registry / @nalvietnam/avatar-cli / 3.38.0

@nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.38.0

AI harness CLI for NAL Vietnam engineering

AI Security Review

scanned 9d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The inspected postinstall behavior is limited to displaying a welcome screen, while the required bundle location detects workspace markers. Authentication and Anthropic key-check excerpts show bounded, service-aligned destinations; no concrete attack surface was established.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Package installation triggers the postinstall hook; authentication and AI setup occur through CLI commands.

Impact

No unconsented credential disclosure or agent configuration mutation was established.

Mechanism

The hook skips in CI or when configured to do so, otherwise it prints the welcome screen. Inspected authentication and key-check requests use restricted NAL or Anthropic destinations.

AI rationale

Network endpoints2

qpdbkewtpkkbcrptnlos.supabase.coapi.anthropic.com

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

The manifest runs bin/postinstall.js; that hook skips in CI or when AVATAR_SKIP_WELCOME is set and otherwise calls the welcome screen.
The required bundle location defines Claude workspace marker paths and imports filesystem existence checks for workspace detection.
The authentication endpoint requires HTTPS and is restricted to an exact service host or NAL domains; the device flow sends start and poll requests.
The Anthropic key setup prompts for a key and tests it against Anthropic's API endpoint.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 6 file(s), 806 KB of source, external domains: accounts.google.com, ai.nal.vn, api.anthropic.com, cli.github.com, github.com, mm.nal.vn, qpdbkewtpkkbcrptnlos.supabase.co, telemetry.nal.vn, www.npmjs.com

Source & flagged code

9 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 21-61json

21 "README.md"

22 ],

23 "engines": {

24 "node": ">=18.17.0"

25 },

26 "scripts": {

27 "build": "tsup && tsc -p tsconfig.core-dts.json",

28 "dev": "tsup --watch",

29 "test": "AUTOPILOT_PACK_FIXTURES_DIR=\"${AUTOPILOT_PACK_FIXTURES_DIR:-$PWD/../team-ai-pack/tests/fixtures}\" vitest run --passWithNoTests --exclude 'test/integration/**' --testTimeout=15000",

30 "test:watch": "vitest --exclude 'test/integration/**'",

31 "test:e2e": "npm run build && vitest run --passWithNoTests test/integration --testTimeout=60000",

32 "test:all": "npm run test && npm run test:e2e",

33 "lint": "biome check src test scripts",

34 "format": "biome format --write src test scripts",

35 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",

36 "check:release-docs": "node scripts/check-unreleased-version-notice-removed.mjs",

37 "schemas:generate": "tsx scripts/autopilot-schemas/generate-json-schemas.ts",

38 "hooks:install": "git config core.hooksPath githooks",

39 "prepare": "git config core.hooksPath githooks || true",

40 "prepublishOnly": "npm run check:release-docs && npm run lint && npm run typecheck && npm run build && npm run test:all",

41 "postinstall": "node ./bin/postinstall.js"

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L41

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L41

42 },

43 "dependencies": {

44 "@inquirer/prompts": "^8.5.2",

45 "@napi-rs/keyring": "^1.1.0",

46 "boxen": "^8.0.0",

47 "chalk": "^5.3.0",

48 "cli-highlight": "^2.1.11",

49 "cli-table3": "^0.6.3",

50 "clipboardy": "^5.3.1",

51 "commander": "^15.0.0",

52 "diff": "^9.0.0",

53 "fast-glob": "^3.3.2",

54 "open": "^11.0.0",

55 "ora": "^9.4.0",

56 "simple-git": "^3.22.0",

57 "zod": "4.4.3"

58 },

59 "devDependencies": {

60 "@biomejs/biome": "2.5.0",

61 "@types/diff": "^7.0.2",

dist/index.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.36.1 matchedIdentity = npm:QG5hbHZpZXRuYW0vYXZhdGFyLWNsaQ:3.36.1 similarity = 0.750 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg

10`),plain:e=>xs(`${e} L11: `)}});var jr={};ct(jr,{atomicSwapDir:()=>As,computeFileSha256:()=>Is,copyDirRecursive:()=>Es,downloadFile:()=>df,ensureDir:()=>S,extractTarballToDir:()=>lf,pathExists:()=>k,readJso... L12: `,n)}async function Es(e,t,n=[]){await S(t);let r=await Ae.readdir(e,{withFileTypes:!0});for(let o of r){if(n.includes(o.name))continue;let i=jc(e,o.name),s=jc(t,o.name);if(o.isDir...

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L10

359`),t&&process.stdout.write(` D\u1EF1 ki\u1EBFn: ${w.cyan(t)} L360: `),process.exit(0)}}function GG(e){e.command("mcp-run <tool-id>",{hidden:!0}).description("[internal] Spawn MCP v\u1EDBi secrets injected (M09)").action(Dr("mcp-run","Milestone 09"... L361: `),0;t.spawnDetached(n.command,n.args)}catch(n){if(e.verbose){let r=n instanceof Error?n.message:String(n);t.stderr(`avatar notify: l\u1ED7i \u2014 ${r}

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L359

Source & flagged code

9 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/index.jsView file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Findings

1 Critical7 High4 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/index.js

HighShelldist/index.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js

HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js

HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @nalvietnam/avatar-cli@3.38.0.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-10-14 14:46:41.235Z (UTC).

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