---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@metaphi-ai/hum/v/0.1.16"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@metaphi-ai/hum/v/0.1.16.md"
package: "@metaphi-ai/hum"
report_status: "published"
title: "@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.1.16"
---

# @metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 19 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:** 0.1.16
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Source inspection found an install hook that provisions the matching Python engine and a CLI that communicates with the Hum distribution host. The flagged credential collection claim was not supported by the inspected source; no concrete attack behavior was established.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-09T06:54:41.383Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-09T06:55:09.203Z
- **Download time:** 1298 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5373 ms
- **AI review time:** 21148 ms
- **Total time:** 27820 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:** No confirmed attack surface was identified. The install hook sets up the Hum Python engine, and the inspected CLI network use is for Hum release or engine operations.

- **Trigger:** npm install runs the postinstall hook; running the hum command starts the bundled CLI.

- **Impact:** These behaviors support the package’s stated terminal agent setup; inspected source does not show credential harvesting or unrelated data exfiltration.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-09T06:55:09.203Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The hook provisions uv and a version-matched hum-cli Python environment under the Hum home directory. The CLI uses the Hum distribution host for release checks and engine downloads.

- **Rationale:** Source inspection found an install hook that provisions the matching Python engine and a CLI that communicates with the Hum distribution host. The flagged credential collection claim was not supported by the inspected source; no concrete attack behavior was established.

- **Files touched:** ~/.hum/engine

- **Network endpoints:** https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1, https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh, https://storage.googleapis.com/hum-dist

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The manifest’s postinstall runs a package setup script, and its launcher imports the bundled CLI., The setup script installs the package’s Python engine into the Hum home directory; it does not install another release of this npm package., The CLI uses a configurable Hum distribution host for release checks and engine downloads.

- **Evidence against:** The reviewed CLI source does not establish browser credential collection or exfiltration; the inspected network behavior is for Hum release and engine operations., The setup script’s shell command installs uv from its published installer endpoint, consistent with setting up the declared Python engine.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16.

- Review the evidence and your use of @metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16 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/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L31298: /** @param {string} s */
L31299: exec(s) {
L31300: this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L56858: 
L56859: // node_modules/highlight.js/lib/languages/powershell.js
L56860: var require_powershell = __commonJS({
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/hum.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/bin/hum.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: // a URL, not a path: on Windows `C:\…` is not something the ESM loader will import
L9: await import(pathToFileURL(path.join(here, '..', 'dist', 'cli.mjs')).href);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L83597: import path from "node:path";
L83598: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L83599: var dist = (env3 = process.env) => (env3.HUM_DIST || "https://storage.googleapis.com/hum-dist").replace(/\/+$/, "");
L83600: var humHome = (env3 = process.env) => env3.HUM_HOME || path.join(os3.homedir(), ".hum");
```

### 11. Critical: Browser Credential Phishing
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

Source appears to collect browser login credentials for exfiltration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L317: "use strict";
L318: if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
L319: (function() {
...
L545: isMounted: ["isMounted", "Instead, make sure to clean up subscriptions and pending requests in componentWillUnmount to prevent memory leaks."],
L546: replaceState: ["replaceState", "Refactor your code to use setState instead (see https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/3236)."]
L547: };
...
L2209: ];
L2210: if (process.platform !== "win32") {
L2211: module.exports.push(
...
L2357: }
L2358: process13.exitCode = code || /* istanbul ignore next */
L2359: 0;
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L317: "use strict";
L318: if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
L319: (function() {
...
L545: isMounted: ["isMounted", "Instead, make sure to clean up subscriptions and pending requests in componentWillUnmount to prevent memory leaks."],
L546: replaceState: ["replaceState", "Refactor your code to use setState instead (see https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/3236)."]
L547: };
...
L2209: ];
L2210: if (process.platform !== "win32") {
L2211: module.exports.push(
...
L2357: }
L2358: process13.exitCode = code || /* istanbul ignore next */
L2359: 0;
```

### 13. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L57423: /* metaparameters */
L57424: "alias audit before loglevel noop require subscribe tag owner ensure group mode name|0 changes context force incl lens load_path onlyif provider returns root show_diff type_check e...
L57425: ),
...
L80422: if (filePath && origin?.line && fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
L80423: const sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
L80424: excerpt = dist_default3(sourceCode, origin.line);
...
L83597: import path from "node:path";
L83598: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L83599: var dist = (env3 = process.env) => (env3.HUM_DIST || "https://storage.googleapis.com/hum-dist").replace(/\/+$/, "");
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. 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.

### 18. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.16/dist/cli.mjs>)

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 = @metaphi-ai/hum@0.1.61
matchedPath = dist/cli.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QG1ldGFwaGktYWkvaHVt:0.1.61
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

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

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @metaphi-ai/hum
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.1.16
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-08-26T09:02:33.274Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-25T02:05:34.392Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-15T01:56:26.983Z
- **Known versions:** 87
- **Latest version:** 0.2.65
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Hum (हम): a self-improving coding agent for your terminal.
- **Maintainers:** chandwaniac
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 5
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,659,804 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@metaphi-ai/hum/v/0.1.16>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/metaphi-labs/hum-cli>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/metaphi-labs/hum-cli#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/metaphi-labs/hum-cli/issues>)
