@papi-ai/server@0.7.105
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AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource supports a behavior-specific warning for explicit agent configuration mutation and persistent executable integration. No concrete malicious chain was established, so publication blocking is unwarranted.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Calling the PAPI setup tool or invoking the statusline installer with --install.
Impact
Agent behavior and permission decisions persist across later sessions, and the statusline can resolve a later CLI release without a new setup decision.
Mechanism
Setup merges PAPI permission allowances and registers project hooks; statusline installation saves an unpinned npx command in user settings.
AI rationale
Source supports a behavior-specific warning for explicit agent configuration mutation and persistent executable integration. No concrete malicious chain was established, so publication blocking is unwarranted.
Evidence
dist/index.jsdist/statusline.js.claude/settings.json.claude/agents/frontend-design-engineer.md.claude/skills/design-critique/SKILL.md.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 project setup adds persistent permission allowances for all PAPI tools to Claude settings.
- Local setup installs a frontend agent, skill, and executable hook when a frontend stack is detected.
- The statusline installer requires --install and registers an unpinned PAPI CLI command in user-level Claude settings.
- package.json has no registry-install lifecycle hooks or runtime self-dependency.
- The flagged backfill location runs Git history queries for documentation paths rather than modifying agent configuration.
Evidence against
- The configuration changes belong to explicit PAPI setup operations; no unconsented npm install-time takeover was identified.
- The statusline installer preserves an existing statusline, and its authentication uses credentials supplied for the configured PAPI endpoint.
- CLI setup obtains a PAPI credential through browser-approved device authorization rather than harvesting an unrelated service credential.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVars
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/backfill-cycle-metrics.jsView file
266});
L267: import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L268: function isGitAvailable() {
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/backfill-cycle-metrics.jsView on unpkg · L266dist/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@0.7.105.
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