@metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.29

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

AI Security Review

scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The automatic install hook sets up the package’s first-party coding agent core, including a remote installer path, which warrants a warning. Inspected source does not substantiate the scanner’s browser credential allegation or establish a concrete malicious attack.

Static reason

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

Trigger

Installing the npm package when its matching Hum core is not already installed.

Impact

Installs Hum components in the user environment; the inspected evidence does not show browser credential harvesting or unrelated data exfiltration.

Mechanism

The hook calls the package installer, which can execute a remote uv installation script and install the matching hum-cli Python package.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsdist/install.mjsdist/cli.mjs

Network endpoints2

astral.sh/uv/install.ps1hum.metaphi.ai

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

package.json registers a postinstall hook.
The hook installs the package’s matching Hum core when that version is not already installed.
The installer can run Astral’s remote shell installer to provision uv, then install hum-cli into a versioned Python environment.
The CLI uses the Hum service endpoint for release checks; the inspected excerpts do not establish browser credential collection.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 4 file(s), 4.00 MB of source, external domains: astral.sh, github.com, hum.metaphi.ai, react.dev, www.ibm.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

8 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-13json

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

3 "version": "0.2.29",

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";

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

70609L70610: // node_modules/highlight.js/lib/languages/powershell.js L70611: var require_powershell = __commonJS({

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L70609

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(") "); ... L71174: /* metaparameters */ L71175: "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... L71176: ),

High

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

Source & flagged code

8 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 Critical5 High5 Medium6 Low

CriticalBrowser Credential Phishingdist/cli.mjs

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/install.mjs

HighShelldist/cli.mjs

HighRemote Agent Bridgedist/cli.mjs

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/cli.mjs

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumDynamic Requirebin/hum.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

Low

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.29.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-10-09 06:57:20.584Z (UTC).

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