@netnodeag/kraftwerk@0.22.0
Open-source agentic workspace for teams — where people and AI agents get work done together: agents (Claude Code, Codex, Pi), skills, shared knowledge, repeatable workflows, and deterministic verification
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection found no registry-install lifecycle hook or concrete malicious payload. The automatic permission approval and credential-capable workflow features leave a real dangerous-capability risk, so this release should warn rather than be marked clean.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user starts the UI, a configured routine fires, or a user runs a remote or sandboxed workflow.
Impact
A configured workflow or scheduled agent can act with the permissions and credentials supplied by its user.
Mechanism
Agent permission auto-approval, remote Git retrieval, and optional credential forwarding.
AI rationale
Source inspection found no registry-install lifecycle hook or concrete malicious payload. The automatic permission approval and credential-capable workflow features leave a real dangerous-capability risk, so this release should warn rather than be marked clean.
Evidence
dist/inspector/chat/sessions.jsdist/runner/docker.jsdist/remote.jsdist/inspector/runner.jsoutput/runs/<run-id>/runner.env.cache/kraftwerk/remotes/
Network endpoints1
github.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Scheduled team chats automatically select an available allow permission without an interactive decision.
- Sandboxed workflows forward configured API keys and can mount the host SSH agent when requested.
- A remote specification causes a git clone or fetch into a user cache.
- The inspector starts a detached `npx kraftwerk run --yes` process for a requested workflow.
- The manifest exposes a CLI and has only a publish-time lifecycle hook.
Evidence against
- There is no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- The reviewed network, Docker, and agent actions are reached through CLI, UI, workflow, or routine use rather than package installation.
- No secret exfiltration endpoint, obfuscated payload, self-dependency, or reviewer-directed text was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/remote.jsView file
1import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L2: import { mkdir, stat } from "node:fs/promises";
High
bin/kraftwerk.jsView file
15if (existsSync(src) && process.env.KRAFTWERK_DIST !== "1") {
L16: const { register } = await import("tsx/esm/api");
L17: register();
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
bin/kraftwerk.jsView on unpkg · L15dist/inspector/runner.jsView file
1import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L2: import { mkdirSync, openSync, closeSync } from "node:fs";
...
L8: * Workflow trigger for the web UI. The inspector stays decoupled from the
L9: * framework runtime: it shells out to `npx kraftwerk run` in the consumer
L10: * project, detached, with a pre-chosen --run-id so the browser can jump to
Findings
1 Critical4 High4 Medium6 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/runner/docker.js
HighChild Processdist/remote.js
HighShell
HighRuntime Package Installdist/inspector/runner.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/inspector/chat/sessions.js
MediumDynamic Requirebin/kraftwerk.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @netnodeag/kraftwerk@0.22.0.
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