@indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.52
HQ by Indigo management CLI — modules and cloud sync
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe postinstall hook can create a persistent user-level HQ daemon service when no version record exists. This is a concrete install-time persistence risk, but the inspected behavior is package-aligned and does not establish a malicious payload or unrelated data theft.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Installing the package through npm runs its postinstall hook.
Impact
The daemon may persist across sessions and start automatically.
Mechanism
The hook launches the CLI with the stale-only daemon install option; a missing version record is treated as stale, and the service installer creates the platform-specific user service.
AI rationale
The postinstall hook can create a persistent user-level HQ daemon service when no version record exists. This is a concrete install-time persistence risk, but the inspected behavior is package-aligned and does not establish a malicious payload or unrelated data theft.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjsdist/commands/mesh.jsdist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/install.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- package.json runs a postinstall script that invokes the CLI’s daemon installer.
- The postinstall invokes `mesh daemon install --if-stale`; a missing daemon version record counts as stale.
- The install path creates a user-level service, which can persist and start the HQ mesh daemon.
Evidence against
- The daemon belongs to this HQ CLI, and the postinstall path only requests installation when the daemon is considered stale.
- No unrelated credential collection or exfiltration was established in the inspected install path.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
16 flagged · loading sourcepackage.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 unpkgdist/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 · L18Findings
9 High9 Medium6 Low
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
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/commands/agent-enroll.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
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