@optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.8
Shadow AI Discovery — daily heuristic scan for AI agents on macOS endpoints; writes a local JSON report.
AI Security Review
scanned 12h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI automatically uploads identifying machine details and AI discovery results to the vendor’s service, while the README describes the scan as local-only. This is suspicious runtime telemetry; the upload is tied to the package’s discovery feature and is not evidence of credential theft or unrelated collection.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running the discovery CLI on macOS when a scan is due.
Impact
The vendor receives identifying machine details and the AI-agent inventory despite package documentation describing the scan as local-only.
Mechanism
After saving a local report, the CLI automatically uploads the report with hardware UUID, hostname, username, and discovery results. The endpoint defaults to app.optimuslabs.io.
AI rationale
The CLI automatically uploads identifying machine details and AI discovery results to the vendor’s service, while the README describes the scan as local-only. This is suspicious runtime telemetry; the upload is tied to the package’s discovery feature and is not evidence of credential theft or unrelated collection.
Evidence
dist/index.jsdist/upload.jsREADME.md.lpm-dependency-evidence-462a499f-6880-4e3b-8e49-ce1a484cb8d3/0/npm-linux/dist/endpoint-config.js~/.optimuslabs/management/discovery/latest-report.json~/.optimuslabs/management/auth/auth_key.txt
Network endpoints2
app.optimuslabs.io/endpoint_security/discovery-report/app.optimuslabs.io/endpoint_security/auth/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Running the CLI automatically starts a fire-and-forget upload after scanning.
- The upload payload includes the hardware UUID, hostname, username, scan summary, and discovered candidates and browser extensions.
- The report is POSTed to the configured endpoint; the default host is app.optimuslabs.io.
- The README says the scan has no network I/O and describes a local report, without disclosing the upload.
Evidence against
- The package exposes a CLI, so scanning and upload occur when it is run rather than on import.
- The uploaded discovery report is data produced by the package’s stated inventory feature and goes to the vendor’s service.
- The prepare script builds the package; no install-time data upload was identified.
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/optimus-discovery-staging@0.3.0
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.0
similarity = 0.667
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/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.8.
See all versions of @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @optimuslabs/optimus-discovery-staging@0.4.8 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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