@metaphi-ai/hum@0.2.31

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

AI Security Review

scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The source supports a warning for automatic setup of the package's own agent core, including execution of an external installer when uv is missing. No source evidence inspected confirms credential exfiltration or another concrete attack, so this does not warrant blocking publication.

Static reason

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

Trigger

Installing the package with npm, which runs its postinstall hook.

Impact

Setup executes additional software during installation, and later CLI use delegates task work to the Hum core.

Mechanism

The hook provisions a Python environment and may run a shell command to install uv; the CLI launches the Hum core for a requested task.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsondist/install.mjsdist/cli.mjs~/.hum

Network endpoints3

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

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

package.json runs a postinstall script that installs the package's Python core.
The installer can fetch and run uv's shell installer and set up a Python environment during postinstall.
The CLI starts the Hum core with the user's working directory and task arguments.
The CLI's update service defaults to hum.metaphi.ai.

Evidence against

The installed core is the package's own coding-agent component, consistent with its stated purpose.
The inspected source showed no browser credential collection or credential exfiltration.

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": "0.2.31",

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@0.2.31.

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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 06:56:01.447Z (UTC).

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