@metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.14

Hum: a self-improving coding agent for your terminal.

AI Security Review

scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The flagged lifecycle and credential access are present, but inspected source ties them to bootstrapping and running the declared terminal coding agent. No concrete malicious behavior was established.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

npm postinstall runs when the package is installed; the CLI runs when the user launches hum.

Impact

The inspected behavior supports the package’s stated agent function; no unrelated credential forwarding or concrete attack effect was established.

Mechanism

The hook conditionally installs the core runtime, including uv when needed. The inspected CLI source points to the Hum service by default and reads credentials from the Hum home directory.

AI rationale

Network endpoints2

astral.shhum.metaphi.ai

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 84.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

The manifest identifies Hum as a terminal coding agent and declares its launcher and postinstall hook.
Postinstall runs the core installer only when the matching version is not already installed.
The installer bootstraps its Python runtime through uv, consistent with the declared agent package.
The CLI uses the Hum service endpoint by default and reads credentials from its own Hum directory; the inspected code showed no browser credential collection or unrelated recipient.

Evidence against

The postinstall hook can execute a downloaded uv installation script through a shell or PowerShell.
The CLI reads a Hum access token from ~/.hum/credentials.json.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 3 file(s), 271 KB of source, external domains: astral.sh, github.com, react.dev

Source & flagged code

9 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-13json

2 "name": "@metaphi-ai/hum",

3 "version": "0.2.14",

4 "description": "Hum: a self-improving coding agent for your terminal.",

5 "license": "UNLICENSED",

6 "type": "module",

7 "bin": { "hum": "bin/hum.js" },

8 "files": ["bin", "dist", "scripts"],

9 "scripts": { "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js" },

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L9

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L9

10 "engines": { "node": ">=22" },

11 "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git+https://github.com/metaphi-labs/humboldt.git" }

12}

dist/install.mjsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1// src/install.js

2import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

3import fs from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/install.mjsView on unpkg · L1

4import os from "node:os";

bin/hum.jsView file

Lines 5-30javascript

5// it over localhost. Everything the person sees is there; everything the session records is in

6// the core. This file is what npm put on PATH and it changes only when npm reinstalls it: keep

7// it small, and keep it running whatever the versions directory holds.

8import fs from 'node:fs';

9import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';

10import path from

dist/cli.mjsView file

485"use strict"; L486: "production" !== process.env.NODE_ENV && (function() { L487: function defineDeprecationWarning(methodName, info) { ... L624: specialPropKeyWarningShown || (specialPropKeyWarningShown = true, console.error( L625: "%s: `key` is not a prop. Trying to access it will result in `undefined` being returned. If you need to access the same value within the child component, you should pass it as a di... L626: displayName ... L1664: cwdFunction = isBrowser ? () => { L1665: throw new Error("`process.cwd()` only works in Node.js, not the browser."); L1666: } : process2.cwd; ... L1768: } L1769: const imageBuffer = Buffer.from(data); L1770: return wrapOsc(returnValue + `;size=${imageBuffer.byteLength}:` + imageBuffer.toString("base64") + BEL);

Critical

Browser Credential Phishing

Source appears to collect browser login credentials for exfiltration.

dist/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L485

88872import fs5 from "node:fs"; L88873: import net from "node:net"; L88874: import os5 from "node:os"; ... L88876: import crypto from "node:crypto"; L88877: import { spawn as spawn2, spawnSync as spawnSync3 } from "node:child_process"; L88878: function uvToolDirs() { L88879: const dirs = []; L88880: if (process.env.UV_TOOL_DIR) dirs.push(process.env.UV_TOOL_DIR); L88881: if (win3) {

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L88872

4648import process3 from "node:process"; L4649: import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process"; L4650: import fs from "node:fs"; ... L4705: try { L4706: const statContents = fs.readFileSync("/proc/self/stat", "utf8"); L4707: const closingParenthesisIndex = statContents.lastIndexOf(") "); ... L71088: /* metaparameters */ L71089: "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... L71090: ),

Source & flagged code

9 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/install.mjsView file

1// src/install.js L2: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L3: import fs from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/install.mjsView on unpkg · L1

Findings

1 Critical6 High4 Medium5 Low

CriticalBrowser Credential Phishingdist/cli.mjs

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/install.mjs

HighShelldist/install.mjs

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/cli.mjs

HighRemote Agent Bridgedist/cli.mjs

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/cli.mjs

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumDynamic Requirebin/hum.js

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

Low

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.14.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-09 06:53:32.647Z (UTC).

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