--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@factory/cli/v/0.228.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@factory/cli/v/0.228.0.md" package: "@factory/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@factory/cli@0.228.0 npm security report" verdict: "clean" version: "0.228.0" --- # @factory/cli@0.228.0 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. 15 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:** 0.228.0 - **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 behavior matches a documented optional-binary CLI shim: it fetches only the matching @factory platform package from the npm registry and links it inside this package. Credential use is limited to NPM\_TOKEN on npmjs.org hosts, and the PATH message does not write agent or shell config. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Clean - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-27T20:29:27.647Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-27T20:30:48.402Z - **Download time:** 764 ms - **Static scan time:** 143 ms - **AI review time:** 79846 ms - **Total time:** 80755 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 surface was confirmed. The install hook only locates or downloads the matching Factory platform binary, links it as the droid command, and prints a PATH note. - **Trigger:** npm postinstall runs node install.js after a normal install of this package. - **Impact:** The package directory gains its own CLI binary. No foreign agent config, credential export, or consumer-project mutation was found. - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-27T20:30:48.402Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The script resolves a same-vendor optional platform package, falls back to a registry.npmjs.org tarball of that package, and hardlinks or symlinks the binary over bin/droid. - **Rationale:** The postinstall behavior matches a documented optional-binary CLI shim: it fetches only the matching @factory platform package from the npm registry and links it inside this package. Credential use is limited to NPM\_TOKEN on npmjs.org hosts, and the PATH message does not write agent or shell config. ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Clean - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Recommended action:** mark\_clean - **Intent class:** Benign - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for AI clean decision:** postinstall runs node install.js to wire the droid CLI binary., If the platform optional dependency is missing, install.js downloads that same-version @factory platform package from registry.npmjs.org and writes it under the package bin directory., NPM\_TOKEN is sent only as a Bearer header when the request hostname contains npmjs.org., On Unix the script replaces bin/droid with a hard link or symlink to that local platform binary and only prints a PATH hint without editing shell profiles. - **Evidence against:** The registry client follows HTTP redirects, and the npmjs.org check is a substring match rather than an exact host allowlist., postinstall can execute the extracted platform binary with --version after writing it mode 0755. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @factory/cli@0.228.0. - Review the evidence and your use of @factory/cli@0.228.0 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. ## 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 = node install.js ``` ### 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 = node install.js ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L21: const zlib = require('zlib'); L22: const child_process = require('child_process'); L23: ``` ### 5. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L305: ` set PATH=%PATH%;${binDir}\n\n` + L306: 'To fix permanently (PowerShell):\n' + L307: ` [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $env:PATH + ';${binDir}', 'User')\n\n` + ``` ### 6. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 7. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** install.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text L18: const path = require("path"); L19: const https = require("https"); L20: const zlib = require("zlib"); L21: const child_process = require("child_process"); L22: ... L30: L31: // Read version - handle case where package.json doesn"t exist yet (template dir)\nlet PACKAGE_VERSION = "0.0.0";\ntry {\n PACKAGE_VERSION = require("./package.json").version;\n} ... L32: } ``` ### 10. High: Unverified Remote Native Payload Install - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.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) { ``` ### 11. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 12. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 13. 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. ### 14. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 15. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** install.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1 ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 9 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 9 ### Published dependency entries - @factory/cli-darwin-arm64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-darwin-x64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-darwin-x64-baseline 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-linux-arm64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-linux-x64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-linux-x64-baseline 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-win32-arm64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-win32-x64 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) - @factory/cli-win32-x64-baseline 0.228.0 (OptionalDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @factory/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.228.0 - **License:** UNLICENSED - **Version published:** 2026-09-26T02:26:21.977Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T17:00:12.924Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T01:36:11.637Z - **Known versions:** 75 - **Latest version:** 1.3.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Factory Droid CLI - AI-powered software engineering agent - **Maintainers:** alvinsng, factory-davidgu, varin-nair-factory, arman-factory, eno\_factory, factory-octavian - **Keywords:** factory, droid, cli, ai, agent - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 5 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 25,840 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()