--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.6.20" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.6.20.md" package: "@p4code/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@p4code/cli@0.6.20 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.6.20" --- # @p4code/cli@0.6.20 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## 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:** 0.6.20 - **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. The package contains a concrete capability to persist agent-directed content in another agent's user-scope memory files. It is guarded and framed as user-requested, so a warning is appropriate rather than a block. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 82.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-29T02:44:18.266Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-29T02:47:52.370Z - **Download time:** 3537 ms - **Static scan time:** 26311 ms - **AI review time:** 184255 ms - **Total time:** 214104 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:** A capability-gated MCP tool can modify Claude user memory files. No install-time attack surface was identified. - **Trigger:** An MCP caller invokes the memory append tool with the threads capability. - **Impact:** A permitted agent caller can persist instructions or preferences in Claude memory files; static source does not establish unconsented use. - **Evidence paths:** dist/bin.mjs - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-29T02:47:52.370Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The tool selects an allowed memory filename, resolves the configured Claude directory, then atomically appends caller-provided markdown. - **Rationale:** The package contains a concrete capability to persist agent-directed content in another agent's user-scope memory files. It is guarded and framed as user-requested, so a warning is appropriate rather than a block. - **Files touched:** CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The manifest exposes a CLI entrypoint and contains no lifecycle-script field., The CLI registers an MCP tool that appends markdown to user-scope Claude memory files., The write path requires a threads capability, resolves the Claude configuration directory, and atomically writes the requested contents., The two flagged client assets respectively map Claude filenames to icons and describe the memory-append tool. - **Evidence against:** No install-time hook or package self-dependency was found., The memory tool is described as recording information the user asked to remember and only appends existing memory. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @p4code/cli@0.6.20. - Review the evidence and your use of @p4code/cli@0.6.20 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/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ``` ### 2. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% Package source references shell execution. ### 3. Low: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 45.0% Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern. ### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/client/assets/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const __vite__mapDeps=(i,m=__vite__mapDeps,d=(m.f||(m.f=["assets/Diagram-CP713Hf0.js","assets/rolldown-runtime-QTnfLwEv.js","assets/preload-helper-CEhsl8MR.js","assets/compiler-run... L2: import{r as e}from"./rolldown-runtime-QTnfLwEv.js";import{n as t,t as n}from"./preload-helper-CEhsl8MR.js";import{n as r,r as i,t as a}from"./compiler-runtime-CLAvuQ-D.js";var o=e(... L3: `).map((e,n)=>{let r=t[e.trimStart().slice(0,1)];return(0,l.jsx)(`div`,{className:r,children:e},n)})}function h(e){return function(t){return(0,l.jsxs)(`div`,{className:`placeholder... ``` ### 5. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 6. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 7. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 8. Critical: Sensitive Archive Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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"; ... L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L269: //#endregion L270: //#region package.json L271: var version$1 = "0.6.20"; ... L404: /** L405: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })` L406: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the ``` ### 9. Critical: Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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"; ... L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L269: //#endregion L270: //#region package.json L271: var version$1 = "0.6.20"; ... L404: /** L405: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })` L406: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the ``` ### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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), ``` ### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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"; ... L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L269: //#endregion L270: //#region package.json L271: var version$1 = "0.6.20"; ... L404: /** L405: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })` L406: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the ``` ### 12. High: Remote Agent Bridge - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L1584: name: TrimmedNonEmptyString, L1585: baseUrl: Schema$1.String L1586: }); ... L51273: const dir = path.join(os.homedir(), '.p4', 'device', 'tools', name, version); L51274: try { return file(path.join(dir, 'node_modules', name, entry)) && fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, '.install-complete'), 'utf8').trim() === version; } catch { return false; } L51275: }; ``` ### 13. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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"; ... L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L269: //#endregion L270: //#region package.json L271: var version$1 = "0.6.20"; ... L404: /** L405: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })` L406: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the ``` ### 14. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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"; ... L22: import { isAbsolute } from "node:path"; L23: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process"; L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; ... L269: //#endregion L270: //#region package.json L271: var version$1 = "0.6.20"; ... L404: /** L405: * Escapes a single argument for `cmd.exe` shell mode (`spawn(..., { shell: true })` L406: * on Windows). Node joins the command and arguments with spaces and hands the ``` ### 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: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/resource-monitor/darwin-x64/p4-resource-monitor - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = dist/resource-monitor/darwin-x64/p4-resource-monitor kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 575344 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 18. Medium: Oversized Source File - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 = 7003772 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 19. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 80.0% - **Path:** dist/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = dist/bin.mjs kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint sizeBytes = 7003772 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 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/bin.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 = 8 ``` ### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/NodePtyAdapter-BQAnH2v0.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/NodePtyAdapter-BQAnH2v0.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/BunPtyAdapter-CLDq7yr1.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/BunPtyAdapter-CLDq7yr1.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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-4I5QYGJK-CYvb6li-.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-4I5QYGJK-CYvb6li-.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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-5RXB4S5H-BzE89W2t.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-5RXB4S5H-BzE89W2t.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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-JQJVKLGR-oHxUxbQ4.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-JQJVKLGR-oHxUxbQ4.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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/chunk-WRU74C26-C2Rb3ATV.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/chunk-WRU74C26-C2Rb3ATV.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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/diagram-Q27KOJAE-Dp\_H6G\_V.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/diagram-Q27KOJAE-Dp_H6G_V.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 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/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/mdx-host-ykYobBl4.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 30. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/client/assets/previewAssetResource-TczRnj5K.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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@0.4.12 matchedPath = [redacted]-CVDZ-YAw.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.4.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 17 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 17 ### 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) - smol-toml 1.7.0 (Dependency) - yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency) - yauzl 2.10.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @p4code/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.6.20 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-29T02:43:22.254Z - **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:** 1702 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 61,139,951 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()