---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline/v/20.5.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline/v/20.5.0.md"
package: "@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0 npm security report"
verdict: "unknown"
version: "20.5.0"
---

# @mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 18 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Unknown
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 20.5.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

Static analysis completed at 72.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 18 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Unknown
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-26T05:52:13.810Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-26T05:52:18.151Z
- **Download time:** 1785 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2554 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 4341 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0 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.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/keychain.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/keychain.py>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 141
```

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/verify-citations.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/verify-citations.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L66: import { dirname, resolve as resolvePath, sep } from "node:path";
L67: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L68: import { runMain } from "../lib/fatal.mjs";
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/skill-conformance.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/skill-conformance.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L368: // would be extracted into the manifest and injected into every reviewer
L369: // prompt via the shared ${CRITERIA} block. Contain it to the skill"s own\n      // directory; a declaration that escapes is recorded, not followed.\n      const rulesPath = resolv...
L370: // report a clean review over criteria it never loaded.
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/build-stack-plugins.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/build-stack-plugins.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L29: *
L30: * Exit code 0 on a build, 1 when the attribution check fails or a --check-* mode
L31: * finds a problem; prints a JSON-ish summary + per-plugin diff.
...
L44: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L45: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L46: import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
...
L68: // Checked up front so join() never throws a raw TypeError before any diagnostic.
L69: const HOME = process.env.HOME;
L70: if (!HOME) {
...
L300: // regenerate plugin.json skills[]: keep non-knowledge entries, rebuild knowledge set
L301: const pj = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pjPath, "utf8"));
L302: const nonKnowledge = (pj.skills || []).filter((s) => !s.startsWith("./skills/knowledge/"));
```

### 7. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 8. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 9. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/autopilot-awake.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/autopilot-awake.mjs>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L22: * Injectable for tests: MA_AP_LAUNCH_AGENTS (the LaunchAgents dir),
L23: * MA_AP_LAUNCHCTL_BIN, MA_AP_PS_BIN, MA_AP_AWAKE_TEMPLATE, MA_AUTOPILOT_ROOT.
L24: *
...
L27: 
L28: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L29: import {
...
L49: function home(env) {
L50: return env.HOME || homedir();
L51: }
...
L54: try {
L55: return JSON.parse(readFileSync(p, "utf-8"));
L56: } catch {
```

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/usage-register.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/usage-register.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L10: *   admin, no credential store: one status line, exit 0.
L11: * - It never reports run CONTENT. That is usage-report.mjs"s contract, and it\n *   is coarse metadata only.\n *\n * Usage:\n *   node usage-register.mjs [--prefs <path>] [--json] ...
L12: * name in `usageLog.trustedHosts`; http only to loopback (local development).
```

### 12. High: External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/localize-commands.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/localize-commands.mjs>)

Runtime or CLI source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Runtime or CLI code links a write operation to an explicit external AI-agent control path:
eturn false;
  writefilesync(file, next);
  return true;
}

   
                                                                    
  
                      
                                  
                                           
   
export function localizecommands(dir, mode) {
  if (!existssync(dir)) return 0;
  const files = [];
  const rootskill = join(dir, "skill.md");
  if (existssync(rootskill)) files.push(rootskill);
  for (const entry of readdirsync(dir)) {
    const sub = join(dir, entry, "skill.md");
    try {
      if (statsync(join(dir, entry)).isdirectory() && existssync(sub)) files.push(sub);
    } catch {
                                
    }
  }
  let changed = 0;
  for (con
```

### 13. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 14. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 15. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/github-ssh-setup.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/github-ssh-setup.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = pipeline/scripts/github-ssh-setup.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 10099
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 16. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** install/\_mcp-register.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/install/_mcp-register.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 21
```

### 18. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** pipeline/scripts/keychain.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline@20.5.0/pipeline/scripts/keychain.py>)

Hardcoded password in pipeline/scripts/keychain.py

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 157
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 9
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 20.5.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-25T17:21:47.707Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T08:17:11.049Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-20T05:10:49.233Z
- **Known versions:** 106
- **Latest version:** 20.27.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** 6-phase AI development pipeline with full orchestration on Claude Code, Copilot CLI and Codex CLI. Analysis, planning, TDD, CLI-aware parallel review with consensus surfacing + Fable triage, default-FAIL evidence gates, secret + intent guards, per-phase c
- **Author:** Mert Erden
- **Maintainers:** mmerterden
- **Keywords:** multi-agent, pipeline, development-workflow, tdd, code-review, claude-code, copilot-cli, copilot, claude, ios, android, backend
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.11.0
- **Supported OS:** darwin
- **Artifact files:** 1219
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 13,084,158 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline/v/20.5.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/mmerterden/multi-agent-pipeline/issues>)
