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@minimax-ai/code@0.2.4
Minimax Code — terminal coding agent
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe only install-time hook is a local dependency compatibility check, not a persistence or control-surface mutation. The inspected helper behavior is user-invoked tooling rather than an automatic attack path.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Package installation triggers the native-install verifier; the PDF helper requires explicit execution.
Impact
No confirmed malicious impact was established.
Mechanism
The verifier loads the optional SQLite module and performs an in-memory query. The helper may install Chromium only after a Playwright launch failure.
AI rationale
The only install-time hook is a local dependency compatibility check, not a persistence or control-surface mutation. The inspected helper behavior is user-invoked tooling rather than an automatic attack path.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 82.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package declares the mcode command-line entrypoint and identifies itself as a terminal coding agent.
- Its postinstall hook runs only the bundled native-install verifier.
- The required PDF helper launches Playwright and only attempts a Chromium install after its own launch fails.
Evidence against
- No credential harvesting, unrelated exfiltration, destructive action, or foreign agent-control mutation was identified in the inspected lifecycle code.
- The large CLI bundle contains product networking and agent functionality, but no concrete malicious path was established by static inspection.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
11 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node ./verify-native-install.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgassets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjsView file
95function loadPlaywright() {
L96: const { execSync } = require('child_process');
L97: try {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
assets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjsView on unpkg · L95127stdio: 'inherit',
L128: shell: true,
L129: });
High
Shell
Package source references shell execution.
assets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjsView on unpkg · L127Findings
4 High8 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processassets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjs
HighShellassets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjs
HighRuntime Package Installassets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjs
MediumDynamic Requireassets/skills/pdf/scripts/render_html.cjs
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarynative/darwin/prebuilds/darwin-x64/darwin-modifiers.node
MediumShips Wasm Modulephoton_rs_bg.wasm
MediumShips Build Helperassets/skills/llm-call/scripts/llm_call.py
MediumOversized Source Filecli.js
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointcli.js
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @minimax-ai/code@0.2.4.
See all versions of @minimax-ai/code for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @minimax-ai/code@0.2.4 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.
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