---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.8"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.8.md"
package: "@nordsym/apiclaw"
report_status: "published"
title: "@nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.8 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.9.8"
---

# @nordsym/apiclaw@2.9.8 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Exposes the local hostname and username, plus platform, package version, and detected MCP-client context to the package operator.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Data Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 2.9.8
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

On npm installation, the package fingerprints the local machine and transmits installation telemetry without opt-in. It also persists a marker in the user’s home directory to deduplicate future reports.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-01T00:05:10.651Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-01T00:05:57.349Z
- **Download time:** 511 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2475 ms
- **AI review time:** 43712 ms
- **Total time:** 46698 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** On npm installation, the package fingerprints the local machine and transmits installation telemetry without opt-in. It also persists a marker in the user’s home directory to deduplicate future reports.

- **Trigger:** Installing the package runs its postinstall lifecycle hook.

- **Impact:** Exposes the local hostname and username, plus platform, package version, and detected MCP-client context to the package operator.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/postinstall.js, dist/session.js, dist/funnel-client.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-01T00:05:57.349Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Postinstall fingerprint collection and remote telemetry submission.

- **Attack narrative:** Installing the package invokes postinstall. That hook derives a fingerprint from the host name and local account name, then submits it with installation metadata to a remote Convex service. The package records a home-directory marker so the transmission is deduplicated rather than requiring user approval. The data is described as anonymous telemetry, but the transmitted fingerprint directly contains local machine and account identifiers.

- **Rationale:** The automatic install-time collection and transmission of hostname and username is concrete unconsented data exfiltration. The explicit CLI configuration functionality does not mitigate this separate lifecycle behavior.

- **Files touched:** dist/postinstall.js, dist/session.js, dist/funnel-client.js, ~/.apiclaw/funnel-markers.json

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

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 93.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** The package automatically runs a postinstall hook., The hook collects hostname and username as a machine fingerprint., Installation sends that fingerprint, platform, version, and MCP-client data to a remote Convex endpoint., The telemetry code stores a persistent install marker under the user’s home directory and classifies scanner-like machines specially.

- **Evidence against:** The postinstall hook does not install MCP configuration; those writes occur only in explicit CLI setup commands., No runtime dependency on this package’s own name is declared., No credential-file harvesting or remote code loading was found in the inspected install path.

## 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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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
...
L165: return 'cursor';
L166: if (process.env.CLAUDE_CODE)
L167: return 'claude-code';
Write operation from dist/funnel-client.js:
L83: if (!fs.existsSync(MARKER_DIR))
L84: 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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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@2.9.8/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
```

## 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:** 2.9.8
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-31T23:33:43.692Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-21T20:17:17.839Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-01T00:05:57.349Z
- **Known versions:** 6
- **Latest version:** 2.9.8
- **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
- **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:** 2,037,665 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nordsym/apiclaw/v/2.9.8>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/nordsym/apiclaw.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://apiclaw.cloud/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/nordsym/apiclaw/issues>)