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@indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.121

HQ by Indigo management CLI — modules and cloud sync

AI Security Review

scanned 9d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The postinstall’s automatic user-service installation is a real persistence capability, though it is limited to verified HQ roots and stale daemon state. The inspected credential collector sends its bearer token to Anthropic’s OAuth usage endpoint, so that hint does not establish credential theft.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

A normal npm installation runs postinstall; staged installs exit early, and the daemon path proceeds only when an HQ root is found and the daemon is stale or has no recorded version.

Impact

The mesh daemon can run as a persistent background service after package installation.

Mechanism

The postinstall invokes the bundled CLI with the stale-install option. The installer writes a LaunchAgent or systemd user unit and activates it.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjsdist/commands/mesh.jsdist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/install.jsdist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/config.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

package.json runs a postinstall script that invokes the bundled CLI to install the mesh daemon if stale.
A missing daemon version record counts as stale, and the stale-install path calls the service installer.
The service installer writes a user-level LaunchAgent or systemd unit and can activate it.
Installation requires a verified HQ root from an explicit path, HQ_ROOT, or an ancestor of the working directory; it refuses when none qualifies.
The flagged Claude credential collector uses a bearer token with Anthropic’s own OAuth usage endpoint.

Evidence against

The daemon persistence is limited to a verified HQ root and the install path checks whether the daemon is already current.
The credential-collector hint does not establish transfer to an unrelated recipient: its inspected usage request targets Anthropic’s OAuth API.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Source & flagged code

18 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 23-63json

23 "contracts",

24 "scripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjs"

25 ],

26 "scripts": {

27 "build": "node scripts/generate-dsn.mjs && node scripts/build-flag-registry-worker.mjs && tsc && node scripts/generate-command-catalog.mjs --check && node scripts/copy-schemas.mjs && node scripts/chmod-bins.mjs && node scripts/bundle-sync-runner.mjs",

28 "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",

29 "pretypecheck": "node scripts/generate-dsn.mjs && node scripts/build-flag-registry-worker.mjs",

30 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit && tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.typetest.json",

31 "gen:scan-golden": "node scripts/generate-scan-packages-table.mjs > src/utils/__fixtures__/scan-packages.generated-block.sh",

32 "gen:command-catalog": "tsc && node scripts/generate-command-catalog.mjs",

33 "lint": "eslint .",

34 "pretest": "node scripts/generate-dsn.mjs && node scripts/build-flag-registry-worker.mjs",

35 "test": "vitest run",

36 "gen:hq-mcp-tools": "node scripts/generate-hq-mcp-tools.mjs",

37 "test:db": "vitest run src/lib/db test/commands/db.test.ts test/commands/db-tenant-isolation.test.ts",

38 "test:e2e": "vitest run --config vitest.e2e.config.ts",

39 "coverage": "vitest run --coverage --coverage.reporter=text-summary --coverage.reporter=json-summary",

40 "check:lanes-module-cycles": "node scripts/check-lanes-module-cycles.mjs",

41 "vitest": "vitest",

42 "clean": "rm -rf dist",

43 "postinstall": "node scripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjs || true",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L43

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L43

44 "prepare": "husky || true",

45 "check:no-hermes": "bash scripts/check-no-hermes.sh"

46 },

47 "dependencies": {

48 "@aws-sdk/client-iot-data-plane": "^3.1096.0",

49 "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.1049.0",

50 "@aws-sdk/dsql-signer": "^3.1146.0",

51 "@indigoai-us/hq-cloud": "~6.18.71",

52 "@indigoai-us/hq-flags-client": "^0.1.2",

53 "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",

54 "@sentry/node": "^10.49.0",

55 "@tobilu/qmd": "2.5.3",

56 "ajv": "^8.20.0",

57 "better-sqlite3": "^12.11.1",

58 "chalk": "^5.3.0",

59 "commander": "^12.1.0",

60 "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",

61 "mqtt": "5.15.2",

62 "open": "^10.1.0",

63 "pg": "^8.23.1",

dist/startup-registration.jsView file

Lines 1-38javascript

1/**

2 * The command-registration recovery seam for the "install tree torn out from

3 * under a starting `hq`" condition (Sentry HQ-CLI-1G/1H/1J/1K).

4 *

5 * `runCli` registers commands as its last step before `program.parseAsync()` —

6 * the lazy command import or `import("./register-all.js")` and everything those

7 * pull in. That is the ONE place a module-resolution failure is provably safe to

8 * recover from: it is inside hq-cli's own graph, it runs before `parseAsync` and

9 * before the preAction hook, so no command action, telemetry, or stdin read has

dist/utils/staged-install.jsView file

Lines 316-346javascript

316 if (result.status !== 0)

317 return null;

318 const lines = (result.stdout ?? "").trim().

dist/utils/update-command-supervisor.cjsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1"use strict";

3const { spawn: nativeSpawn } = require("node:child_process");

4const fs = require("node:fs");

dist/lib/daemon/sync-runner.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1/** Local status and resource controls shared by the daemon and its sync runner. */

2import * as crypto from "node:crypto";

3import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

4import * as fs

dist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/install.jsView file

Lines 1-27javascript

1/**

2 * User-level service install for hq mesh daemon.

3 *

4 * - macOS: LaunchAgent ai.getindigo.hq-mesh-daemon

5 * - Linux: systemd user unit hq-mesh-daemon.service

6 * (documented fallback: root-owned unit running as ec2-user)

7 * - Windows: per-user Scheduled Task ai.getindigo.hq-mesh-daemon registered

8 * from a rendered task XML via schtasks.exe (no native dependencies)

9 *

10 * The unit embeds the hq binary resolved at install time. Logs go to

dist/commands/rescue.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

1import { spawnSync } from "child_process"; L2: import * as fs from "fs"; ... L11: /** L12: * Resolve the source repo + ref from the user"s flags. Pure + exported for\n * tests. `latestTag` is the resolved latest release tag (prod only); ignored\n * for staging and when a... L13: if (!ref) {

High

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

dist/commands/rescue.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L1

High

Command Output Exfiltration

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

dist/commands/rescue.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L1

dist/lib/capacity/collectors/claude-oauth.jsView file

6* or the credentials JSON under ~/.claude/ on Linux). GETs L7: * https://api.anthropic.com/api/oauth/usage with the oauth-2025-04-20 beta L8: * header. This module does not invoke the claude CLI except ... L31: */ L32: import { execFile, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L33: import * as crypto from "node:crypto"; ... L81: } L82: export function defaultClaudeCredentialsPath(home = os.homedir()) { L83: return path.join(home, ".claude", ".credentials.json"); ... L279: retryAfter = response.headers?.get("retry-after") ?? null; L280: text = status === 200 ? await response.text() : ""; L281: }

Critical

Credential Exfiltration

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

dist/lib/capacity/collectors/claude-oauth.jsView on unpkg · L6

dist/lib/lanes/machine-identity.jsView file

11*/ L12: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L13: import * as os from "node:os"; L14: export const IMDS_HOST = "169.254.169.254"; L15: export const IMDS_TOKEN_URL = `http://${IMDS_HOST}/latest/api/token`; L16: export const IMDS_INSTANCE_ID_URL = `http://${IMDS_HOST}/latest/meta-data/instance-id`; ... L30: return null; L31: const body = (result.stdout ?? "").trim(); L32: return body.length > 0 ? body : null; ... L34: catch (err) { L35: process.stderr.write(`hq lanes: IMDS request failed for ${url}: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}\n`); L36: return null;

High

Cloud Metadata Access

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

dist/lib/lanes/machine-identity.jsView on unpkg · L11

assets/lanes-hooks/hq-lanes-drain.shView file

•path = assets/lanes-hooks/hq-lanes-drain.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 620 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

assets/lanes-hooks/hq-lanes-drain.shView on unpkg

assets/scaffold/.claude/hooks/validate-policy-frontmatter.shView file

•path = assets/scaffold/.claude/hooks/validate-policy-frontmatter.sh kind = payload_in_excluded_dir sizeBytes = 21475 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Payload In Excluded Dir

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

assets/scaffold/.claude/hooks/validate-policy-frontmatter.shView on unpkg

dist/hq-cloud-sync-runner/bin/sync-runner.jsView file

•path = dist/hq-cloud-sync-runner/bin/sync-runner.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 6119581 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Source File

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

dist/hq-cloud-sync-runner/bin/sync-runner.jsView on unpkg

•path = dist/hq-cloud-sync-runner/bin/sync-runner.js kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint sizeBytes = 6119581 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Cli Entrypoint

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

dist/hq-cloud-sync-runner/bin/sync-runner.jsView on unpkg

dist/commands/agent-enroll.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 42

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/commands/agent-enroll.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/index.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.107 matchedIdentity = npm:QGluZGlnb2FpLXVzL2hxLWNsaQ:5.345.107 similarity = 0.900 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

18 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjs || true

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjs || true

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/startup-registration.jsView file

18*/ L19: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L20: import { stringDerivedPackageRoot } from "./utils/hq-roots.js";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/startup-registration.jsView on unpkg · L18

Findings

2 Critical9 High9 Medium6 Low

CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/lib/capacity/collectors/claude-oauth.js

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/startup-registration.js

HighShelldist/utils/staged-install.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/commands/rescue.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/commands/rescue.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighCloud Metadata Accessdist/lib/lanes/machine-identity.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/install.js

HighPayload In Excluded Dirassets/scaffold/.claude/hooks/validate-policy-frontmatter.sh

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.121.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-13 22:57:19.888Z (UTC).

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