@metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.18

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

AI Security Review

scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Static inspection found an active postinstall that installs the package's matching Hum core and an installer that downloads uv from astral.sh when needed. The scanner's browser credential claim is unsupported by the inspected credential read, which only supports a local sign-in status check; no malicious behavior was established.

Static reason

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

Trigger

npm runs the package's postinstall; the CLI can also install updates when invoked.

Impact

This installs and updates the coding agent; inspected source did not establish credential theft or another concrete attack.

Mechanism

The installer uses uv and npm to install Hum components into versioned directories under the Hum home directory; its npm fetch disables lifecycle scripts.

AI rationale

Evidence

~/.hum/versions/<version>~/.hum/core-install.json~/.hum/update.log

Network endpoints2

astral.sh/uv/install.ps1astral.sh/uv/install.sh

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

package.json runs a postinstall script that invokes the package's core installer.
The installer downloads the `uv` tool from astral.sh when it is not present and uses it to install the matching `hum-cli` Python core.
The installer can fetch another release of this same package, with npm lifecycle scripts disabled.
The CLI reads credentials.json for a local sign-in status check; inspected code did not show credential transmission.

Evidence against

The postinstall's installer targets the package's versioned Hum directory and installs the matching core.
The self-package fetch uses the same requested version and passes `--ignore-scripts`.
The reviewed credential read is used to display sign-in status; no browser credential collection or exfiltration was established.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStrings

Source & flagged code

9 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-13json

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

3 "version": "0.2.18",

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/hum.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@0.2.18.

See all versions of @metaphi-ai/hum for other recorded verdicts.

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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 06:53:49.698Z (UTC).

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