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@minimax-ai/code@0.4.12
⚠ Under reviewMinimax Code — terminal coding agent
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe only install hook is a local better-sqlite3 compatibility check, and the flagged agent sites read or label files during normal CLI use. A clean publication is blocked because the required citation list is longer than the citation cap, and no independent malicious chain was found.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
npm postinstall runs the native check. Codex session lookup and instruction-file labeling run only when the CLI or a tool path uses them.
Impact
Compatibility messaging or a local session lookup. Inspected paths do not show secret theft, a remote payload, or an unconsented agent-control write.
Mechanism
The postinstall validates Node, glibc, and better-sqlite3, then exits with a message. Runtime helpers read matching local session files or classify filenames already being read.
AI rationale
The only install hook is a local better-sqlite3 compatibility check, and the flagged agent sites read or label files during normal CLI use. A clean publication is blocked because the required citation list is longer than the citation cap, and no independent malicious chain was found.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 62.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- package.json defines only a postinstall that runs verify-native-install.mjs. Dependencies are clipboard, ripgrep, and optional better-sqlite3, not this package name.
- That postinstall checks the Node and glibc range, then smoke-tests optional better-sqlite3 and prints reinstall text. It does not write agent config or open a network connection.
- Launcher code reads recent local Codex session files under CODEX_HOME or ~/.codex and returns a session id when the workspace matches. It is not an npm lifecycle hook.
- Tool-output code treats AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md as labeled read targets. That is display classification, not a config write.
- A clean decision would need citations for 10 required paths, but sourceCitations allows 8. No separate install-time or import-time attack chain was found in the inspected entrypoints.
Evidence against
- There is no preinstall or install script and no runtime dependency on @minimax-ai/code.
- The PDF skill uses child_process only to locate or install Playwright Chromium when that skill script runs.
Behavioral surface
Source & flagged code
25 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node ./verify-native-install.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgchunks/chunk-2CEKQTMO.jsView file
1import { createRequire as __mavis_cR } from "module"; import { basename as __mavis_basename, dirname as __mavis_dirname, join as __mavis_join } from "path"; import { fileURLToPath ...
L2: import{a as p}from"./chunk-VPHVKGPT.js";import{e as g,k as d,m as h}from"./chunk-WAVNKSSE.js";import{isAbsolute as f,resolve as A}from"node:path";import{spawn as E}from"node:child_...
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
chunks/chunk-2CEKQTMO.jsView on unpkg · L11import { createRequire as __mavis_cR } from "module"; import { basename as __mavis_basename, dirname as __mavis_dirname, join as __mavis_join } from "path"; import { fileURLToPath ...
L2: import{a as p}from"./chunk-VPHVKGPT.js";import{e as g,k as d,m as h}from"./chunk-WAVNKSSE.js";import{isAbsolute as f,resolve as A}from"node:path";import{spawn as E}from"node:child_...
Findings
3 Critical14 High9 Medium7 Low
CriticalBrowser Credential Phishingchunks/chunk-X5PAB4UH.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitychunks/chunk-X5PAB4UH.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltachunks/chunk-DV5WIEGS.js
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processchunks/chunk-2CEKQTMO.js
HighShellchunks/launcher-TAS3WAUC.js
HighSame File Env Network Executionchunks/chunk-TRPB3GW5.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencechunks/launcher-TAS3WAUC.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationchunks/chunk-TRPB3GW5.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitychunks/chunk-2CEKQTMO.js
HighCloud Metadata Accesschunks/chunk-TRPB3GW5.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @minimax-ai/code@0.4.12.
See all versions of @minimax-ai/code for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @minimax-ai/code@0.4.12 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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