@knapsack/app@4.109.0
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AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package’s runtime error reporting is disclosed and can be disabled, but it forwards detailed error objects and request data, which may include identifying project context. This is a telemetry risk rather than evidence of credential theft or a malicious install action.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
The CLI starts with telemetry enabled; reports are sent when errors occur, including on a server error path.
Impact
Diagnostic payloads can expose project-specific request details or local context. The package announces telemetry and provides an opt-out.
Mechanism
The logger forwards error objects, messages, extra metadata, and in one handler request query data and a URL to a Datadog sender.
AI rationale
The package’s runtime error reporting is disclosed and can be disabled, but it forwards detailed error objects and request data, which may include identifying project context. This is a telemetry risk rather than evidence of credential theft or a malicious install action.
Evidence
dist/cli/log.jsdist/server/rest-api.js
Network endpoints1
Datadog; the host is delegated to @knapsack/logger and is not specified in this package source.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI logger enables Datadog reporting by default outside the monorepo and provides a telemetry opt-out.
- Error reports include the error message, Error object, and extra metadata.
- A server error handler reports request query data and the request URL to Datadog.
Evidence against
- The CLI displays that telemetry is on and explains how to disable it.
- The package has no install lifecycle scripts; its npm scripts are build, clean, lint, and test.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
CopyleftLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/types/knapsack-config.jsView file
3exports.KnapsackConfigSchema = void 0;
L4: const zod_1 = require("zod");
L5: const file_utils_1 = require("@knapsack/file-utils");
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/types/knapsack-config.jsView on unpkg · L3dist/cli/log.jsView file
28const disableTelemetryEnvVar = 'KS_DISABLE_TELEMETRY';
const isTelemetryDisabled = process.env[disableTelemetryEnvVar];
const howToMsg = isTelemetryDisabled
? `Currently disabled due to env var "${disableTelemetryEnvVar}" being set.`
: `
Medium
Ai Review Evidence
The CLI logger enables Datadog reporting by default outside the monorepo and provides a telemetry opt-out.
dist/cli/log.jsView on unpkg · L2846const sendToDatadog = (0, cjs_1.createSendToDatadog)({
env: utils_1.isInMonorepo ? 'development' : 'production',
ddsource: 'nodejs',
service: 'app-client',
version: (0, file_utils_1.findUpPkgJson)(__dirname).pkg?.version,
keyType: 'publicClientKey',
key: '[redacted]',
enabled:
Findings
7 Medium5 Low
MediumDynamic Requiredist/types/knapsack-config.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/cli/log.js
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/cli/log.js
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/cli/log.js
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/server/rest-api.js
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowCopyleft License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @knapsack/app@4.109.0.
See all versions of @knapsack/app for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @knapsack/app@4.109.0 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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