--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mnemonik/cli/v/7.151.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@mnemonik/cli/v/7.151.0.md" package: "@mnemonik/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@mnemonik/cli@7.151.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "7.151.0" --- # @mnemonik/cli@7.151.0 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk - **Selected version:** 7.151.0 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) 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. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The package includes a first-party agent hooks installer, which warrants a warning for extension lifecycle risk. Inspected source shows consent checks and signed update verification, while the scanner’s eval finding is bundled WebAssembly glue rather than evidence of remote code execution. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 77.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-25T09:02:04.655Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-25T09:03:13.813Z - **Download time:** 1036 ms - **Static scan time:** 23465 ms - **AI review time:** 44656 ms - **Total time:** 69158 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 ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** The CLI provides an installer for a first-party Claude Code hooks component, creating an agent extension lifecycle risk. The inspected excerpts do not establish a concrete attack. - **Trigger:** A user invokes the Mnemonik CLI installation flow. - **Impact:** The installation can add a package-owned agent extension; the inspected source does not show unconsented control-surface changes or malicious effects. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/install/journey.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-25T09:03:13.813Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The package declares the hooks component and the install flow checks for required consent flags, with interactive input for non-automatic runs. - **Rationale:** The package includes a first-party agent hooks installer, which warrants a warning for extension lifecycle risk. Inspected source shows consent checks and signed update verification, while the scanner’s eval finding is bundled WebAssembly glue rather than evidence of remote code execution. - **Files touched:** package.json, dist/bin.js, dist/install/journey.js, dist/runtime/selfUpdate.js, dist/runtime/bootstrap.js ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 77.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The package exposes a CLI installer and declares a first-party Claude Code hooks component., The install flow checks for required flags and requests consent when they are missing; interactive runs open an input flow., The updater verifies release integrity and a signed release manifest before installing a new CLI version., The flagged eval call is part of bundled WebAssembly glue. - **Evidence against:** The manifest declares no lifecycle scripts and no runtime dependencies., Inspected source did not establish credential theft, an unrelated recipient, or unconsented agent configuration changes. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @mnemonik/cli@7.151.0. - Review the evidence and your use of @mnemonik/cli@7.151.0 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. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/diagnostics.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L923: import { createHash, createPublicKey, randomUUID, timingSafeEqual, verify as verifySignature } from "node:crypto"; L924: import { execFile, execFileSync } from "node:child_process"; L925: function windowsCommand(file) { ``` ### 2. High: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 80.0% - **Path:** dist/diagnostics.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic code evaluation. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L5245: var func = `(${args}) => { ${body} };`; L5246: ASM_CONSTS[start] = eval(func); L5247: } ``` ### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/diagnostics.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import { createRequire as __createRequire } from "node:module"; const require = __createRequire(import.meta.url); L2: var __create = Object.create; ``` ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/install/journey.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L7324: // packages/shared/dist/apiOrigin.js L7325: function apiOrigin(env = process.env) { L7326: return new URL(env.MNEMONIK_API_RESOURCE || "https://api.mnemonik.dev").origin; L7327: } ... L7332: import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto"; L7333: import { execFile as nodeExecFile } from "node:child_process"; L7334: import fs2 from "node:fs"; ``` ### 8. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/runtime/signers.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L463: } L464: var execute, quote, RELEASE_MINISIGN_PUBLIC_KEY, identityArgs, groupArgs, ADMINISTRATOR_RID, currentIdentity, receipts, ttl, fresh, identityPending, aclArgs, hookOptions, hookExecu... L465: var init_runtimeSigners = __esm({ ... L468: execute = (file, args, input) => { L469: const result = promisify(execFile)(file, args); L470: if (input === void 0) L471: return result; L472: return new Promise((resolve6, reject2) => { L473: void result.then(resolve6, reject2); L474: result.child.stdin?.on("error", reject2); L475: result.child.stdin?.end(input); L476: }); ``` ### 9. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/install/journey.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L383: // WTF! L384: // https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore L385: // changes in [2.22.1](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore/2.22.1) ... L547: var parentOf = (path) => { L548: if (path.charCodeAt(0) === SLASH_CODE || path.indexOf(DOUBLE_SLASH) >= 0) { L549: const slices = path.split(SLASH).filter(Boolean); ... L694: const rules = this._literalRules || (this._literalRules = this._rules.filter( L695: ({ body: body2 }) => body2[body2.length - (body2[body2.length - 1] === SLASH ? 2 : 1)] === "*" L696: )); ... L876: // Detect `process` so that it can run in browsers. L877: typeof process !== "undefined" && process.platform === "win32" L878: ) { ``` ### 10. Critical: Remote Response Code Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 98.0% - **Path:** dist/runtime/selfUpdate.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source passes code obtained from a remote response into a dynamic execution sink. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L383: // WTF! L384: // https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore L385: // changes in [2.22.1](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore/2.22.1) ... L547: var parentOf = (path) => { L548: if (path.charCodeAt(0) === SLASH_CODE || path.indexOf(DOUBLE_SLASH) >= 0) { L549: const slices = path.split(SLASH).filter(Boolean); ... L694: const rules = this._literalRules || (this._literalRules = this._rules.filter( L695: ({ body: body2 }) => body2[body2.length - (body2[body2.length - 1] === SLASH ? 2 : 1)] === "*" L696: )); ... L876: // Detect `process` so that it can run in browsers. L877: typeof process !== "undefined" && process.platform === "win32" L878: ) { ``` ### 11. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 72.0% - **Path:** dist/auth/credentials.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/auth/credentials.js spawns dist/auth/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution. L383: // WTF! L384: // https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore L385: // changes in [2.22.1](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore/2.22.1) ... L547: var parentOf = (path) => { L548: if (path.charCodeAt(0) === SLASH_CODE || path.indexOf(DOUBLE_SLASH) >= 0) { L549: const slices = path.split(SLASH).filter(Boolean); ... L694: const rules = this._literalRules || (this._literalRules = this._rules.filter( L695: ({ body: body2 }) => body2[body2.length - (body2[body2.length - 1] === SLASH ? 2 : 1)] === "*" L696: )); ... L876: // Detect `process` so that it can run in browsers. L877: typeof process !== "undefined" && process.platform === "win32" L878: ) { ``` ### 12. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 13. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 14. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 15. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 1 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** @mnemonik/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 7.151.0 - **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE - **Version published:** 2026-10-25T08:58:57.310Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-09T08:37:24.300Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-02T23:28:26.592Z - **Known versions:** 169 - **Latest version:** 7.174.5 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Mnemonik installer and local project helper - **Maintainers:** daemonhunt - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24 - **Artifact files:** 224 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 10,401,125 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()