the package runs its postinstall hook.
Impact
No confirmed credential collection, exfiltration, broad configuration mutation, or destructive behavior was found.
Mechanism
The hook obtains the matching platform binary and links the package's bin/droid shim to it.
AI rationale
The automatic installer is a package-local native-binary setup path with a registry fallback. Static inspection found no concrete malicious behavior or foreign control-surface mutation.
Evidence
bin/droid
Network endpoints1
registry.npmjs.org/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package defines a postinstall hook and platform-specific optional dependencies.
- The installer resolves a platform binary and uses its own bin/droid shim path.
- On Unix, the installer replaces only its own command shim with a link to the selected binary.
Evidence against
- The postinstall fallback downloads a platform binary from the npm registry when the optional dependency is unavailable.
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@0.223.0.
See all versions of @factory/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @factory/cli@0.223.0 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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