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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.25"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.25.md"
package: "@p4code/cli"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@p4code/cli@0.8.25 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "0.8.25"
---

# @p4code/cli@0.8.25 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 21 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 0.8.25
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The inspected source does not confirm the scanner’s credential-exfiltration or reverse-shell claims. A clean verdict requires citations for 203 paths, exceeding the 128-citation limit, so the package needs manual review rather than a clean classification.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-20T04:57:45.964Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-20T04:58:39.946Z
- **Download time:** 3061 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5935 ms
- **AI review time:** 44986 ms
- **Total time:** 53982 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:** No concrete attack was established in the inspected source. The flagged worker excerpts show runtime CLI support, local shell handling, and Claude project-path logic.

- **Trigger:** No malicious trigger was confirmed; the CLI runtime is entered when the user invokes p4c.

- **Impact:** No concrete harmful effect was established from these excerpts.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-20T04:58:39.946Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The inspected worker code starts a local command session and derives project storage paths from Claude configuration.

- **Rationale:** The inspected source does not confirm the scanner’s credential-exfiltration or reverse-shell claims. A clean verdict requires citations for 203 paths, exceeding the 128-citation limit, so the package needs manual review rather than a clean classification.

- **Files touched:** package.json, dist/bin.mjs, dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** High

- **AI review observations:** The manifest declares the p4c CLI entrypoint and contains no install lifecycle hook., The entrypoint loads the CLI or ACP bridge when invoked., The worker’s bash-session environment copy omits ANTHROPIC\_ variables., The flagged worker location reads Claude configuration paths and uses them to derive project storage locations.

- **Evidence against:** The inspected source does not establish credential exfiltration or a reverse shell; the flagged worker excerpts show local shell-session and Claude project-path handling.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @p4code/cli@0.8.25.

- Review the evidence and your use of @p4code/cli@0.8.25 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/AcpMcpStdioBridge-BuIIHL4p.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/AcpMcpStdioBridge-BuIIHL4p.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { A as fromIterable, E as fromAsyncIterable, G as mapEffect, Nn as awaitAll, Pn as await_, Pt as unwrap, dt as runForEach, p as empty, st as runCollect } from "./Stream-CdSx...
L5: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L6: import * as NodeReadline from "node:readline";
```

### 2. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 3. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L43674: try {
L43675: return new Function(""), !0;
L43676: } catch (e) {
```

### 4. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 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: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 9. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 10. Critical: Reverse Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 92.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

Source matches reverse-shell style process and socket wiring.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 11. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 12. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 13. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-js6Jgg9C.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L1147: return async () => {
L1148: Eg(e.baseURL);
L1149: let t = await e.identityTokenProvider();
...
L29900: var h1 = {
L29901: readAutoMaster: () => readFileSync("/etc/auto_master", "utf8"),
L29902: homeIsOwnMount: () => {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/p4-resource-monitor
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/p4-resource-monitor>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/p4-resource-monitor
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 546160
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 17. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 630932
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 13943625
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/binCli-DxnOvHXE.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 13943625
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. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/CodexSetupSection.logic-BGYo\_Oa-.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.25/dist/client/assets/CodexSetupSection.logic-BGYo_Oa-.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @p4code/cli@0.8.18
matchedIdentity = npm:QHA0Y29kZS9jbGk:0.8.18
similarity = 0.758
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 6
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6

### Published dependency entries
- @cursor/sdk 1.0.35 (Dependency)
- @ff-labs/fff-node 0.11.0 (Dependency)
- @napi-rs/keyring ^1.3.0 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.2.0-beta.15 (Dependency)
- playwright-core 1.60.0 (Dependency)
- skia-canvas 3.0.8 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @p4code/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.8.25
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-20T04:56:11.975Z
- **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: ^22.16 || ^23.11 || \>=24.10
- **Artifact files:** 2402
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 65,824,313 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.25>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code/issues>)
