---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.4.14"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.4.14.md"
package: "@p4code/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@p4code/cli@0.4.14 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.4.14"
---

# @p4code/cli@0.4.14 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:** 0.4.14
- **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.

This is not malicious by static inspection: it has no install hook and its confirmed network request is a package update check. Its explicit agent-control and configuration-writing capability warrants a warning because it can alter a broad AI-agent control surface when invoked.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-11T05:20:09.704Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-11T05:21:51.172Z
- **Download time:** 1536 ms
- **Static scan time:** 36361 ms
- **AI review time:** 63570 ms
- **Total time:** 101468 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:** Running p4c can manage MCP registrations in a user-wide Claude configuration. This is an agent-control capability, but it is not activated during npm installation.

- **Trigger:** A user runs p4c and uses its MCP or server management features.

- **Impact:** A configured MCP entry can affect later Claude sessions and may launch a user-selected command or contact a user-selected server.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/bin.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-11T05:21:51.172Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Writes MCP server entries that may specify a command, environment, URL, or headers.

- **Rationale:** This is not malicious by static inspection: it has no install hook and its confirmed network request is a package update check. Its explicit agent-control and configuration-writing capability warrants a warning because it can alter a broad AI-agent control surface when invoked.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude.json, \<project\>/.mcp.json

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 84.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** The user-invoked CLI can write MCP registrations into the user-wide Claude configuration, which can configure commands or remote servers for future Claude sessions., The bundled CLI exposes agent, MCP, skills, service, and synchronization commands, creating a broad agent-management capability.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook., The only confirmed automatic network request is an npm registry version check; it sends no environment or credential values., The executable runs only when its p4c entry point is invoked., No source evidence of credential exfiltration, obfuscated payload loading, or unsolicited destructive behavior was found.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @p4code/cli@0.4.14.

- Review the evidence and your use of @p4code/cli@0.4.14 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: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/blade-llJRbbtR.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/blade-llJRbbtR.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{t as e}from"./javascript-CUt1pgmJ.js";import{t}from"./css-DJp_X0uY.js";import{t as n}from"./html-C8UlPnhE.js";import{t as r}from"./xml-DIqSwXR3.js";import{t as i}from"./json...
L2: //# sourceMappingURL=blade-llJRbbtR.js.map
```

### 2. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L364: const POSIX_PATH_DELIMITER = ":";
L365: const WINDOWS_SHELL_CANDIDATES = ["pwsh.exe", "powershell.exe"];
L366: function canExecuteFile(filePath) {
```

### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/sass-DXrisJhu.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/sass-DXrisJhu.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: var e=[Object.freeze(JSON.parse(`{"displayName":"Sass","fileTypes":["sass"],"foldingStartMarker":"/\\\\*|^#|^\\\\*|^\\\\b|\\\\*#?region|^\\\\.","foldingStopMarker":"\\\\*/|\\\\*#?e...
L2: //# sourceMappingURL=sass-DXrisJhu.js.map
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. Critical: Sensitive Archive Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source archives sensitive local configuration and publishes encoded chunks through an authenticated package-registry request.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
L14: import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
L15: import * as Data from "effect/Data";
...
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L241: //#endregion
L242: //#region package.json
L243: var version = "0.4.14";
...
L376: /**
L377: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })`
L378: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the
```

### 8. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
L14: import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
L15: import * as Data from "effect/Data";
...
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L241: //#endregion
L242: //#region package.json
L243: var version = "0.4.14";
...
L376: /**
L377: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })`
L378: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the
```

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/bin.mjs:
import * as NodeReadline from "node:readline";
}).pipe(Effect.flatMap((encoded) => fs.writeFileString(cachePath, encoded)), Effect.ignore);
var EnvironmentAuthorizationError = class extends Schema$1.TaggedErrorClass()("EnvironmentAuthorizationError", {
baseUrl: Schema$1.String
authorization: Schema$1.optionalKey(Schema$1.String),
httpBaseUrl: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
wsBaseUrl: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
httpBaseUrl: Schema$1.NullOr(Schema$1.String),
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
L14: import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
L15: import * as Data from "effect/Data";
...
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L241: //#endregion
L242: //#region package.json
L243: var version = "0.4.14";
...
L376: /**
L377: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })`
L378: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the
```

### 11. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L3738: name: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
L3739: baseUrl: Schema$1.String
L3740: });
```

### 12. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin.mjs
L13: import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
L14: import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
L15: import * as Data from "effect/Data";
...
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L241: //#endregion
L242: //#region package.json
L243: var version = "0.4.14";
...
L376: /**
L377: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })`
L378: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the
```

### 13. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin.mjs
L13: import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
L14: import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
L15: import * as Data from "effect/Data";
...
L21: import * as NodePath from "node:path";
L22: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L23: import * as NodeFS from "node:fs";
...
L241: //#endregion
L242: //#region package.json
L243: var version = "0.4.14";
...
L376: /**
L377: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })`
L378: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the
```

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

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

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 5422291
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/bin.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 5422291
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. 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.

### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/bin.mjs>)

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_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 9
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/NodePtyAdapter-BQAnH2v0.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/NodePtyAdapter-BQAnH2v0.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/NodePtyAdapter-BQAnH2v0.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/BunPtyAdapter-CLDq7yr1.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/BunPtyAdapter-CLDq7yr1.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/BunPtyAdapter-CLDq7yr1.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/chunk-4I5QYGJK-CYvb6li-.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/chunk-4I5QYGJK-CYvb6li-.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 = @co0ontty/wand@4.57.0
matchedPath = vendor/codex-taskboard/dist/web/assets/chunk-4I5QYGJK-kNoGFqr0.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNvMG9udHR5L3dhbmQ:4.57.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/chunk-5RXB4S5H-BzE89W2t.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/chunk-5RXB4S5H-BzE89W2t.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-5RXB4S5H-BzE89W2t.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/chunk-JQJVKLGR-oHxUxbQ4.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/chunk-JQJVKLGR-oHxUxbQ4.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-JQJVKLGR-oHxUxbQ4.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/chunk-WRU74C26-C2Rb3ATV.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/chunk-WRU74C26-C2Rb3ATV.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-WRU74C26-C2Rb3ATV.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 27. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/diagram-Q27KOJAE-Dp\_H6G\_V.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/diagram-Q27KOJAE-Dp_H6G_V.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 = @co0ontty/wand@4.57.0
matchedPath = vendor/codex-[redacted]-Q27KOJAE-DUGCuGd9.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QGNvMG9udHR5L3dhbmQ:4.57.0
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 28. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = dist/client/assets/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 29. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/previewAssetResource-CVDZ-YAw.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.4.14/dist/client/assets/previewAssetResource-CVDZ-YAw.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 = @p4code/cli@0.4.6
matchedPath = [redacted]-BSwDMX3X.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 15
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 15

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.3.170 (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-bun 4.0.0-beta.102 (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-node 4.0.0-beta.102 (Dependency)
- @effect/platform-node-shared 4.0.0-beta.102 (Dependency)
- @effect/sql-sqlite-bun 4.0.0-beta.102 (Dependency)
- @ff-labs/fff-node 0.9.4 (Dependency)
- @mdx-js/mdx ^3.1.1 (Dependency)
- @opencode-ai/sdk ^1.3.15 (Dependency)
- @pierre/diffs 1.3.5 (Dependency)
- diff 8.0.3 (Dependency)
- effect 4.0.0-beta.102 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- remark-frontmatter ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- remark-gfm ^4.0.1 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @p4code/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.4.14
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-11T04:17:45.900Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-30T13:53:26.509Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-22T09:14:56.656Z
- **Known versions:** 169
- **Latest version:** 0.8.34
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** P4 Code coding agent server and command-line client
- **Maintainers:** phoccly
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24.13.1
- **Artifact files:** 1698
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 56,420,539 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.4.14>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code/issues>)
