--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@gethookmyapp/cli/v/0.14.27" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@gethookmyapp/cli/v/0.14.27.md" package: "@gethookmyapp/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@gethookmyapp/cli@0.14.27 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.14.27" --- # @gethookmyapp/cli@0.14.27 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 — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration - **Selected version:** 0.14.27 - **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. The selectable local profile points at a fixed ngrok host, and the CLI sends login and authenticated API traffic, including access tokens, to the selected API URL. Because the package defaults to production and this requires choosing the local profile, the source supports a warning rather than a malicious verdict. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-02T12:00:51.227Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-02T12:02:53.361Z - **Download time:** 1006 ms - **Static scan time:** 5603 ms - **AI review time:** 115523 ms - **Total time:** 122134 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:** The selectable local environment routes HookMyApp login and authenticated API traffic through a fixed ngrok host, then persists that environment selection. - **Trigger:** A user selects the local profile with \`--env local\` or \`hookmyapp config set env local\` and logs in or makes authenticated API requests. - **Impact:** The tunnel operator can receive login bootstrap codes and authenticated API credentials when this profile is used. The package defaults to production, so this path is not taken by default. - **Evidence paths:** dist/cli.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-02T12:02:53.361Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The local profile sets the API URL to the ngrok host; login posts its bootstrap code there, saves the returned access token, and authenticated calls send that token to the selected API URL. - **Rationale:** The selectable local profile points at a fixed ngrok host, and the CLI sends login and authenticated API traffic, including access tokens, to the selected API URL. Because the package defaults to production and this requires choosing the local profile, the source supports a warning rather than a malicious verdict. - **Files touched:** ~/.config/hookmyapp/config.json, ~/.config/hookmyapp/credentials.json - **Network endpoints:** https://uninked-robbi-boughless.ngrok-free.dev ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The \`local\` profile sends API and app traffic to the fixed host \`uninked-robbi-boughless.ngrok-free.dev\`., Login exchanges its bootstrap code at the API URL selected by the environment, then saves the returned access token and persists that environment choice., Authenticated API requests send the access token as a Bearer token to the effective API URL. - **Evidence against:** The package defaults to the production HookMyApp API; the ngrok endpoint is only in the \`local\` profile., The manifest has no install hook; its \`prepublishOnly\` script builds and runs tests. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @gethookmyapp/cli@0.14.27. - Review the evidence and your use of @gethookmyapp/cli@0.14.27 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 2. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 3. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1204: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter; L1205: var childProcess4 = __require("node:child_process"); L1206: var path3 = __require("node:path"); ``` ### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: import { createRequire } from "module"; L3: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L4: var __create = Object.create; ``` ### 5. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 6. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 7. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 8. Critical: Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L48: * Constructs the CommanderError class L49: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit L50: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error ... L1204: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter; L1205: var childProcess4 = __require("node:child_process"); L1206: var path3 = __require("node:path"); ... L1254: this._outputConfiguration = { L1255: writeOut: (str) => process19.stdout.write(str), L1256: writeErr: (str) => process19.stderr.write(str), ... L1296: * @returns {Command[]} L1297: * @private L1298: */ ``` ### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/cli.js: safeWriteFileSync: () => safeWriteFileSync import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, renameSync } from "node:fs"; function safeWriteFileSync(path3, data) { writeFileSync(path3, data); safeWriteFileSync(path3, JSON.stringify(secrets, null, 2)); `${API_KEY_ENV_VAR} is not a valid API key (expected it to start with "hmok_"). Fix or unset the variable, then retry.` safeWriteFileSync(getConfigFile(), JSON.stringify(cfg, null, 2) + "\n"); safeWriteFileSync(getConfigFile(), JSON.stringify(next, null, 2)); ``` ### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L48: * Constructs the CommanderError class L49: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit L50: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error ... L1204: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter; L1205: var childProcess4 = __require("node:child_process"); L1206: var path3 = __require("node:path"); ... L1254: this._outputConfiguration = { L1255: writeOut: (str) => process19.stdout.write(str), L1256: writeErr: (str) => process19.stderr.write(str), ... L1296: * @returns {Command[]} L1297: * @private L1298: */ ``` ### 11. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> bin/hookmyapp.js -> dist/cli.js L48: * Constructs the CommanderError class L49: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit L50: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error ... L1204: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter; L1205: var childProcess4 = __require("node:child_process"); L1206: var path3 = __require("node:path"); ... L1254: this._outputConfiguration = { L1255: writeOut: (str) => process19.stdout.write(str), L1256: writeErr: (str) => process19.stderr.write(str), ... L1296: * @returns {Command[]} L1297: * @private L1298: */ ``` ### 12. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> bin/hookmyapp.js -> dist/cli.js L48: * Constructs the CommanderError class L49: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit L50: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error ... L1204: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter; L1205: var childProcess4 = __require("node:child_process"); L1206: var path3 = __require("node:path"); ... L1254: this._outputConfiguration = { L1255: writeOut: (str) => process19.stdout.write(str), L1256: writeErr: (str) => process19.stderr.write(str), ... L1296: * @returns {Command[]} L1297: * @private L1298: */ ``` ### 13. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 14. Low: Telemetry - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs. ### 15. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 16. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **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): ```javascript stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1 ``` ### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **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 = mlclaw@0.12.8 matchedPath = dist/mlclaw.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:bWxjbGF3:0.12.8 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 12 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 9 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 12 ### Published dependency entries - @inquirer/prompts ^7.0.0 (Dependency) - @sentry/node ^10.69.0 (Dependency) - cli-table3 ^0.6.5 (Dependency) - commander ^14.0.0 (Dependency) - nanoid ^5.1.7 (Dependency) - open ^11.0.0 (Dependency) - ora ^9.3.0 (Dependency) - picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency) - posthog-node ^5.29.6 (Dependency) - qrcode-terminal 0.12.0 (Dependency) - tar ^7.5.22 (Dependency) - update-notifier ^7.3.1 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @gethookmyapp/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.14.27 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-26T12:52:41.908Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-11T11:36:31.947Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-02T12:02:53.361Z - **Known versions:** 16 - **Latest version:** 0.14.29 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** HookMyApp CLI, No BS. Just go live. - **Maintainers:** hookmyapp - **Keywords:** whatsapp, whatsapp-business-api, webhook, cli, hookmyapp - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20 - **Artifact files:** 5 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,468,867 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()