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@factory/cli@0.235.0
Factory Droid CLI - AI-powered software engineering agent
AI Security Review
scanned 28d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe lifecycle and network behavior are consistent with installing this CLI's matching-version platform binary, with changes confined to its own package files. The inspected source does not establish a malicious attack surface.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Package installation when the postinstall hook runs; the network fallback activates only if the platform binary is missing.
Impact
This supports installation and execution of the CLI's native binary; no malicious attack was identified in the inspected source.
Mechanism
The script selects a platform package, looks up its tarball in registry metadata, extracts its binary, and writes or links it within the package. No confirmed behavior sends credentials to an unrelated destination or modifies external agent configuration.
AI rationale
The lifecycle and network behavior are consistent with installing this CLI's matching-version platform binary, with changes confined to its own package files. The inspected source does not establish a malicious attack surface.
Evidence
bin/droidbin/<platform binary>
Network endpoints1
registry.npmjs.org
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 96.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The postinstall hook runs install.js and declares matching-version platform binaries as optional dependencies.
- If the platform binary is missing, install.js retrieves its tarball URL from the npm registry for the selected package and version.
- The fallback downloads and extracts the platform binary; on Unix the installer replaces only the package's droid shim with a link to that binary.
- The PATH check is limited to global installs and reports a suggested fix without modifying files.
Evidence against
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@0.235.0.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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