---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@melandlabs/opencontext/v/0.5.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@melandlabs/opencontext/v/0.5.1.md"
package: "@melandlabs/opencontext"
report_status: "published"
title: "@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.5.1"
---

# @melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.5.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-21T02:11:56.786Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-21T02:13:45.480Z
- **Download time:** 502 ms
- **Static scan time:** 26011 ms
- **AI review time:** 82179 ms
- **Total time:** 108694 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** An explicitly selected Codex agent adapter can launch Codex with a permissive macOS sandbox default. No install-time action, fixed exfiltration endpoint, or AI-agent configuration mutation was confirmed.

- **Trigger:** Host application explicitly selects and runs the Codex adapter on macOS.

- **Impact:** The invoked agent may access files beyond the workspace under its own prompt and permissions.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/index.js, dist/cli/opencontext.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-21T02:13:45.480Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Launches external Codex CLI with danger-full-access default

- **Rationale:** The package is not shown to be malicious, but its macOS Codex adapter contains a concrete unsafe default that merits a warning. Scanner exfiltration and foreign-overwrite claims were not confirmed by source.

- **Files touched:** dist/index.js

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Critical Vulnerability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** Codex adapter upgrades default workspace-write to danger-full-access on macOS., Adapter builds a codex exec command with caller-provided prompt on stdin., This is reachable only when a host explicitly selects the agent adapter; no install hook is present.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook., No package-owned fixed credential receiver was found; AI base URLs come from local/user/environment configuration., The filesystem/child-process audit interceptor is exported but not invoked in this package.

## Public findings

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L158377: var jx = {};
L158378: Dt(jx, { USE_API_CONTEXT_MANAGEMENT: () => Rle, INK_SCREEN_READER: () => Jse, FORCE_VCR: () => Cle, FORCE_PROMPT_CACHING_5M: () => Ale, FORCE_CODE_TERMINAL: () => Tle, FORCE_AUTOUP...
L158379: var Vse = p.triBool();
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L162127: var ST = O(() => x({ source: Vp().describe("Where to fetch the marketplace from"), installLocation: g().optional().describe("Local cache path where marketplace manifest is stored (...
L162128: var vh = O(() => x({ serverName: g().regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, "Server name can only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores").optional().describe("Name of the MCP serve...
L162129: var wh = O(() => x({ serverName: g().min(1, "Server name must be non-empty").refine((e) => e.trim().length > 0, { message: "Server name must not be whitespace-only" }).refine((e) =...
...
L162134: function HG(e) {
L162135: return x({ $schema: g().optional().describe("JSON Schema reference for Claude Code settings"), apiKeyHelper: g().optional().describe("Path to a script that outputs authentication v..
```

### 8. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Default external logging endpoint and rich-record POST in dist/index.js:
function parseReviewResponse(raw, plan) {
message: "LLM response did not contain a JSON payload; treating all entries as approved."
const { approved, reasons } = parseReviewResponse(payload, plan);
const perm = await handle.queryPermission?.({ mode: "read" }) ?? "granted";
return "An error occurred while executing a database query.";
case "bad_request:api":
return `The request couldn't be processed. Please check your input and try again.${cause ? ` Cause: ${cause}` : ""}`;
return "The requested chat was not found. Please check the chat ID and try again.";
```

### 9. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: import * as nf from 'node-fetch';
L8: import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
L9: import KeepAliveAgent from 'agentkeepalive';
...
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L37: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L38: import Xoe from 'http';
L39: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L248: function getTauriDataDir() {
L249: if (process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR) {
L250: return process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR;
```

### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
import we__default, { constants as constants$1, realpathSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, readFileSync, copyFileSync, writeFileSync, createWriteStream, ReadStream, readdirSync } from 'f...
import { readFile as readFile$1, open as open$1, chmod, link, symlink, appendFile, copyFile, readlink, realpath, rename, mkdir, rm, rmdir, unlink, readdir, lstat, stat as stat$1, w...
import { createInterface } from 'readline';
async function writeFile(path6, data, options) {
await writeFile(path6, data);
// Marks visible continuation messages created after an authorization card is
authorizationContinuation: z$1.boolean().optional(),
baseUR
```

### 11. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/index.js:
import we__default, { constants as constants$1, realpathSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, readFileSync, copyFileSync, writeFileSync, createWriteStream, ReadStream, readdirSync } from 'f...
import { readFile as readFile$1, open as open$1, chmod, link, symlink, appendFile, copyFile, readlink, realpath, rename, mkdir, rm, rmdir, unlink, readdir, lstat, stat as stat$1, w...
"follow up"
// ../../node_modules/clsx/dist/clsx.mjs
"../../node_modules/clsx/dist/clsx.mjs"() {
// ../../node_modules/tailwind-merge/dist/bundle-mjs.mjs
"../../node_modules/tailwind-merge/dist/bundle-mjs.mjs"() {
* @see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/aspect-ratio
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: import * as nf from 'node-fetch';
L8: import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
L9: import KeepAliveAgent from 'agentkeepalive';
...
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L37: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L38: import Xoe from 'http';
L39: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L248: function getTauriDataDir() {
L249: if (process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR) {
L250: return process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR;
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: import * as nf from 'node-fetch';
L8: import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
L9: import KeepAliveAgent from 'agentkeepalive';
...
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L37: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L38: import Xoe from 'http';
L39: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L248: function getTauriDataDir() {
L249: if (process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR) {
L250: return process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR;
```

### 14. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L6692: constructor({
L6693: baseURL,
L6694: maxRetries = 2,
...
L15932: function writeFileSync2(filePath, content) {
L15933: we.writeFileSync(filePath, content);
L15934: }
...
L93078: availableTools = void 0,
L93079: message = `Model tried to call unavailable tool '${toolName}'. ${availableTools === void 0 ? "No tools are available." : `Available tools: ${availableTools.join(", ")}.`}`
L93080: }) {
```

### 15. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/opencontext.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/cli/opencontext.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli/opencontext.js spawns dist/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L30: import crypto22__default, { randomUUID, createHash, webcrypto, randomBytes } from 'crypto';
L31: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L32: import { StringDecoder } from 'string_decoder';
...
L34: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L35: import Xoe from 'http';
L36: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L183: frontMatter: OkfFrontMatterSchema,
L184: body: z$1.string(),
L185: resource: z$1.string().optional()
...
L436: try {
L437: const parsed = JSON.parse(payload);
L438: const actions = Array.isArray(parsed.actions) ? parsed.actions : [];
```

### 16. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.js
L7: import * as nf from 'node-fetch';
L8: import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
L9: import KeepAliveAgent from 'agentkeepalive';
...
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L37: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L38: import Xoe from 'http';
L39: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L248: function getTauriDataDir() {
L249: if (process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR) {
L250: return process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR;
```

### 17. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.js
L7: import * as nf from 'node-fetch';
L8: import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
L9: import KeepAliveAgent from 'agentkeepalive';
...
L21: import * as sqliteVec from 'sqlite-vec';
L22: import { execFile, spawn, execSync, execFileSync, spawnSync, exec } from 'child_process';
L23: import * as z4 from 'zod/v4';
...
L37: import iM, { promisify } from 'util';
L38: import Xoe from 'http';
L39: import Qoe from 'https';
...
L248: function getTauriDataDir() {
L249: if (process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR) {
L250: return process.env.TAURI_DATA_DIR;
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 20. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/index.js>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/index.js
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 7002704
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 21. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/opencontext.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/cli/opencontext.js>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/cli/opencontext.js
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 5151334
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 22. 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.

### 23. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/opencontext.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@melandlabs/opencontext@0.5.1/dist/cli/opencontext.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 27
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 2
- **Development dependencies:** 20
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 29

### Published dependency entries
- @ai-sdk/openai-compatible ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- @hono/node-server ^1.13.7 (Dependency)
- @melandlabs/ai-rag ^0.2.9 (Dependency)
- @melandlabs/integrations ^0.3.0 (Dependency)
- @melandlabs/okf ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- @melandlabs/security ^0.3.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.25.3 (Dependency)
- abort-controller ^3.0.0 (Dependency)
- agentkeepalive ^4.6.0 (Dependency)
- better-sqlite3 ^11.10.0 (Dependency)
- cross-spawn ^7.0.3 (Dependency)
- encoding ^0.1.13 (Dependency)
- fernet ^0.4.0 (Dependency)
- form-data ^4.0.6 (Dependency)
- form-data-encoder 1.7.2 (Dependency)
- formdata-node ^4.4.1 (Dependency)
- formdata-polyfill ^4.0.10 (Dependency)
- hono ^4.6.14 (Dependency)
- node-domexception ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- node-fetch ^2.7.0 (Dependency)
- pg ^8.13.0 (Dependency)
- punycode ^2.3.1 (Dependency)
- sqlite-vec ^0.1.7 (Dependency)
- tr46 ^0.0.3 (Dependency)
- webidl-conversions ^3.0.1 (Dependency)
- whatwg-url ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)
- @lancedb/lancedb ^0.37.1 (PeerDependency)
- @zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node ^2.5.13 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @melandlabs/opencontext
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.5.1
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-21T01:53:37.858Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-10T14:22:57.978Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-25T15:48:56.119Z
- **Known versions:** 12
- **Latest version:** 0.7.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** OpenContext — single-package facade that bundles the contracts, memory-store, retrieval, loop engine, and agent runtime. Install once, get every capability.
- **Maintainers:** nora-lazai-xyz
- **Keywords:** opencontext, melandlabs, memory, rag, agent, temporal-graph, mcp, llm
- **Artifact files:** 7
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 12,183,572 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@melandlabs/opencontext/v/0.5.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/melandlabs/opencontext>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/melandlabs/opencontext#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/melandlabs/opencontext/issues>)
