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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mastra/datadog/v/1.4.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mastra/datadog/v/1.4.2.md"
package: "@mastra/datadog"
report_status: "published"
title: "@mastra/datadog@1.4.2 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.4.2"
---

# @mastra/datadog@1.4.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Passed — safe to install** — No malicious behavior detected. 6 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.4.2
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is a user-configured Datadog observability exporter. It can send runtime trace data to Datadog through dd-trace, but no malicious or install-time attack surface was confirmed.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-26T14:33:53.719Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-26T14:34:46.145Z
- **Download time:** 1006 ms
- **Static scan time:** 193 ms
- **AI review time:** 51226 ms
- **Total time:** 52426 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** This is a user-configured Datadog observability exporter. It can send runtime trace data to Datadog through dd-trace, but no malicious or install-time attack surface was confirmed.

- **Trigger:** An application imports the package, creates a Datadog exporter with the required configuration, and emits tracing events.

- **Impact:** Configured observability data may leave the application through the intended Datadog integration.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/index.js, README.md

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-26T14:34:46.145Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Formats Mastra spans and submits them to dd-trace LLM Observability.

- **Rationale:** The flagged environment-variable and dependency-bridge signals are explained by the package's declared Datadog exporter purpose. Source inspection found no installation hooks or concrete malicious behavior.

- **Network endpoints:** datadoghq.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 96.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** The package can export configured application trace inputs and outputs through the Datadog tracing dependency., A supplied Datadog API key and site are placed in process environment variables when the exporter is initialized.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or other lifecycle hook., The tracing exporter activates only when an application constructs it with required Datadog configuration., No source use of filesystem APIs, child processes, shell execution, eval, or remote payload loading was found., The dynamic import only loads its declared Mastra observability dependency for feature compatibility.

## Public findings

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

Package declares npm scripts.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 3. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mastra/datadog@1.4.2/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = @mastra/datadog; repositoryIdentity = mastra; dependency = @mastra/observability
L2: import { omitKeys } from "@mastra/core/utils";
L3: import { BaseExporter, getExternalParentId } from "@mastra/observability";
L4: import tracer from "dd-trace";
```

### 4. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 40.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 5. Low: Suspicious Dependency Evidence
- **Category:** Dependency
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mastra/datadog@1.4.2/dist/index.js>)

The package can export configured application trace inputs and outputs through the Datadog tracing dependency.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
if (span.input !== void 0) annotations.inputData = formatInput(span.input, span.type);
		if (span.output !== void 0) annotations.outputData = formatOutput(span.output, span.type);
```

### 6. Low: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mastra/datadog@1.4.2/dist/index.js>)

A supplied Datadog API key and site are placed in process environment variables when the exporter is initialized.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
function ensureTracer(config) {
	if (tracerInitFlag.done) return;
	if (config.site) process.env.DD_SITE = config.site;
	if (config.apiKey) process.env.DD_API_KEY = config.apiKey;
	if (!tracer._tracer?.started) tracer.init({
		service: config.service || config.mlApp,
		env: config.env || process.env.DD_ENV,
		plugins: config.integrationsEnabled ?? false
	});
	tracer.llmobs.enable({
		mlApp: config.mlApp,
		agentlessEnabled: config.agentless
	});
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 10
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5

### Published dependency entries
- @mastra/observability 1.17.2 (Dependency)
- dd-trace ^5.117.0 (Dependency)
- @mastra/core \>=1.16.0-0 \<2.0.0-0 (PeerDependency)
- @openfeature/core ^1.7.0 (PeerDependency)
- @openfeature/server-sdk ^1.18.0 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @mastra/datadog
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.4.2
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-26T10:54:35.318Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-28T13:46:42.715Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 1.4.4
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Datadog LLM Observability exporter for Mastra - exports tracing data to Datadog's LLM Observability product
- **Maintainers:** abhiaiyer, smthomas, rase-, calcsam, nikaiyer, tylerbarnes, wardpeet
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.13.0
- **Artifact files:** 20
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 598,692 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mastra/datadog/v/1.4.2>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra>)
- [Homepage](<https://mastra.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra/issues>)
