@newrelic/preflight@1.6.2: Suspicious npm security report (Warn) | LPM Firewall

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Source & flagged code

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dist/install/schedule.jsView file

1import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'; L2: import { writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, statSync, accessSync, constants, unlinkSync, mkdirSync, } from 'node:fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/install/schedule.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/install/platform.jsView file

75} L76: // Last resort: ask cmd.exe (requires WSL interop to be enabled). L77: // Pass the full command as one string after /c so cmd.exe expands %USERPROFILE%

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/install/platform.jsView on unpkg · L75

dist/hooks/subagent-watcher.jsView file

95constructor(options = {}) { L96: this.storagePath = options.storagePath ?? join(homedir(), '.newrelic-preflight'); L97: this.projectsDir = options.projectsDir ?? join(homedir(), PROJECTS_DIR_NAME); L98: this.pollIntervalMs = options.pollIntervalMs ?? DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL_MS; L99: const envHours = parseInt(process.env.NR_AI_WATCHER_DISCOVERY_HOURS ?? '', 10); L100: this.discoveryHours = ... L393: return; L394: const chunk = buf.subarray(0, actuallyRead).toString('utf-8'); L395: this.bytesRead += actuallyRead;

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/hooks/subagent-watcher.jsView on unpkg · L95

dist/install/setup-wizard.jsView file

23try { L24: entryPoint = realpathSync(process.argv[1] ?? process.cwd()); L25: } ... L70: function print(msg = '') { L71: process.stdout.write(msg + '\n'); L72: } ... L75: try { L76: parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(CONFIG_PATH, 'utf-8')); L77: } ... L171: if (mode !== 'local') { L172: const envAccountId = process.env.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID?.trim() ?? ''; L173: const existingAccountId = typeof existing.accountId === 'string' ? existing.accountId : '';

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

dist/install/setup-wizard.jsView on unpkg · L23

dist/security/ssrf.jsView file

1import { lookup as dnsLookup } from 'node:dns'; L2: const ALLOWED_SCHEMES = new Set(['http:', 'https:']); ... L12: const BLOCKED_METADATA_IPS = new Set(['100.100.100.200']); L13: // Matches loopback, RFC-1918 private ranges, link-local (169.254/16), and L14: // IPv4 multicast (224.0.0.0/4, i.e. 224–239.x.x.x).

High

Cloud Metadata Access

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

dist/security/ssrf.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/install/cli.jsView file

396print(' To update, reinstall using your package manager, e.g.:'); L397: print(' npm install -g @newrelic/preflight@latest'); L398: print(' pnpm add -g @newrelic/preflight@latest'); ... L403: print('→ git pull'); L404: execFileSync('git', ['pull'], { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'inherit' }); L405: }

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/install/cli.jsView on unpkg · L396

dist/index.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @newrelic/preflight@1.6.1 matchedIdentity = npm:QG5ld3JlbGljL3ByZWZsaWdodA:1.6.1 similarity = 0.967 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

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

dist/install/schedule.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';

2import { writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, statSync, accessSync, constants, unlinkSync, mkdirSync, } from 'node:fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/install/schedule.jsView on unpkg · L1

3import { resolve, join, dirname } from 'node:path';

4import { homedir } from 'node:os';

5import { createLogger } from '../shared/index.js';

6import { errMsg } from './json-utils.js';

7const logger = createLogger('schedule');

8function escapeXml(s) {

9 return s

10 .replace(/&/g, '&')

11 .replace(/</g, '<')

12 .replace(/>/g, '>')

13 .replace(/"/g, '"')

14 .replace(/'/g, ''');

15}

16export function unescapeXml(s) {

17 return s

18 .replace(/</g, '<')

19 .replace(/>/g, '>')

20 .replace(/"/g, '"')

21 .replace(/'/g, "'")

dist/install/platform.jsView file

Lines 55-95javascript

55 */

56export function resolveWindowsHome() {

57 // USERPROFILE is passed through from Windows by default in WSL

58 // (e.g. C:\Users\alice).

59 const userProfile = process.env.USERPROFILE?.trim

dist/hooks/subagent-watcher.jsView file

Lines 75-115javascript

75 // cursor file. Bounded per-entry by MAX_PARTIAL_LINE_BYTES (see processFile)

76 // and per-key by the number of files discovered this poll (see poll()).

77 partialByPath = new Map();

78 // Health counters

79 filesWatched = 0;

80 linesRead

dist/install/setup-wizard.jsView file

Lines 3-43javascript

3import { resolve, dirname } from 'node:path';

4import { normalizeDeveloperName, ConfigFileSchema, DEFAULT_STORAGE_PATH } from '../config.js';

5import { migrateStoragePath } from './migrate.js';

6import { runInstallCli, verifyBinaryOnPath, findRepoRoot } from './cli.js'

dist/security/ssrf.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { lookup as dnsLookup } from 'node:dns';

2const ALLOWED_SCHEMES = new Set(['http:', 'https:']);

3// Cloud metadata service FQDNs that resolve to internal addresses within cloud accounts.

4// Blocking these prevents SSRF attacks from exfiltrating cloud credentials.

dist/install/cli.jsView file

Lines 376-416javascript

376 }

377 catch (err) {

378 if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {

379 print('✗ git is not installed or not found on PATH.');

380 print(' Install git (https://git-scm.com) then retry: preflight update');

dist/index.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @newrelic/preflight@1.6.1 matchedIdentity = npm:QG5ld3JlbGljL3ByZWZsaWdodA:1.6.1 similarity = 0.967 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