@indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.56
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AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource confirms that npm postinstall can trigger guarded user-level mesh daemon service registration. This is a real lifecycle persistence risk, but the inspected behavior does not support a malicious verdict or publish block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Installing the package through npm runs its postinstall hook.
Impact
A daemon service may persist across sessions under the installing user's account.
Mechanism
The hook launches the packaged CLI with the mesh daemon install command and the if-stale option, which can register a user-level service.
AI rationale
Source confirms that npm postinstall can trigger guarded user-level mesh daemon service registration. This is a real lifecycle persistence risk, but the inspected behavior does not support a malicious verdict or publish block.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/mesh-daemon-if-stale.mjsdist/lib/mesh/live/daemon/install.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 85.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The postinstall hook runs a package script that invokes the CLI's daemon-install command with an if-stale option.
- The daemon installer is expressly for registering a user-level service, including a macOS LaunchAgent and Linux systemd user unit; this is a guarded persistence capability triggered during installation.
Evidence against
- The postinstall script checks that the CLI entrypoint exists and ignores failures; it does not establish an unrelated payload, credential collection, or exfiltration.
- The manifest has no runtime dependency on its own package name, so the lifecycle self-dependency chain does not apply.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
17 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
1 Critical9 High9 Medium6 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/commands/lanes.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
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/commands/agent-enroll.js#virtual:normalized:round1
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.56.
See all versions of @indigoai-us/hq-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @indigoai-us/hq-cli@5.345.56 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.
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