--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli/v/0.1.292" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli/v/0.1.292.md" package: "@memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli" report_status: "published" title: "@memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli@0.1.292 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.1.292" --- # @memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli@0.1.292 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk - **Selected version:** 0.1.292 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) 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. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. This is not concrete malicious behavior, but its explicit-command agent-extension lifecycle and session telemetry create a real reviewable control surface. Per policy, downgrade to warn rather than block. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0% - **Started:** 2026-08-15T07:01:56.273Z - **Finished:** 2026-08-15T07:03:40.673Z - **Download time:** 1027 ms - **Static scan time:** 4586 ms - **AI review time:** 98786 ms - **Total time:** 104400 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:** An explicit \`mx-agent start\` deploys AI-agent configuration and executable hooks into the chosen worktree, with a small same-vendor hook cache. Explicit sync functionality uploads session metadata to a configured observability API. - **Trigger:** User runs \`mx-agent start\` or \`mx-agent sync\`; deployed hooks may subsequently run in the configured agent runtime. - **Impact:** Can alter behavior of Claude/Codex sessions in the selected project and send parsed session records to the configured service. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/commands/start.js, dist/lib/claude.js, dist/lib/runtime/codex-config.js, dist/commands/sync.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-08-15T07:03:40.673Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Project-local AI-agent configuration and hook deployment with opt-in session telemetry. - **Rationale:** This is not concrete malicious behavior, but its explicit-command agent-extension lifecycle and session telemetry create a real reviewable control surface. Per policy, downgrade to warn rather than block. - **Files touched:** .claude/settings.json, .claude/hooks/, ~/.mx-agent/hooks/, .codex/config.toml, .codex/hooks.json, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md - **Network endpoints:** https://registry.npmjs.org/@memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli/latest, http://localhost:3100/v1/sessions/sync ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** \`mx-agent start\` deploys Claude configuration and hooks into a selected worktree., Codex runtime deployment writes project-local \`.codex/config.toml\` and \`.codex/hooks.json\`., The explicit \`sync\` command uploads parsed local session records to a configured observability API. - **Evidence against:** No preinstall/install/postinstall lifecycle hook; only \`prepublishOnly\` is declared., The control-surface writes occur during explicit CLI start/configuration, not package installation., Network upload uses an operator-configured URL/token; no covert fixed exfiltration endpoint was confirmed. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli@0.1.292. - Review the evidence and your use of @memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli@0.1.292 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 2. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 3. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/fleet-data.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L20: import { join } from 'path'; L21: import { spawnSync } from 'child_process'; L22: import { listTeams } from './catalog.js'; ``` ### 4. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/gh-remote.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L57: // 1. gh present? Probe directly (shell-free) so a missing binary surfaces as a L58: // non-zero/ null status via ENOENT. Avoids `command -v gh` under `shell: true`, L59: // which triggers Node DEP0190 (passing args with shell option true). ``` ### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L60: const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)); L61: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L62: const pkg = require(join(__dirname, '../package.json')); ``` ### 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: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/commands/pr-sync.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L53: const apiUrl = options.apiUrl || getConfigValue('observability-api-url') || DEFAULT_API_URL; L54: const apiToken = options.apiToken || getConfigValue('observability-api-token') || process.env.OBSERVABILITY_API_TOKEN; L55: if (!apiToken) { ... L59: } L60: if (apiUrl && !apiUrl.startsWith('http://') && !apiUrl.startsWith('https://')) { L61: if (!quiet) ... L65: // Detect repo from gh CLI L66: const repoResult = spawnSync('gh', ['repo', 'view', '--json', 'nameWithOwner', '--jq', '.nameWithOwner'], { L67: encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: 'pipe', ``` ### 10. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/claude.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. const r = spawnsync('git', ['ls-files', filename], { cwd: worktreepath, encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: 'pipe', }); if (r.status === 0 && r.stdout.trim() === filename) { spawnsync('git', ['rm', '--cached', filename], { cwd: worktreepath, stdio: 'pipe' }); logdim(`removed ${filename} from git tracking (now template-managed)`); } } catch { } } ``` ### 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:** dist/agent-config/hooks/git-mutation-guard.sh - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```shell path = dist/agent-config/hooks/git-mutation-guard.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 39008 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. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 16. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/commands/start.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 = @memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli@0.1.291 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.1.291 similarity = 0.969 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 5 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 3 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 5 ### Published dependency entries - @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.2.63 (Dependency) - chalk ^5.3.0 (Dependency) - commander ^12.0.0 (Dependency) - execa ^9.0.0 (Dependency) - ioredis ^5.10.1 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @memnexus-ai/mx-agent-cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.1.292 - **License:** UNLICENSED - **Version published:** 2026-08-12T17:06:28.249Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T20:20:58.705Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-01T20:45:13.933Z - **Known versions:** 60 - **Latest version:** 0.1.303 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** CLI for creating and managing AI agent teams - **Author:** MemNexus Team - **Maintainers:** harrymower - **Keywords:** memnexus, agent, cli, internal - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 775 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 7,158,335 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()