--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nalvietnam/avatar-cli/v/3.33.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nalvietnam/avatar-cli/v/3.33.0.md" package: "@nalvietnam/avatar-cli" report_status: "published" title: "@nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.33.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "3.33.0" --- # @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.33.0 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 AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse - **Selected version:** 3.33.0 - **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 source establishes explicit CLI-driven AI-agent configuration changes but not unconsented lifecycle mutation or an active attack. Under the agent integration policy, this is a non-blocking dangerous capability. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-29T16:23:19.069Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-29T16:24:40.456Z - **Download time:** 1543 ms - **Static scan time:** 745 ms - **AI review time:** 79099 ms - **Total time:** 81387 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 package can alter AI-agent workspace settings and install global Claude skills when its CLI setup features are used. No confirmed automatic install-time attack surface was identified. - **Trigger:** A user runs the relevant Avatar CLI setup or tool-enable command. - **Impact:** This grants the selected tooling influence over an AI-agent workspace or global skill directory; no covert activation was confirmed. - **Evidence paths:** dist/index.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-29T16:24:40.456Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI merges tool manifests into settings and invokes GitNexus setup for global skills. - **Rationale:** The source establishes explicit CLI-driven AI-agent configuration changes but not unconsented lifecycle mutation or an active attack. Under the agent integration policy, this is a non-blocking dangerous capability. - **Files touched:** dist/index.js ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for warning:** The CLI exposes an explicit command that enables tools by merging a manifest into workspace settings and recording state., Its GitNexus setup phase invokes a setup command described as installing global skills under the user's Claude configuration., The package install hook only loads a welcome-screen module, rather than invoking the agent setup path. - **Evidence against:** No automatic agent-configuration mutation was found in the npm lifecycle hook., No concrete credential theft, destructive action, or hidden remote payload execution was identified in the inspected paths. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.33.0. - Review the evidence and your use of @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.33.0 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 L10: `),plain:t=>Qe(`${t} L11: `)}});var Se={};bt(Se,{atomicSwapDir:()=>tn,computeFileSha256:()=>$o,copyDirRecursive:()=>Ze,downloadFile:()=>Po,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>Ro,pathExists:()=>d,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Ze(t,e,n=[]){await S(e);let r=await W.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=Bn(t,o.name),s=Bn(e,o.name);if(o.isDire... ``` ### 6. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L233: `),e&&process.stdout.write(` D\u1EF1 ki\u1EBFn: ${f.cyan(e)} L234: `),process.exit(0)}}function om(t){t.command("mcp-run ",{hidden:!0}).description("[internal] Spawn MCP v\u1EDBi secrets injected (M09)").action(Kt("mcp-run","Milestone 09"... L235: `),0;e.spawnDetached(n.command,n.args)}catch(n){if(t.verbose){let r=n instanceof Error?n.message:String(n);e.stderr(`avatar notify: l\u1ED7i \u2014 ${r} ``` ### 7. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 8. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 9. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: `)}function ye(t,e){process.stderr.write(`${JSON.stringify({schema_version:1,command:t,error:e})} L4: `)}var zt=I(()=>{"use strict"});function C(){return ya||process.env[xp]==="1"}function Tp(t){ya=t}function Pp(t){ba=t}function B(t){if(!C())return;let e=ba[t];return e==null||e==="... L5: `),1}function K(t,e){if(t==null||t==="")throw new $({missingFlag:e.flag,command:e.command,hint:e.hint});return t}function Rp(t){return t.options.some(n=>n.long===wa)||t.option(wa,C... ... L10: `),plain:t=>Qe(`${t} L11: `)}});var Se={};bt(Se,{atomicSwapDir:()=>tn,computeFileSha256:()=>$o,copyDirRecursive:()=>Ze,downloadFile:()=>Po,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>Ro,pathExists:()=>d,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Ze(t,e,n=[]){await S(e);let r=await W.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o ``` ### 11. Critical: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source executes local commands and sends command output to an external endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: // @nalvietnam/avatar-cli — built with tsup L2: var Sp=Object.defineProperty;var I=(t,e)=>()=>(t&&(e=t(t=0)),e);var bt=(t,e)=>{for(var n in e)Sp(t,n,{get:e[n],enumerable:!0})};function $t(t){let e={schema_version:1,...t};e.schem... L3: `)}function ye(t,e){process.stderr.write(`${JSON.stringify({schema_version:1,command:t,error:e})} ... L10: `),plain:t=>Qe(`${t} L11: `)}});var Se={};bt(Se,{atomicSwapDir:()=>tn,computeFileSha256:()=>$o,copyDirRecursive:()=>Ze,downloadFile:()=>Po,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>Ro,pathExists:()=>d,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Ze(t,e,n=[]){await S(e);let r=await W.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=Bn(t,o.name),s=Bn(e,o.name);if(o.isDire... L13: `).filter(c=>c.trim().length>0)):r(new Error(`tar ``` ### 12. High: External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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: me:"trivy",manager:"brew"}];function yv(t){let e=ga("which",[t],{encoding:"utf8",timeout:lp});return!e.error&&e.status===0&&(e.stdout||"").trim().length>0}function zv(t){let e=ga(t,["--version"],{encoding:"utf8",timeout:lp});return!e.error&&e.status===0}function xv(t){if(!yv(t.name))return"skipped";if(!zv(t.manager))return a.warn(` ! ${t.name}: kh\xf4ng c\xf3 ${t.manager} \u0111\u1ec3 g\u1ee1 \u2014 b\u1ecf qua (g\u1ee1 tay n\u1ebfu c\u1ea7n).`),"skipped";let e=t.manager==="brew"?["uninstall",t.name]:["uninstall","-g",t.name],n=ga(t.manager,e,{stdio:["ignore","pipe","pipe"],timeout:qv,encoding:"utf8"});return n.status!==0?(a.warn(` ! g\u1ee1 ${t.name} th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i: ${(n.stderr||"").slice(0,12 ``` ### 13. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> bin/avatar.js -> dist/index.js L1: // @nalvietnam/avatar-cli — built with tsup L2: var Sp=Object.defineProperty;var I=(t,e)=>()=>(t&&(e=t(t=0)),e);var bt=(t,e)=>{for(var n in e)Sp(t,n,{get:e[n],enumerable:!0})};function $t(t){let e={schema_version:1,...t};e.schem... L3: `)}function ye(t,e){process.stderr.write(`${JSON.stringify({schema_version:1,command:t,error:e})} ... L10: `),plain:t=>Qe(`${t} L11: `)}});var Se={};bt(Se,{atomicSwapDir:()=>tn,computeFileSha256:()=>$o,copyDirRecursive:()=>Ze,downloadFile:()=>Po,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>Ro,pathExists:()=>d,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Ze(t,e,n=[]){await S(e);let r=await W.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=Bn(t,o.name),s=Bn(e,o.nam ``` ### 14. 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 Sp=Object.defineProperty;var I=(t,e)=>()=>(t&&(e=t(t=0)),e);var bt=(t,e)=>{for(var n in e)Sp(t,n,{get:e[n],enumerable:!0})};function $t(t){let e={schema_version:1,...t};e.schem... L3: `)}function ye(t,e){process.stderr.write(`${JSON.stringify({schema_version:1,command:t,error:e})} ... L10: `),plain:t=>Qe(`${t} L11: `)}});var Se={};bt(Se,{atomicSwapDir:()=>tn,computeFileSha256:()=>$o,copyDirRecursive:()=>Ze,downloadFile:()=>Po,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>Ro,pathExists:()=>d,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Ze(t,e,n=[]){await S(e);let r=await W.readdir(t,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let ``` ### 15. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 16. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 17. 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. ### 18. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 19. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.29.1 matchedIdentity = npm:QG5hbHZpZXRuYW0vYXZhdGFyLWNsaQ:3.29.1 similarity = 0.875 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## 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:** 3.33.0 - **Version published:** 2026-09-29T16:21:29.747Z - **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:** 46 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,778,283 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()