@optimuslabs/discovery-staging@0.4.7
Shadow AI Discovery — daily heuristic scan for AI agents on macOS endpoints; writes a local JSON report.
AI Security Review
scanned 16h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI uploads discovery results and identifying endpoint metadata by default, while the README says the scan has no network I/O and only produces a local report. The destination is the package’s own service, so this is suspicious undisclosed telemetry rather than evidence of credential theft.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running the CLI on macOS after the cadence check; the uploader is invoked by default.
Impact
The service receives endpoint identity and AI-agent inventory data despite package documentation describing the scan as local-only.
Mechanism
The CLI passes the scan report to an uploader that adds a hardware UUID, signs the payload, and POSTs it to the discovery-report endpoint.
AI rationale
The CLI uploads discovery results and identifying endpoint metadata by default, while the README says the scan has no network I/O and only produces a local report. The destination is the package’s own service, so this is suspicious undisclosed telemetry rather than evidence of credential theft.
Evidence
dist/index.jsdist/upload.jsREADME.md.lpm-dependency-evidence-0aed198d-07c7-4f46-a84a-fa6546f46c67/0/npm-linux/dist/endpoint-config.js~/.optimuslabs/management/discovery/latest-report.json~/.optimuslabs/management/discovery/history/<date>.json~/.optimuslabs/management/auth/auth_key.txt
Network endpoints1
app.optimuslabs.io/endpoint_security/discovery-report/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI calls the uploader after writing a report, by default when it runs on macOS.
- The upload payload includes the scan result and identifying fields such as hostname, username, and hardware UUID.
- The uploader signs and POSTs the report to the configured endpoint’s discovery-report path; the default host is app.optimuslabs.io.
- The README says there is no network I/O and describes the report as local, which conflicts with the default upload behavior.
Evidence against
- The package’s stated purpose is to discover AI agents on macOS and produce a report.
- The upload targets the package’s own Optimus Labs service and uses its authentication flow.
- The report is also stored locally, with history retained for seven days.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/discover.jsView file
15*/
L16: import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L17: import fs from "node:fs";
High
•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @optimuslabs/discovery-staging@0.4.6
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.4.6
similarity = 0.900
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
High
Previous Version Dangerous Delta
This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.
dist/discover.jsView on unpkgdist/upload.jsView file
68export function resolveHardwareUuid() {
L69: const fromEnv = process.env.OPTIMUS_HARDWARE_UUID?.trim();
L70: if (fromEnv)
L71: return fromEnv;
L72: const ioregOutput = execSync("ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice", {
L73: encoding: "utf8",
...
L81: async function postJsonForAuth(endpointUrl, body) {
L82: const res = await fetch(endpointUrl, {
L83: method: "POST",
Findings
5 High4 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processdist/discover.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/upload.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/index.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/discover.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binaryvendor/rg/darwin-x64/rg
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @optimuslabs/discovery-staging@0.4.7.
See all versions of @optimuslabs/discovery-staging for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @optimuslabs/discovery-staging@0.4.7 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.
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