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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@granular-software/sdk"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@granular-software/sdk/v/0.4.59.md"
package: "@granular-software/sdk"
report_status: "published"
title: "@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.4.59"
---

# @granular-software/sdk@0.4.59 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.4.59
- **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.

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 78.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-16T18:20:03.919Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-16T18:21:30.193Z
- **Download time:** 757 ms
- **Static scan time:** 14823 ms
- **AI review time:** 70692 ms
- **Total time:** 86274 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 explicit \`granular init\` CLI command writes AI-agent and editor configuration into the target project. API-authenticated CLI/SDK requests default to a fixed Workers endpoint.

- **Trigger:** User runs \`granular init\` or authenticates/uses the CLI or SDK.

- **Impact:** Can modify project AI-agent configuration and transmit a user-provided API key to the default production endpoint.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/cli/index.js, dist/agent-harness.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-16T18:21:30.193Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** explicit project agent-config setup and Bearer-authenticated API transport

- **Rationale:** No lifecycle-based execution or confirmed credential theft was found. Explicit AI-agent configuration mutation and a fixed non-brand API host create a real risk that merits a warning.

- **Files touched:** .agents/skills/\<name\>/SKILL.md, .cursor/rules/\<name\>.mdc, .claude/skills/\<name\>/SKILL.md, .env.local

- **Network endpoints:** wss://cf-api-gateway.arthur6084.workers.dev/granular, https://app.granular.software

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 78.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** \`granular init\` writes agent/Cursor/Claude configuration into the selected project., Default production API is a fixed Workers host; requests send the configured API key as Bearer auth., Login explicitly prompts for or receives an API key and saves it locally.

- **Evidence against:** No install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; only prepublishOnly builds., Agent configuration writes are reachable through an explicit CLI \`init\` command, not package installation., \`new Function\` is used only to syntax-check generated job source, not execute it.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @granular-software/sdk@0.4.59.

- Review the evidence and your use of @granular-software/sdk@0.4.59 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/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
```

### 4. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/agent-evals.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/agent-evals.js>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L19769: try {
L19770: new Function(`return (async () => {
L19771: ${withoutImports}
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/agent-evals.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/agent-evals.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: var promises = require('fs/promises');
L4: var path = require('path');
```

### 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. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: var readline = require('readline');
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
...
L85: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L86: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L87: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1245: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1246: writeOut: (str) => process10.stdout.write(str),
L1247: writeErr: (str) => process10.stderr.write(str),
...
L1284: * @returns {Command[]}
L1285: * @private
```

### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

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/index.js:
var readline = require('readline');
var readline__namespace = /*#__PURE__*/_interopNamespace(readline);
fs__namespace.writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(project, null, 2) + "\n", "utf-8");
fs__namespace.writeFileSync(
fs__namespace.writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(merged, null, 2) + "\n", "utf-8");
fs__namespace.writeFileSync(envLocalPath, content, "utf-8");
fs__namespace.writeFileSync(gitignorePath, content + section, "utf-8");
"No API key found. Run `granular login` or set GRANULAR_API_KEY environment variable."
```

### 11. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/agent-evals.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/agent-evals.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/agent-evals.js:
// ../../node_modules/ws/lib/constants.js
"../../node_modules/ws/lib/constants.js"(exports, module) {
// ../../node_modules/node-gyp-build/node-gyp-build.js
"../../node_modules/node-gyp-build/node-gyp-build.js"(exports, module) {
// ../../node_modules/node-gyp-build/index.js
"../../node_modules/node-gyp-build/index.js"(exports, module) {
// ../../node_modules/bufferutil/fallback.js
"../../node_modules/bufferutil/fallback.js"(exports, module) {
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: var readline = require('readline');
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
...
L85: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L86: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L87: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1245: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1246: writeOut: (str) => process10.stdout.write(str),
L1247: writeErr: (str) => process10.stderr.write(str),
...
L1284: * @returns {Command[]}
L1285: * @private
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli/index.js spawns dist/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L6: var readline = require('readline');
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
...
L85: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L86: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L87: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1245: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1246: writeOut: (str) => process10.stdout.write(str),
L1247: writeErr: (str) => process10.stderr.write(str),
...
L1284: * @returns {Command[]}
L1285: * @private
```

### 14. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

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 -> dist/cli/index.js
L6: var readline = require('readline');
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
...
L85: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L86: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L87: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1245: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1246: writeOut: (str) => process10.stdout.write(str),
L1247: writeErr: (str) => process10.stderr.write(str),
...
L1284: * @returns {Command[]}
L1285: * @private
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@granular-software/sdk@0.4.59/dist/cli/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> dist/cli/index.js
L6: var readline = require('readline');
L7: var http = require('http');
L8: var child_process = require('child_process');
L9: var crypto$1 = require('crypto');
...
L85: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L86: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L87: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1245: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1246: writeOut: (str) => process10.stdout.write(str),
L1247: writeErr: (str) => process10.stderr.write(str),
...
L1284: * @returns {Command[]}
L1285: * @private
```

### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. 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.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 8
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 13
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 8

### Published dependency entries
- @automerge/automerge ^3.2.1 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.4.1 (Dependency)
- chokidar ^4.0.3 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16.4.7 (Dependency)
- openai ^6.38.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^8.2.0 (Dependency)
- zod-to-json-schema ^3.25.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @granular-software/sdk
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.4.59
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-16T18:12:25.010Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T00:59:29.129Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-28T08:24:33.044Z
- **Known versions:** 14
- **Latest version:** 0.4.72
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** TypeScript SDK and CLI for Granular - define, build, and deploy AI sandboxes
- **Author:** Granular Team
- **Maintainers:** ahirel
- **Keywords:** granular, sdk, cli, ai, agent, tools, sandbox
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 31
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 13,439,478 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@granular-software/sdk/v/0.4.59>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/ahirel/granular-software>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/ahirel/granular-software#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/ahirel/granular-software/issues>)
