---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.7"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.7.md"
package: "@nordsym/apiclaw"
report_status: "published"
title: "@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.9.7"
---

# @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7 npm security report

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## 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:** 2.9.7
- **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 automatic identifiable telemetry plus explicit AI-agent configuration and agent-directed command behavior. It does not establish the unconsented install-time foreign control-surface mutation or payload execution required for a publish block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-31T21:00:52.657Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-31T21:01:57.219Z
- **Download time:** 1008 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2520 ms
- **AI review time:** 61033 ms
- **Total time:** 64562 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:** Installation transmits a persistent machine fingerprint to the package telemetry endpoint. Explicit agent-setup commands can register this package as an MCP server through npx.

- **Trigger:** npm installation triggers telemetry; running setup or mcp-install changes MCP configuration.

- **Impact:** Tracks an installing machine and can add a package-controlled MCP capability to an AI client.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/postinstall.js, dist/funnel-client.js, dist/session.js, dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js, dist/index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-31T21:01:57.219Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Install telemetry and explicit MCP self-registration.

- **Rationale:** The source establishes automatic identifiable telemetry plus explicit AI-agent configuration and agent-directed command behavior. It does not establish the unconsented install-time foreign control-surface mutation or payload execution required for a publish block.

- **Files touched:** ~/.apiclaw/funnel-markers.json, ~/.claude.json, ~/.codex/config.toml

- **Network endpoints:** https://adventurous-avocet-799.convex.cloud/api/mutation

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The postinstall hook sends an install event containing a hostname-and-user-name fingerprint without an affirmative prompt., The explicit MCP installer writes agent configuration that launches npx with this package name, allowing later resolution and lifecycle execution., The MCP tool description gives imperative instructions to an AI agent to drive browser authentication and repeatedly run package commands.

- **Evidence against:** Postinstall does not write AI-agent configuration; it only records telemetry and prints setup instructions., Agent configuration changes are exposed through explicit setup and mcp-install CLI commands, including dry-run options., No source inspected shows credential harvesting, shell payload download, or destructive actions.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7.

- Review the evidence and your use of @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7 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](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node dist/postinstall.js || true
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node dist/postinstall.js || true
```

### 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/skill.test.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/skill.test.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: import assert from "node:assert/strict";
L9: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L10: import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 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/pending-login-start.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/pending-login-start.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: * MCP / agent hosts have no stdin/stdout TTY, so they must not wait for
L5: * `canLaunchInteractiveAuth` before creating `https://apiclaw.cloud/auth/cli?authId=…`.
L6: * Opening the browser is best-effort. whoami redeems Authorize; localhost
...
L9: import { createHash, randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
L10: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L11: import { pendingLoginStillOpen } from "./cli-auth-redeem.js";
...
L15: export const PENDING_LOGIN_LOOPBACK_PORT = 41789;
L16: const CONVEX_URL = process.env.APICLAW_CONVEX_URL || "https://adventurous-avocet-799.convex.cloud";
L17: const APP_URL = process.env.APICLAW_APP_URL || "https://apiclaw.cloud";
```

### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/pending-login-start.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/pending-login-start.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: *
L4: * MCP / agent hosts have no stdin/stdout TTY, so they must not wait for
L5: * `canLaunchInteractiveAuth` before creating `https://apiclaw.cloud/auth/cli?authId=…`.
L6: * Opening the browser is best-effort. whoami redeems Authorize; localhost
...
L9: import { createHash, randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
L10: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L11: import { pendingLoginStillOpen } from "./cli-auth-redeem.js";
...
L15: export const PENDING_LOGIN_LOOPBACK_PORT = 41789;
L16: const CONVEX_URL = process.env.APICLAW_CONVEX_URL || "https://adventurous-avocet-799.convex.cloud";
L17: const APP_URL = process.env.APICLAW_APP_URL || "https://apiclaw.cloud";
L18: function base64url(buf) {
L19: return buf.toString("base64").replace(/\+/g, "-").replace(/\//g, "_").replace(/=+$/g, "");
```

### 12. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/postinstall.js>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Install-time AI-agent control hijack evidence:
Install-time helper chain writes an AI-agent control surface:
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: /**
Referenced control path from dist/session.js:
L16: if (!fs.existsSync(SESSION_DIR)) {
L17: fs.mkdirSync(SESSION_DIR, { mode: 0o700 });
L18: }
...
L60: // Migrate to canonical location
L61: fs.writeFileSync(SESSION_FILE, JSON.stringify({ ...data, createdAt: data.createdAt || Date.now() }, null, 2), { mode: 0o600 });
L62: return data;
...
L83: };
L84: fs.writeFileSync(SESSION_FILE, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2), {
L85: mode: 0o600, // Read/write for owner only
...
L127: return 'cursor';
L128: if (process.env.CLAUDE_CODE)
L129: return 'claude-code';
Write operation from dist/funnel-client.js:
L79: if (!fs.existsSync(MARKER_DIR))
L80: fs.mkdirSync(MARKER_
```

### 13. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: import { platform, homedir } from 'os';
L9: import { execSync } from 'child_process';
L10: import chalk from 'chalk';
...
L12: import { readPendingLoginUrl } from '../../execute-auth.js';
L13: // Printed next step: npx @nordsym/apiclaw auth login
L14: import { authLoginCommand } from './auth.js';
```

### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. 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.

### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/direct.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/direct.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.6
matchedPath = dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/pending-login-start.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/pending-login-start.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.6
matchedPath = dist/pending-login-start.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/acp-server.test.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/acp-server.test.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.6
matchedPath = dist/acp-server.test.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/doctor.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/doctor.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.6
matchedPath = dist/cli/commands/doctor.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/direct.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/direct.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.6
matchedPath = dist/cli/commands/direct.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.7/dist/cli/commands/mcp-install.js>)

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 = @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.3
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcmRzeW0vYXBpY2xhdw:2.9.3
similarity = 0.849
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, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 15
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 15

### Published dependency entries
- @e2b/code-interpreter ^2.3.3 (Dependency)
- @hono/node-server ^1.19.9 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- @supabase/supabase-js ^2.39.0 (Dependency)
- @types/inquirer ^9.0.9 (Dependency)
- @zed-industries/agent-client-protocol ^0.4.5 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.6.2 (Dependency)
- commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency)
- convex ^1.36.1 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.3.1 (Dependency)
- fs-extra ^11.3.3 (Dependency)
- hono ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- inquirer ^13.3.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^9.3.0 (Dependency)
- stripe ^20.3.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @nordsym/apiclaw
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.9.7
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-31T07:29:51.643Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-21T20:17:17.839Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-14T11:55:58.479Z
- **Known versions:** 14
- **Latest version:** 2.9.13
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Your agent calls real APIs. You sign in once. Authenticated execution and discovery layer for AI agents, reachable via SKILL.md, local MCP, CLI, HTTP gateway, or Remote MCP. Discover 26,619 API definitions, including 689 exact-name source-verified entries
- **Author:** NordSym
- **Maintainers:** nordsym
- **Keywords:** mcp, model-context-protocol, ai-agent, ai-agents, claude, gpt, llm, api, api-gateway, api-discovery, api-integration, agentic
- **Artifact files:** 403
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,026,939 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.7>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/nordsym/apiclaw>)
- [Homepage](<https://apiclaw.cloud/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/nordsym/apiclaw/issues>)