--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nalvietnam/avatar-cli/v/3.21.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nalvietnam/avatar-cli/v/3.21.0.md" package: "@nalvietnam/avatar-cli" report_status: "published" title: "@nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.21.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "3.21.0" --- # @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.21.0 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:** 3.21.0 - **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. No concrete malicious install-time behavior was found: postinstall only displays a welcome screen. However, explicit commands install remotely delivered agent-pack content with non-enforcing integrity verification and can modify project AI configuration, warranting a warning. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-08-17T08:52:04.274Z - **Finished:** 2026-08-17T08:53:09.816Z - **Download time:** 760 ms - **Static scan time:** 730 ms - **AI review time:** 64051 ms - **Total time:** 65542 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:** Explicit Avatar CLI setup downloads a NAL-hosted pack and installs it into a project AI-agent directory. The package can merge pack-provided configuration into project Claude settings, but this is not performed by npm lifecycle execution. - **Trigger:** User runs \`avatar init\`, \`avatar sync\`, or tools/AI setup commands. - **Impact:** A compromised or unsigned remote pack could influence the configured project agent environment. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/postinstall.js, README.md, dist/index.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-08-17T08:53:09.816Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Remote pack installation and project-scoped AI configuration merge. - **Rationale:** No concrete malicious install-time behavior was found: postinstall only displays a welcome screen. However, explicit commands install remotely delivered agent-pack content with non-enforcing integrity verification and can modify project AI configuration, warranting a warning. - **Files touched:** .claude/pack/, .claude/settings.json - **Network endpoints:** https://qpdbkewtpkkbcrptnlos.supabase.co/functions/v1/get-pack ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for warning:** \`avatar init\`/\`sync\` downloads a remotely supplied team pack into \`.claude/pack/\`., The documented SHA-256 check is soft: installation continues when the backend omits a digest., CLI tool management merges pack manifests into project \`.claude/settings.json\`, an AI-agent control surface. - **Evidence against:** The npm \`postinstall\` only loads a welcome-screen module and exits under CI/opt-out; it does not configure an agent surface., Pack download and configuration occur through explicit CLI commands, not package installation., No source evidence of credential harvesting, stealth exfiltration, remote code execution, or foreign/broad agent-config mutation was found. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.21.0. - Review the evidence and your use of @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.21.0 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: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/postinstall.js ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/postinstall.js ``` ### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 4. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 5. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L7: `),plain:t=>process.stdout.write(`${t} L8: `)}});var Kt={};ut(Kt,{atomicSwapDir:()=>ye,computeFileSha256:()=>yr,copyDirRecursive:()=>hr,downloadFile:()=>kr,ensureDir:()=>v,extractTarballToDir:()=>wr,pathExists:()=>g,readJso... L9: `,n)}async function hr(t,e,n=[]){await v(e);let r=await D.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=tn(t,o.name),c=tn(e,o.name);if(o.isDire... ``` ### 6. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 7. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L7: `),plain:t=>process.stdout.write(`${t} L8: `)}});var Kt={};ut(Kt,{atomicSwapDir:()=>ye,computeFileSha256:()=>yr,copyDirRecursive:()=>hr,downloadFile:()=>kr,ensureDir:()=>v,extractTarballToDir:()=>wr,pathExists:()=>g,readJso... L9: `,n)}async function hr(t,e,n=[]){await v(e);let r=await D.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=tn(t,o.name),c=tn(e,o.name);if(o.isDire... L10: `).filter(l=>l.trim().length>0)):r(new Error(`tar list exit ${a}: ${c.trim()}`))})});if(e.length>ni)throw new Error(`Tarball c\xF3 ${e.length} entries, v\u01B0\u1EE3t gi\u1EDBi h\u... ... L12: `),new Se(Nr(c),`T\u1EA1o repo ${o} th\u1EA5t b\u1EA1i.`)}return s.success(`\u0110\xE3 t\u1EA1o: git@github.com:${o}.git`),`git@github.com:${o}.git`}var Se,Or=R(()=>{"use strict";_... ``` ### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/index.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 L1: // @nalvietnam/avatar-cli — built with tsup L2: var $l=Object.defineProperty;var R=(t,e)=>()=>(t&&(e=t(t=0)),e);var ut=(t,e)=>{for(var n in e)$l(t,n,{get:e[n],enumerable:!0})};var ke,Jo,Ye,we=R(()=>{"use strict";ke=".claude/avat... L3: `),success:t=>process.stdout.write(`${f.green("\u2713")} ${t} ... L7: `),plain:t=>process.stdout.write(`${t} L8: `)}});var Kt={};ut(Kt,{atomicSwapDir:()=>ye,computeFileSha256:()=>yr,copyDirRecursive:()=>hr,downloadFile:()=>kr,ensureDir:()=>v,extractTarballToDir:()=>wr,pathExists:()=>g,readJso... L9: `,n)}async function hr(t,e,n=[]){await v(e);let r=await D.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=tn(t,o.name),c=tn(e,o.name);if(o.isDire... L10: `).filter(l=>l.trim().length>0)):r(new Error(`tar list exit ${a}: ${c. ``` ### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> bin/avatar.js -> dist/index.js L1: // @nalvietnam/avatar-cli — built with tsup L2: var $l=Object.defineProperty;var R=(t,e)=>()=>(t&&(e=t(t=0)),e);var ut=(t,e)=>{for(var n in e)$l(t,n,{get:e[n],enumerable:!0})};var ke,Jo,Ye,we=R(()=>{"use strict";ke=".claude/avat... L3: `),success:t=>process.stdout.write(`${f.green("\u2713")} ${t} ... L7: `),plain:t=>process.stdout.write(`${t} L8: `)}});var Kt={};ut(Kt,{atomicSwapDir:()=>ye,computeFileSha256:()=>yr,copyDirRecursive:()=>hr,downloadFile:()=>kr,ensureDir:()=>v,extractTarballToDir:()=>wr,pathExists:()=>g,readJso... L9: `,n)}async function hr(t,e,n=[]){await v(e);let r=await D.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=tn(t,o.name),c=tn( ``` ### 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:** 80.0% 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:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 14 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 7 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 14 ### Published dependency entries - @inquirer/prompts ^8.5.2 (Dependency) - @napi-rs/keyring ^1.1.0 (Dependency) - boxen ^8.0.0 (Dependency) - chalk ^5.3.0 (Dependency) - cli-highlight ^2.1.11 (Dependency) - cli-table3 ^0.6.3 (Dependency) - clipboardy ^5.3.1 (Dependency) - commander ^15.0.0 (Dependency) - diff ^9.0.0 (Dependency) - fast-glob ^3.3.2 (Dependency) - open ^11.0.0 (Dependency) - ora ^9.4.0 (Dependency) - simple-git ^3.22.0 (Dependency) - zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @nalvietnam/avatar-cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 3.21.0 - **Version published:** 2026-08-17T05:01:40.997Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T10:31:06.785Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-20T18:27:44.689Z - **Known versions:** 34 - **Latest version:** 3.41.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** AI harness CLI for NAL Vietnam engineering - **Maintainers:** namgaf, lukenals - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.17.0 - **Artifact files:** 38 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,355,959 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()