---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nxuss/lemma"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nxuss/lemma/v/1.16.1.md"
package: "@nxuss/lemma"
report_status: "published"
title: "@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.16.1"
---

# @nxuss/lemma@1.16.1 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:** 1.16.1
- **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.

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-26T07:22:13.018Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-26T07:23:25.852Z
- **Download time:** 1014 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5707 ms
- **AI review time:** 66111 ms
- **Total time:** 72834 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:** Explicit \`lemma init\` mutates broad AI-agent configuration and installs a persistent local proxy. The local proxy can forward user LLM traffic to the configured upstream; no install-time execution was found.

- **Trigger:** User runs \`lemma init\` or starts the package proxy/MCP commands.

- **Impact:** Agent tool choice and LLM endpoint routing can be changed after explicit setup.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/init.js, cache-proxy.js, lemma-proxy.cjs, dist/cjs/mcp/index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-26T07:23:25.852Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Agent-config injection, local proxy persistence, and LLM request forwarding.

- **Rationale:** No malicious lifecycle execution or covert exfiltration chain was established. The explicit setup command nevertheless creates broad agent-control and persistence effects, so it warrants a warning.

- **Files touched:** bin/init.js, cache-proxy.js, ~/.codex/config.toml, ~/.claude.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json, ~/.opencode.json, AGENTS.md, .mcp.json

- **Network endpoints:** https://api.openai.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The explicit \`lemma init\` command writes MCP registrations and agent instruction files across Codex, Claude, Cursor, Kiro, and OpenCode., Its generated rules require agents to use Lemma tools instead of native file and shell tools., \`init\` installs a persistent local cache-proxy daemon and changes shell/launchd environment routing., The proxy forwards submitted chat requests to its configured upstream, defaulting to OpenAI.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly is publisher-time only., Control-surface and persistence changes are reached through an explicit init command, not package installation., The observed upstream forwarding is the documented proxy function; no covert third-party exfiltration endpoint was found.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @nxuss/lemma@1.16.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of @nxuss/lemma@1.16.1 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/init.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/bin/init.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: const os = require('os');
L7: const { execSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
L8:
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/core/GhostListener.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/core/GhostListener.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L20: this.currentProcess = spawn(command, args, {
L21: shell: true,
L22: stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
```

### 5. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/pr-review/analyzers/SecurityScanner.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/pr-review/analyzers/SecurityScanner.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: { ruleId: "sec-exec-user-input", pattern: /(?:exec|execSync|spawn|execFile)\s*\(\s*(?:`[^`]*\$\{|["'][^"']*["']\s*\+)/gi, label: "Command injection via exec/spawn", severity: "CRIT...
L14: { ruleId: "sec-eval", pattern: /\beval\s*\(\s*(?:req\.|params|body|query|input|userInput)/gi, label: "eval() with user input", severity: "CRITICAL" },
L15: ];
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** sdks/crewai/dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/sdks/crewai/dist/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: exports.LemmaCrew = exports.LemmaCrewAgent = void 0;
L7: const ws_1 = __importDefault(require("ws"));
L8: const uuid_1 = require("uuid");
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/proxy/ProjectStore.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/proxy/ProjectStore.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: * Project-aware storage resolver:
L5: * - Detects project identity from package.json → cwd basename fallback
L6: * - Hashes project name to a 12-char hex prefix for path safety
...
L23: // ─── Constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
L24: const HOME = process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE || '~';
L25: export const CACHE_DIR = path.join(HOME, '.lemma-cache');
...
L66: detectProjectName() {
L67: const cwd = process.cwd();
L68: const pkgPath = path.join(cwd, 'package.json');
...
L70: try {
L71: const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8'));
L72: if (pkg.name)
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 10. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/init.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/bin/init.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: const os = require('os');
L7: const { execSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
L8: 
L9: const LEMMA_CACHE = path.join(os.homedir(), '.lemma-cache');
L10: const BRAIN_FILE = path.join(LEMMA_CACHE, 'lemma_brain.json');
...
L18: 
L19: function step(msg) { process.stderr.write(`  ${CYAN}✦${RESET} ${msg}\n`); }
L20: 
...
L39: try {
L40: let config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8'));
L41: if (!config.models) config.models = [];
L42: const already = config.models.some(m => m.apiBase === `http://localhost:${PORT}`);
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 12. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/cli/lemma-proxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/cli/lemma-proxy.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2077: if (BIND_HOST !== '127.0.0.1' && BIND_HOST !== 'localhost') {
L2078: const authEnabled = process.env.AUTH_ENABLED === 'true';
L2079: if (!authEnabled) {
...
L2089: if (this.dashboardPath && fs.existsSync(this.dashboardPath)) {
L2090: console.log(`📊 Dashboard UI          : \x1b[36mhttp://localhost:${this.port}/dashboard/\x1b[0m`);
L2091: if (this.openBrowser) {
L2092: setTimeout(() => {
L2093: const { exec } = require('child_process');
L2094: const opener = process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'open' : (process.platform === 'win32' ? 'start' : 'xdg-open');
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/cli/lemma-proxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/cli/lemma-proxy.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb';
L8: import https from 'https';
L9: import http from 'http';
...
L14: const paths = [
L15: path.join(__dirname, '../../package.json'),
L16: path.join(__dirname, '../../../package.json'),
...
L21: try {
L22: const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p, 'utf8'));
L23: if (pkg.version)
...
L32: function ask(query) {
L33: const rl = readline.createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout });
L34: return new Promise(resolve => rl.question(query, ans => { rl.close(); resolve(ans); }));
```

### 14. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** bin/init.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/bin/init.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: bin/init.js spawns dist/cjs/embed/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L6: const os = require('os');
L7: const { execSync, spawn } = require('child_process');
L8: 
L9: const LEMMA_CACHE = path.join(os.homedir(), '.lemma-cache');
L10: const BRAIN_FILE = path.join(LEMMA_CACHE, 'lemma_brain.json');
...
L18: 
L19: function step(msg) { process.stderr.write(`  ${CYAN}✦${RESET} ${msg}\n`); }
L20: 
...
L39: try {
L40: let config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configFile, 'utf8'));
L41: if (!config.models) config.models = [];
L42: const already = config.models.some(m => m.apiBase === `http://localhost:${PORT}`);
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/mcp/tools.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/mcp/tools.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2961: fs.writeFileSync(sandboxTsconfigPath, JSON.stringify(sandboxTsconfig, null, 2));
L2962: const tscOut = execSync(`npx tsc --noEmit --project "${sandboxTsconfigPath}" 2>&1 | head -40 || true`, { timeout: 20000, encoding: "utf8", cwd: sandboxDir });
L2963: const relevantErrors = tscOut
```

### 16. Medium: Protestware
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Package source has broad protestware-like patterns that need review.

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 18. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 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. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/esm/observability/IdeContextSync.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/esm/observability/IdeContextSync.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cjs/proxy/ContextInjector.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/cjs/proxy/ContextInjector.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 = @nxuss/lemma@1.0.0
matchedPath = dist/cjs/proxy/ContextInjector.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG54dXNzL2xlbW1h:1.0.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cjs/cloud/KeyManager.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/cjs/cloud/KeyManager.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 = @nxuss/lemma@1.0.0
matchedPath = dist/cjs/cloud/KeyManager.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG54dXNzL2xlbW1h:1.0.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cjs/core/GhostListener.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/cjs/core/GhostListener.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 = @nxuss/lemma@1.0.0
matchedPath = dist/cjs/core/GhostListener.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG54dXNzL2xlbW1h:1.0.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cjs/proxy/AgentMultiplexer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/cjs/proxy/AgentMultiplexer.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 = @nxuss/lemma@1.0.0
matchedPath = dist/cjs/proxy/AgentMultiplexer.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG54dXNzL2xlbW1h:1.0.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cjs/proxy/KeyManager.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@nxuss/lemma@1.16.1/dist/cjs/proxy/KeyManager.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 = @nxuss/lemma@1.0.0
matchedPath = dist/cjs/proxy/KeyManager.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QG54dXNzL2xlbW1h:1.0.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 11
- **Optional dependencies:** 4
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 11
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 15

### Published dependency entries
- @chroma-core/default-embed ^0.1.9 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.30.0 (Dependency)
- axios ^1.6.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency)
- cors ^2.8.6 (Dependency)
- express ^4.18.2 (Dependency)
- openai ^6.37.0 (Dependency)
- pg ^8.11.0 (Dependency)
- socket.io ^4.7.2 (Dependency)
- typescript ^5.3.3 (Dependency)
- uuid ^14.0.0 (Dependency)
- @xenova/transformers ^2.17.0 (OptionalDependency)
- chromadb ^3.4.3 (OptionalDependency)
- dotenv ^17.4.2 (OptionalDependency)
- ws ^8.16.0 (OptionalDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @nxuss/lemma
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.16.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-24T06:03:19.724Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-05T21:47:10.898Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-04T00:32:51.460Z
- **Known versions:** 32
- **Latest version:** 1.32.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Intelligent AI Gateway for IDEs & Agents — Semantic cache, Privacy Firewall, Infrastructure Command Center, and Autonomous Cost-Optimization.
- **Author:** Nxus Studio
- **Maintainers:** nxus.studio
- **Keywords:** semantic-cache, privacy-firewall, ai-security, cost-optimization, intelligent-proxy, ai-agents, orchestration, ide-sync, llm-gateway, openai-proxy, anthropic-proxy, vector-database
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 1230
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 9,320,068 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@nxuss/lemma/v/1.16.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Nxusbets/lemma>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Nxusbets/lemma#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Nxusbets/lemma/issues>)