---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@north-light/crouter"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@north-light/crouter/v/0.3.327.md"
package: "@north-light/crouter"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@north-light/crouter@0.3.327 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "0.3.327"
---

# @north-light/crouter@0.3.327 npm security report

> **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document.

## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 34 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 0.3.327
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Static inspection did not establish a concrete attack. The install hook copies this package into a package-owned runtime directory and skips nested lifecycle scripts. A clean verdict still cannot be published because required citation coverage exceeds the eight-citation limit.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 62.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-26T16:35:35.062Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-26T16:36:51.191Z
- **Download time:** 1522 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4093 ms
- **AI review time:** 70513 ms
- **Total time:** 76129 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:** Static inspection did not establish a concrete attack. The install hook copies this package into a package-owned runtime directory and skips nested lifecycle scripts. A clean verdict still cannot be published because required citation coverage exceeds the eight-citation limit.

- **Trigger:** Citation-capacity constraint after source inspection, not an observed install or import attack.

- **Impact:** No confirmed compromise, theft, or unconsented agent-control mutation. The review stays unresolved solely because a mark\_clean citation set cannot fit the output limit.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-26T16:36:51.191Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall runs scripts/postinstall.mjs, which patches a pinned local dependency and installs an immutable generation with npm ci --ignore-scripts. Claude and pi paths are read and shimmed only by the product extension.

- **Rationale:** The install path stays inside this package's runtime home and does not select another lifecycle release or mutate a foreign agent surface. A clean decision cannot be issued because sixteen required citations exceed the eight-citation cap, and that limit alone is not attack evidence.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 62.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** npm postinstall only stages this package's own runtime under ~/.crouter/runtime and tells the user to run crtr sys setup separately., Nested runtime install uses npm ci --ignore-scripts, so it does not re-run lifecycle hooks or pull another release of this package., Claude command indexing writes pi shims only when the product extension runs, not from the install hook., Clean publication cannot be finalized: the review requires 16 distinct source citations and the output allows at most 8.

- **Evidence against:** No credential send, hidden remote payload, or unconsented write to a foreign agent control surface was found in the install path., Self-copy uses the already installed tree via npm pack plus tar, not a registry range that selects an older lifecycle release.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @north-light/crouter@0.3.327.

- Review the evidence and your use of @north-light/crouter@0.3.327 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/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 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:** bin/runtime-selector.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/bin/runtime-selector.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L2: import { existsSync, lstatSync, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, readlinkSync, realpathSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
```

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

Package source references shell execution.

### 7. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

### 8. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime-selector.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/bin/runtime-selector.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L116: try {
L117: const mod = await import(pathToFileURL(join(dirname(entryPath), 'core', 'termrender', 'termrender.js')).href);
L118: if (mod.isRendererReady()) return;
```

### 9. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/runtime/stamp/channel.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/runtime/stamp/channel.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: var m=Object.defineProperty;var o=(n,t)=>m(n,"name",{value:t,configurable:!0});import{createHash as f}from"node:crypto";const i=Symbol.for("@crouton-kit/crtr:stamp-channel"),g=16;f...
```

### 10. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 11. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 12. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 13. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/sys/feedback.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/commands/sys/feedback.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: var h=Object.defineProperty;var a=(r,e)=>h(r,"name",{value:e,configurable:!0});import{spawnSync as y}from"node:child_process";import{mkdirSync as g,writeFileSync as w}from"node:fs"...
L2: `)[0].trim();return`[feedback] ${n.length>80?n.slice(0,79)+"\u2026":n}`}a(L,"deriveTitle");function j(r,e){const t=[`| crtr version | \`${e.version}\` |`,`| platform | ${e.platform...
L3: `)+`
L4: `}a(j,"buildBody");async function q(r,e,t,n,o){const s=process.env[R];try{const i=await fetch(r,{method:"POST",headers:{"content-type":"application/json",...s!==void 0&&s!==""?{aut...
L5: `).filter(o=>o.startsWith("http")).pop()??t.stdout.trim()}:{error:t.error!==void 0?`gh not available: ${t.error.message}`:t.stderr?.trim()||`gh exited ${t.status}`}}a(F,"deliverToG...
```

### 14. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/hook-authoring.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/hook-authoring.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: var B=Object.defineProperty;var o=(e,r)=>B(e,"name",{value:r,configurable:!0});import{spawn as R}from"node:child_process";import{Console as T}from"node:console";import{posixProcess...
L2: `),c=d("hook_handler_failed",`handler failed for ${f.value.op}`)}const a=I(c,f.value);a.valid||(i.write(`hook handler ${f.value.op} returned an invalid response: ${a.message}
L3: `),c=d("invalid_hook_response",a.message))}catch(m){i.write(`hook executable failed: ${b(m)}
L4: `),c=d("hook_executable_failed","hook executable could not read its request")}_(s,c)}o(X,"runHookExecutable");async function Y(e,r){const t=e[0];return t===void 0||t===""?d("local_...
L5: `)}o(_,"writeResponse");async function D(e){const r=[];for await(const t of e)r.push(Buffer.isBuffer(t)?t:Buffer.from(t));return Buffer.concat(r
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/hook-authoring.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/hook-authoring.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.js -> dist/hook-authoring.js
L1: var B=Object.defineProperty;var o=(e,r)=>B(e,"name",{value:r,configurable:!0});import{spawn as R}from"node:child_process";import{Console as T}from"node:console";import{posixProcess...
L2: `),c=d("hook_handler_failed",`handler failed for ${f.value.op}`)}const a=I(c,f.value);a.valid||(i.write(`hook handler ${f.value.op} returned an invalid response: ${a.message}
L3: `),c=d("invalid_hook_response",a.message))}catch(m){i.write(`hook executable failed: ${b(m)}
L4: `),c=d("hook_executable_failed","hook executable could not read its request")}_(s,c)}o(X,"runHookExecutable");async function Y(e,r){const t=e[0];return t===void 0||t===""?d("local_...
L5: `)}o(_,"writeResponse");async func
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/clients/attach/photon\_rs\_bg.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/clients/attach/photon_rs_bg.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/clients/attach/photon_rs_bg.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 1881634
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/clients/attach/viewer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/clients/attach/viewer.js>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/clients/attach/viewer.js
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 8500998
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. 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.

### 21. Low: Copyleft License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest declares a copyleft-style license.

### 22. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/builtin-pi-packages/pi-crtr-extensions/node\_modules/yaml/dist/parse/lexer.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/builtin-pi-packages/pi-crtr-extensions/node_modules/yaml/dist/parse/lexer.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 = 4
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/sys/support/submit.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/commands/sys/support/submit.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = [redacted].js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/termrender/termrender.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/termrender/termrender.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/termrender/termrender.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/sys/feedback.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/commands/sys/feedback.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/commands/sys/feedback.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/canvas/pid.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/canvas/pid.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/canvas/pid.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 27. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/git.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/git.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/git.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 28. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/runtime/host.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/runtime/host.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/runtime/host.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 29. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/runtime/launch.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/runtime/launch.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/runtime/launch.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 30. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/core/runtime/resume-root.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/core/runtime/resume-root.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/core/runtime/resume-root.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 31. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/daemon/manage.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/daemon/manage.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/daemon/manage.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 32. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/hook-authoring.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/dist/hook-authoring.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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = dist/hook-authoring.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 33. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/scripts/postinstall.mjs>)

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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 34. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime-generation-manifest.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@north-light/crouter@0.3.327/bin/runtime-generation-manifest.mjs>)

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 = @north-light/crouter@0.3.322
matchedPath = bin/runtime-generation-manifest.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QG5vcnRoLWxpZ2h0L2Nyb3V0ZXI:0.3.322
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:** 13
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 13

### Published dependency entries
- @earendil-works/pi-agent-core 0.87.0 (Dependency)
- @earendil-works/pi-ai 0.87.0 (Dependency)
- @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent 0.87.0 (Dependency)
- @earendil-works/pi-tui 0.87.0 (Dependency)
- cron-parser ^5.6.0 (Dependency)
- esbuild ^0.27.7 (Dependency)
- proper-lockfile 4.1.2 (Dependency)
- string-width ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- tar ^7.5.22 (Dependency)
- typescript ^5.7.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.21.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @north-light/crouter
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.3.327
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Version published:** 2026-09-22T15:20:46.160Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-22T02:15:21.898Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-03T00:51:09.108Z
- **Known versions:** 26
- **Latest version:** 0.3.378
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** crtr — agent runtime with memory, plugins, and marketplaces
- **Deprecated:** Renamed: npm install -g @crouter/cli (github.com/crouton-labs/crouter)
- **Maintainers:** austin02202016, captaincrouton89, chaz\_plonski, mb6611
- **Artifact files:** 1951
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 17,071,517 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@north-light/crouter/v/0.3.327>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/vallum-security/crouter>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/vallum-security/crouter#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/vallum-security/crouter/issues>)