registry / @orangeworks/orangetree / 0.23.2

@orangeworks/orangetree@0.23.2

Branching session-tree work-tracking tool (local-first, TypeScript)

AI Security Review

scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Suspicious primitives are aligned with a local desktop app for managing Claude sessions and user-defined dev servers. No confirmed malicious attack surface was found by source inspection.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Trigger

Explicit user invocation of orangetree bin or local web UI actions

Impact

Runs local helper processes and stores app metadata when the user uses the app; no confirmed unconsented exfiltration or install-time execution

Mechanism

User-invoked daemon, Claude CLI sessions, optional cloud/tunnel pairing, and user-configured service launcher

Rationale

The package contains powerful runtime features, but they are documented, user-invoked, and consistent with the declared local Claude work-tracking tool. I found no lifecycle execution, hidden credential harvesting, or unsolicited network exfiltration warranting a block or warning.

Evidence

package.jsonREADME.mddist/bin/orangetree.jsdist/server.jsdist/public/connection.js

Network endpoints3

api.orangetree.devorangetree.dev127.0.0.1

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

dist/server.js spawns Claude CLI with CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR for bot sessions.
dist/server.js has optional cloud/onboarding/tunnel fetches to orangetree endpoints.
dist/server.js can launch user-configured service commands with shell:true.
dist/bin/orangetree.js can spawn daemon, browser opener, npm global update command on user CLI action.

Evidence against

package.json has no install/preinstall/postinstall lifecycle hooks.
README.md describes a local-first Claude session work-tracking app requiring a user-provided claude CLI.
dist/bin/orangetree.js only starts daemon/update/status/stop from explicit bin invocation.
dist/server.js binds local UI to 127.0.0.1 by default and uses local headers for local daemon calls.
Cloud/tunnel behavior is config/onboarding driven, not automatic credential harvesting.
No evidence of hidden payloads, obfuscation, import-time exfiltration, or destructive install-time behavior.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 62 file(s), 1.54 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.orangetree.dev, github.com, json-schema.org, orangetree.dev, registry.npmjs.org, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView file

Lines 44-107javascript

44 const o = raw;

45 const p = o.pairing ?? {};

46 return {

47 version: typeof o.version === "number" ? o.version : CONFIG_VERSION,

48 workRoot: asTrimmedString(o.workRoot),

49 remoteEnabled: asBool(o.remoteEnabled, d.remoteEnabled),

50 cloudApiBase: asHttpUrl(o.cloudApiBase),

51 remoteAuth: o.remoteAuth === "token" ? "token" : "cloud",

52 port: asPort(o.port),

53 bindHost: asTrimmedString(o.bindHost),

54 openBrowser: asBool(o.openBrowser, d.openBrowser),

55 pairing: {

56 onboardingToken: asTrimmedString(p.onboardingToken),

57 consumedAt: typeof p.consumedAt === "number" ? p.consumedAt : null

58 }

59 };

60}

61function loadConfig(appDataRoot) {

62 const path = configPath(appDataRoot);

63 if (!existsSync(path)) return defaults();

64 try {

65 return normalize(JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8")));

66 } catch {

67 return defaults();

68 }

69}

70function applyConfigToEnv(appDataRoot) {

71 const cfg = loadConfig(appDataRoot);

72 const fill = (key, value) => {

73 if (value != null && process.env[key] === void 0) process.env[key] = value;

74 };

75 fill("OTREE_CLOUD_API", cfg.cloudApiBase);

76 if (cfg.workRoot && existsSync(cfg.workRoot)) fill("OTREE_ROOT", cfg.workRoot);

77 if (cfg.remoteEnabled) {

78 fill("OTREE_REMOTE_ENABLED", "1");

79 fill("OTREE_REMOTE_AUTH", cfg.remoteAuth);

80 }

81 fill("OTREE_PORT", cfg.port != null ? String(cfg.port) : null);

82 fill("OTREE_BIND", cfg.bindHost);

83 if (cfg.openBrowser === false) fill("OTREE_OPEN", "0");

84 return cfg;

85}

87// lib/daemon.ts

88import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

89import { closeSync, existsSync as existsSync2, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

90import { request } from "node:http";

91import { homedir } from "node:os";

92import { dirname, join as join2 } from "node:path";

93var PKG = "@orangeworks/orangetree";

94var HEALTH_PATH = "/api/daemon/status";

95var SHUTDOWN_PATH = "/api/shutdown";

96var LOCAL_HEADER = { "X-Otree-Local": "1" };

97var STARTING_GRACE_MS = 15e3;

98var LOCK_STALE_MS = 3e4;

99function dataRoot() {

High

Cross File Remote Execution Context

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L64

100 return process.env.OTREE_DATA ?? join2(homedir(), ".orangetree");

101}

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

102function paths(root = dataRoot()) {

103 return { json: join2(root, "daemon.json"), lock: join2(root, "daemon.lock"), log: join2(root, "daemon.log") };

104}

105function readState(root = dataRoot()) {

106 const p = paths(root).json;

107 if (!existsSync2(p)) return null;

Lines 292-332javascript

292 spawn(cmd2, args, { stdio: "ignore", detached: true, windowsHide: true }).unref();

293 } catch {

294 }

295}

296function ensureShortcut(root) {

297 if (process.env.OTREE_NO_SHORTCUT === "1") return;

298

Source & flagged code

4 flagged · loading source

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView file

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

312const ps = `$s=(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut(${psStr(lnk)});$s.TargetPath=${psStr(wscript)};$s.Arguments=${psStr(`//B //Nologo "${vbs}"`)};$s.Description='Or... L313: spawnSync("powershell.exe", ["-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", ps], { stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true }); L314: }

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L312

87// lib/daemon.ts L88: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L89: import { closeSync, existsSync as existsSync2, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"; L90: import { request } from "node:http"; L91: import { homedir } from "node:os"; ... L99: function dataRoot() { L100: return process.env.OTREE_DATA ?? join2(homedir(), ".orangetree"); L101: }

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

64Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/bin/orangetree.js spawns dist/server.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution. L64: try { L65: return normalize(JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"))); L66: } catch { ... L72: const fill = (key, value) => { L73: if (value != null && process.env[key] === void 0) process.env[key] = value; L74: }; ... L87: // lib/daemon.ts L88: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L89: import { closeSync, existsSync as existsSync2, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"; L90: import { request } from "node:http"; L91: import { homedir } from "node:os"; ... L99: function dataRoot() {

High

Cross File Remote Execution Context

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L64

Findings

4 High2 Medium5 Low

HighChild Processdist/bin/orangetree.js

HighShelldist/bin/orangetree.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/bin/orangetree.js

HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/bin/orangetree.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

LowNo License

Source & flagged code

4 flagged

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView file

Lines 44-107javascript

44 const o = raw;

45 const p = o.pairing ?? {};

46 return {

47 version: typeof o.version === "number" ? o.version : CONFIG_VERSION,

48 workRoot: asTrimmedString(o.workRoot),

49 remoteEnabled: asBool(o.remoteEnabled, d.remoteEnabled),

50 cloudApiBase: asHttpUrl(o.cloudApiBase),

51 remoteAuth: o.remoteAuth === "token" ? "token" : "cloud",

52 port: asPort(o.port),

53 bindHost: asTrimmedString(o.bindHost),

54 openBrowser: asBool(o.openBrowser, d.openBrowser),

55 pairing: {

56 onboardingToken: asTrimmedString(p.onboardingToken),

57 consumedAt: typeof p.consumedAt === "number" ? p.consumedAt : null

58 }

59 };

60}

61function loadConfig(appDataRoot) {

62 const path = configPath(appDataRoot);

63 if (!existsSync(path)) return defaults();

64 try {

65 return normalize(JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8")));

66 } catch {

67 return defaults();

68 }

69}

70function applyConfigToEnv(appDataRoot) {

71 const cfg = loadConfig(appDataRoot);

72 const fill = (key, value) => {

73 if (value != null && process.env[key] === void 0) process.env[key] = value;

74 };

75 fill("OTREE_CLOUD_API", cfg.cloudApiBase);

76 if (cfg.workRoot && existsSync(cfg.workRoot)) fill("OTREE_ROOT", cfg.workRoot);

77 if (cfg.remoteEnabled) {

78 fill("OTREE_REMOTE_ENABLED", "1");

79 fill("OTREE_REMOTE_AUTH", cfg.remoteAuth);

80 }

81 fill("OTREE_PORT", cfg.port != null ? String(cfg.port) : null);

82 fill("OTREE_BIND", cfg.bindHost);

83 if (cfg.openBrowser === false) fill("OTREE_OPEN", "0");

84 return cfg;

85}

87// lib/daemon.ts

88import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

89import { closeSync, existsSync as existsSync2, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, renameSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

90import { request } from "node:http";

91import { homedir } from "node:os";

92import { dirname, join as join2 } from "node:path";

93var PKG = "@orangeworks/orangetree";

94var HEALTH_PATH = "/api/daemon/status";

95var SHUTDOWN_PATH = "/api/shutdown";

96var LOCAL_HEADER = { "X-Otree-Local": "1" };

97var STARTING_GRACE_MS = 15e3;

98var LOCK_STALE_MS = 3e4;

99function dataRoot() {

High

Cross File Remote Execution Context

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L64

100 return process.env.OTREE_DATA ?? join2(homedir(), ".orangetree");

101}

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/bin/orangetree.jsView on unpkg · L87

102function paths(root = dataRoot()) {

103 return { json: join2(root, "daemon.json"), lock: join2(root, "daemon.lock"), log: join2(root, "daemon.log") };

104}

105function readState(root = dataRoot()) {

106 const p = paths(root).json;

107 if (!existsSync2(p)) return null;

Lines 292-332javascript

292 spawn(cmd2, args, { stdio: "ignore", detached: true, windowsHide: true }).unref();

293 } catch {

294 }

295}

296function ensureShortcut(root) {

297 if (process.env.OTREE_NO_SHORTCUT === "1") return;

298