---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli/v/0.5.15"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli/v/0.5.15.md"
package: "@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15 npm security report"
verdict: "policy_finding"
version: "0.5.15"
---

# @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Existing Codex, Claude, or cc-switch skill content can be overwritten without an explicit setup command.

- **Verdict:** AI-agent control-surface policy finding
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn by default; block when configured
- **Firewall policy:** Warn by default
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Soft block: AI-agent control surface
- **Selected version:** 0.5.15
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This finding concerns changes to an AI agent's instructions or configuration without explicit user action. It does not by itself establish malware intent. The CLI warns by default and blocks when configured for this policy.

AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. Installing the package automatically replaces skill directories used by multiple AI-agent products. It deletes existing directories before copying a bundled agent skill.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-14T12:34:26.669Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-14T12:35:24.725Z
- **Download time:** 506 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1003 ms
- **AI review time:** 56546 ms
- **Total time:** 58056 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

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Installing the package automatically replaces skill directories used by multiple AI-agent products. It deletes existing directories before copying a bundled agent skill.

- **Trigger:** npm installation runs the postinstall hook.

- **Impact:** Existing Codex, Claude, or cc-switch skill content can be overwritten without an explicit setup command.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, install.mjs, skills/lj-awb/scripts/resolve-lj-awb-cmd.sh

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-14T12:35:24.725Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Force-delete and replace AI-agent skill directories.

- **Attack narrative:** npm invokes install.mjs automatically. Unless an environment variable supplies a target, that hook recursively force-removes and replaces skill directories under cc-switch, Codex, and Claude homes. The installed skill also contains a bootstrap script that globally installs this package when an agent tries to resolve its command. This is unconsented persistence and mutation of external AI-agent control surfaces.

- **Rationale:** The automatic postinstall hook forcefully mutates multiple foreign AI-agent skill locations, which is concrete install-time control-surface abuse. The absence of demonstrated exfiltration does not neutralize the overwrite behavior.

- **Files touched:** $HOME/.cc-switch/skills/lj-awb, $CODEX\_HOME/skills/lj-awb, $HOME/.claude/skills/lj-awb

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for policy risk:** The package runs install.mjs automatically through npm postinstall., The installer targets Codex, Claude, and cc-switch skill directories when no explicit target is set., The installer recursively force-deletes each target skill directory before copying its bundled skill., The bundled skill can automatically globally install this package when an agent resolves its command.

- **Evidence against:** The postinstall code does not send data over the network., No credential harvesting or remote payload execution was found in the install hook.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15.

- Avoid installing @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node install.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node install.mjs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/common.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/common.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: 
L7: export const DEFAULT_API_ORIGIN = 'https://animeworkbench.lingjingai.cn';
L8: export const API_ORIGIN = (
L9: process.env.LINGJING_AWB_API_ORIGIN
L10: || process.env.ANIME_API_ORIGIN
...
L25: 
L26: export const APP_HOME_DIR = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_STATE_DIR || process.env.ANIME_STATE_DIR || path.join(os.homedir(), '.lingjingai', 'awb');
L27: export const AUTH_PATH = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_AUTH_PATH || process.env.ANIME_AUTH_PATH || path.join(APP_HOME_DIR, 'auth.json');
...
L136: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zprofile'),
L137: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zshrc'),
L138: path.join(os.homedir(), '.profile'),
...
L154: try {
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 7. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/common.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/common.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: 
L7: export const DEFAULT_API_ORIGIN = 'https://animeworkbench.lingjingai.cn';
L8: export const API_ORIGIN = (
L9: process.env.LINGJING_AWB_API_ORIGIN
L10: || process.env.ANIME_API_ORIGIN
...
L25: 
L26: export const APP_HOME_DIR = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_STATE_DIR || process.env.ANIME_STATE_DIR || path.join(os.homedir(), '.lingjingai', 'awb');
L27: export const AUTH_PATH = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_AUTH_PATH || process.env.ANIME_AUTH_PATH || path.join(APP_HOME_DIR, 'auth.json');
...
L136: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zprofile'),
L137: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zshrc'),
L138: path.join(os.homedir(), '.profile'),
...
L154: try {
```

### 8. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** install.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/install.mjs>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import { cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
L3: import { homedir } from 'node:os';
...
L9: function copyDirectory(sourceDir, targetDir) {
L10: mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
L11: for (const entry of readdirSync(sourceDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
...
L17: } else {
L18: cpSync(sourcePath, targetPath);
L19: }
...
L25: const explicitSkillTargetDir = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_SKILL_INSTALL_DIR || process.env.ANIME_SKILL_INSTALL_DIR;
L26: const codexHomeDir = process.env.CODEX_HOME || join(homedir(), '.codex');
L27:
```

### 10. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/common.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/common.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> packages/awb-cli/bin/lj-awb.js -> packages/awb-core/src/standalone.js -> packages/awb-core/src/common.js
L6: 
L7: export const DEFAULT_API_ORIGIN = 'https://animeworkbench.lingjingai.cn';
L8: export const API_ORIGIN = (
L9: process.env.LINGJING_AWB_API_ORIGIN
L10: || process.env.ANIME_API_ORIGIN
...
L25: 
L26: export const APP_HOME_DIR = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_STATE_DIR || process.env.ANIME_STATE_DIR || path.join(os.homedir(), '.lingjingai', 'awb');
L27: export const AUTH_PATH = process.env.LINGJING_AWB_AUTH_PATH || process.env.ANIME_AUTH_PATH || path.join(APP_HOME_DIR, 'auth.json');
...
L136: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zprofile'),
L137: path.join(os.homedir(), '.zshrc'),
L138: path.join(os.homedir(), '.profile'),
...
L154: try {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 13. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** skills/lj-awb/scripts/resolve-lj-awb-cmd.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/skills/lj-awb/scripts/resolve-lj-awb-cmd.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = skills/lj-awb/scripts/resolve-lj-awb-cmd.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 3529
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. 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.

### 15. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** build/\_shared.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/build/_shared.mjs%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 = 1
```

### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/services.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/services.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 = @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli-pre@0.5.15
matchedPath = packages/awb-core/src/services.js
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.5.15
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/update.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/update.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 = @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli-pre@0.5.15
matchedPath = packages/awb-core/src/update.js
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.5.15
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/services.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/services.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = 79ab730daeaf635d
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli-pre@0.5.15
matchedPath = packages/awb-core/src/services.js
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.5.15
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 15
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

### 19. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** packages/awb-core/src/services.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.15/packages/awb-core/src/services.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 = @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli@0.5.6
matchedIdentity = npm:QGxpbmdqaW5nYWkvbGotYXdiLWNsaQ:0.5.6
similarity = 0.667
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2

### Published dependency entries
- chalk ^5.6.2 (Dependency)
- cli-table3 ^0.6.5 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @lingjingai/lj-awb-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.5.15
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-14T12:30:01.011Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-11T10:36:12.712Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-28T08:30:35.122Z
- **Known versions:** 8
- **Latest version:** 0.5.18
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Lingjing AWB CLI monorepo with shared core, standalone CLI, and agent skills
- **Keywords:** awb, agent, cli, skill, lingjing
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 48
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 823,143 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@lingjingai/lj-awb-cli/v/0.5.15>)
