---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lightdash/cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lightdash/cli/v/2.494.0.md"
package: "@lightdash/cli"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@lightdash/cli@2.494.0 npm security report"
verdict: "unknown"
version: "2.494.0"
---

# @lightdash/cli@2.494.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 20 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Unknown
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 2.494.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis completed at 97.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 20 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Unknown
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 97.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-08T17:11:52.512Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-08T17:11:56.180Z
- **Download time:** 1292 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2375 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 3668 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @lightdash/cli@2.494.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @lightdash/cli@2.494.0 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = bash track.sh completed || echo 'skipping postinstall'
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.preinstall = bash track.sh started || echo 'skipping preinstall'
```

### 3. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = bash track.sh completed || echo 'skipping postinstall'
```

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/dbt/targets/redshift.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/dbt/targets/redshift.js>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 166
```

### 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. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** dist/dbt/schema.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/dbt/schema.js>)

Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = @lightdash/cli; repositoryIdentity = lightdash; dependency = @lightdash/common
L3: exports.searchForModel = void 0;
L4: const common_1 = require("@lightdash/common");
L5: const fs_1 = require("fs");
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 12. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/vendor/template/scripts/bootstrap.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/vendor/template/scripts/bootstrap.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = [redacted].sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 708
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. 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.

### 14. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/handlers/apps/pathContainment.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/handlers/apps/pathContainment.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 6
```

### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/handlers/apps/preview.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/handlers/apps/preview.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @lightdash/cli@2.250.1
matchedPath = dist/handlers/apps/preview.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpZ2h0ZGFzaC9jbGk:2.250.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/dbt/manifest.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/dbt/manifest.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @lightdash/cli@2.250.1
matchedPath = dist/dbt/manifest.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpZ2h0ZGFzaC9jbGk:2.250.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/handlers/installSkills.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/handlers/installSkills.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @lightdash/cli@2.250.1
matchedPath = dist/handlers/installSkills.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpZ2h0ZGFzaC9jbGk:2.250.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/handlers/slugUpdate.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/handlers/slugUpdate.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @lightdash/cli@2.250.1
matchedPath = dist/handlers/slugUpdate.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpZ2h0ZGFzaC9jbGk:2.250.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/handlers/download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/handlers/download.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @lightdash/cli@2.269.0
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpZ2h0ZGFzaC9jbGk:2.269.0
similarity = 0.800
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

### 20. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/dbt/targets/postgres.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lightdash/cli@2.494.0/dist/dbt/targets/postgres.js>)

Hardcoded password in dist/dbt/targets/postgres.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 119
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, preinstall
- **Dependencies:** 29
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 17
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 29

### Published dependency entries
- @actions/core 1.11.1 (Dependency)
- @aws-sdk/credential-providers 3.995.0 (Dependency)
- @casl/ability 6.8.0 (Dependency)
- @lightdash/common 2.494.0 (Dependency)
- @lightdash/warehouses 2.494.0 (Dependency)
- @sidvind/better-ajv-errors 7.0.0 (Dependency)
- @types/columnify 1.5.1 (Dependency)
- ajv 8.18.0 (Dependency)
- ajv-formats 2.1.1 (Dependency)
- chalk 4.1.2 (Dependency)
- chokidar 3.6.0 (Dependency)
- columnify 1.6.0 (Dependency)
- commander 9.5.0 (Dependency)
- execa 5.1.1 (Dependency)
- google-auth-library 10.7.0 (Dependency)
- inquirer 8.2.7 (Dependency)
- inquirer-autocomplete-prompt 2.0.1 (Dependency)
- js-yaml 4.3.2 (Dependency)
- lodash 4.18.1 (Dependency)
- node-fetch 2.7.0 (Dependency)
- nunjucks 3.2.4 (Dependency)
- openid-client 5.6.4 (Dependency)
- ora 5.4.1 (Dependency)
- p-limit 3.1.0 (Dependency)
- parse-node-version 2.0.0 (Dependency)
- tar-stream 3.1.8 (Dependency)
- unique-names-generator 4.7.1 (Dependency)
- uuid 11.1.1 (Dependency)
- yaml 2.8.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @lightdash/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.494.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-08T17:08:53.035Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T08:10:02.852Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T17:44:03.835Z
- **Known versions:** 602
- **Latest version:** 2.495.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Lightdash CLI tool
- **Maintainers:** ligthdash\_javier, jose-lightdash, owlas, light-irakli
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24
- **Artifact files:** 411
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,633,297 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lightdash/cli/v/2.494.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/lightdash/lightdash>)
