--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@getfrontline/cli" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@getfrontline/cli/v/1.6.1.md" package: "@getfrontline/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@getfrontline/cli@1.6.1 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.6.1" --- # @getfrontline/cli@1.6.1 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 **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:** 1.6.1 - **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. LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Installation automatically adds package-provided Frontline skills to Claude Code. This creates a guarded agent extension lifecycle risk, but inspected source does not establish a malicious attack. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 94.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-02T23:21:54.583Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-02T23:23:33.673Z - **Download time:** 772 ms - **Static scan time:** 1651 ms - **AI review time:** 96666 ms - **Total time:** 99090 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:** Installation automatically adds package-provided Frontline skills to Claude Code. This creates a guarded agent extension lifecycle risk, but inspected source does not establish a malicious attack. - **Trigger:** npm postinstall when Claude Code is detected. - **Impact:** New or unchanged package skills become available to Claude Code without a separate setup command; no confirmed exfiltration or broad control hijack was identified. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/runPostinstall.mjs, dist/scripts/postinstall.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-02T23:23:33.673Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The lifecycle wrapper launches a program that copies bundled skills and records hashes, preserving customized installations. - **Rationale:** Direct inspection establishes guarded installation of package-owned agent skills rather than the scanner's implied malware finding. Under the supplied lifecycle policy, this behavior warrants a warning without publication blocking. - **Files touched:** .claude, skills, SKILL.md, .frontline-hash ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** package.json automatically runs scripts/runPostinstall.mjs after installation., The wrapper launches the bundled postinstall program with Node., The postinstall program detects Claude Code and automatically copies bundled skills into its configuration., Installation writes skill files and a hash manifest into the Claude skills directory., Automatic upgrades require unchanged previously installed files and no conflicting new files. - **Evidence against:** The inspected skills describe Frontline CLI operations; no unrelated payload or credential theft was identified., Customized skills are skipped unless an explicit caller requests forced replacement., The flagged browser login helper accepts a state-checked localhost callback; the active login command instead stores a caller-supplied API key. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @getfrontline/cli@1.6.1. - Review the evidence and your use of @getfrontline/cli@1.6.1 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 ./scripts/runPostinstall.mjs ``` ### 2. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 8. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 9. 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. ### 10. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** dist/commands/workflows/nodes.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 = 2 ``` ### 11. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** scripts/runPostinstall.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @getfrontline/cli@1.5.1 matchedPath = scripts/runPostinstall.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:QGdldGZyb250bGluZS9jbGk:1.5.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 12. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/max/browserLogin.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @getfrontline/cli@1.4.0 matchedIdentity = npm:QGdldGZyb250bGluZS9jbGk:1.4.0 similarity = 0.942 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 5 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 4 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5 ### Published dependency entries - chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency) - commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency) - conf ^10.2.0 (Dependency) - ora ^5.4.1 (Dependency) - terminal-image ^3.1.1 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @getfrontline/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.6.1 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-14T14:47:30.380Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T19:29:05.971Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T00:23:00.120Z - **Known versions:** 11 - **Latest version:** 1.8.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Frontline CLI — Public API (agents, workflows, billing, tables, objects) + Max chat/admin REST from your terminal - **Maintainers:** nahuefaluotico-frontline, fl\_fbranbate - **Keywords:** frontline, cli, api, max, agents, getfrontline, workflows, crm - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 603 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,367,929 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()