@papi-ai/server@0.7.104
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AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection supports a warning for explicit agent configuration mutation and persistent command execution. The scanner's credential-redirection and install-time implications were not substantiated by the inspected flows.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A setup tool request or execution of the statusline helper with --install.
Impact
Agent behavior and future command execution change after setup, including permission allowances and potentially newer CLI releases.
Mechanism
Setup merges PAPI tool permissions and design hooks into project settings. Statusline installation adds an npx command without pinning its package version.
AI rationale
Source inspection supports a warning for explicit agent configuration mutation and persistent command execution. The scanner's credential-redirection and install-time implications were not substantiated by the inspected flows.
Evidence
dist/index.jsdist/statusline.js.claude/settings.json~/.claude/settings.json.claude/hooks/frontend-design-guard.sh
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Explicit setup writes Claude permissions allowing PAPI tools and registers a project design hook.
- The statusline helper requires --install to modify user Claude settings, installing an npx command that can resolve later CLI releases.
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook and no runtime self-dependency.
- The flagged backfill location reads CLAUDE.md paths from Git history rather than modifying agent instructions.
- The main setup handler invokes project preparation on a setup request.
- Device setup saves a PAPI key received from its approval flow, rather than harvesting an existing unrelated service credential.
Evidence against
- No concrete covert exfiltration or malicious install-time behavior was established.
- Statusline installation preserves an existing statusLine entry.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/backfill-cycle-metrics.jsView file
265});
L266: import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L267: function isGitAvailable() {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/backfill-cycle-metrics.jsView on unpkg · L265dist/index.jsView file
•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
const hostedSupabaseUrl = cleanUrl(env.hostedSupabaseUrl);
dataEndpoint: cleanUrl(env.dataEndpoint) ?? (hostedSupabaseUrl ? `${hostedSupabaseUrl}/functions/v1/data-proxy` : void 0) ?? (selfHosted ? void 0 : `${HOSTED_SUPABASE_URL}/function...
import { mkdirSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, writeFileSync, chmodSync } from "fs";
hostedSupabaseUrl: process.env["PAPI_HOSTED_SUPABASE_URL"]
"Authorization": `Bearer ${apiKey}`
"Authorization": `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`
`Auth: Invalid API key \u2014 PAPI_DATA_API_KEY was rejected by the proxy.
* Validate API key and project access against the proxy.
High
Credential Redirect Persistence
Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.
Findings
5 High4 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processdist/backfill-cycle-metrics.js
HighShell
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighExternal Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/statusline.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperdesign-assets/hooks/frontend-design-guard.sh
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptodist/index.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @papi-ai/server@0.7.104.
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