--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@phi-code-admin/phi-code" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@phi-code-admin/phi-code/report.md" package: "@phi-code-admin/phi-code" report_status: "published" title: "@phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.5 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.99.5" --- # @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.5 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 agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk - **Selected version:** 0.99.5 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **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. LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. The automatic postinstall hook installs the package's bundled agent extensions, agents, and skills into the user's agent directory and initializes a setting on first install. This is a package-owned agent setup risk; no concrete malicious payload behavior was established. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 94.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-07T21:50:57.345Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-07T21:51:34.258Z - **Download time:** 1299 ms - **Static scan time:** 4583 ms - **AI review time:** 31030 ms - **Total time:** 36913 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:** The automatic postinstall hook installs the package's bundled agent extensions, agents, and skills into the user's agent directory and initializes a setting on first install. This is a package-owned agent setup risk; no concrete malicious payload behavior was established. - **Trigger:** npm installation that runs the postinstall hook, unless PHI\_SKIP\_POSTINSTALL or CI is set. - **Impact:** Package files and a setting are added or updated in the user's agent environment. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.cjs - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-07T21:51:34.258Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The hook recursively copies bundled files into the configured agent directory and may write quietStartup to settings.json. - **Rationale:** The automatic postinstall hook mutates the user's agent environment by installing package-owned extensions and related assets. This warrants a warning for agent extension lifecycle risk, but the inspected source does not establish a concrete attack that merits blocking. - **Files touched:** scripts/postinstall.cjs, package.json, ~/.phi/agent/extensions, ~/.phi/agent/agents, ~/.phi/agent/skills, ~/.phi/agent/settings.json ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** package.json runs scripts/postinstall.cjs automatically after installation., The hook copies this package's bundled extensions, agents, and skills into the configured ~/.phi/agent directory, with recursive overwrite enabled., On first install, the hook sets quietStartup in agent settings; this is package-owned agent setup that warrants a warning. - **Evidence against:** The hook can be skipped with PHI\_SKIP\_POSTINSTALL or CI., The inspected hook and extension searches showed no concrete credential exfiltration or remote payload execution. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.5. - Review the evidence and your use of @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.5 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: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.cjs ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.cjs ``` ### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 4. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 5. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/core/exec.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: */ L4: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; L5: import { waitForChildProcess } from "../utils/child-process.js"; ``` ### 6. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** extensions/phi/providers/execution.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript L84: * ShellConfig). When absent, the platform default shell is used (`shell:true`: L85: * /bin/sh on POSIX, cmd.exe on Windows). L86: */ ``` ### 7. Low: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 45.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom-engine.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript L64: const nativeRequire = createRequire(doomJsPath); L65: const moduleFunc = new Function("module", "exports", "__dirname", "__filename", "require", doomJsCode); L66: moduleFunc(moduleExports, moduleExports.exports, buildDir, doomJsPath, nativeRequire); ``` ### 8. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/utils/photon.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L17: import { fileURLToPath } from "url"; L18: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L19: const fs = require("fs"); ``` ### 9. Low: Weak Crypto - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 64.0% - **Path:** dist/core/tools/edit-hashline.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import { createHash } from "crypto"; L2: // Local copy of edit-diff's fuzzy normalization, duplicated to avoid an ``` ### 10. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 11. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 12. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 13. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build/doom.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L7: L8: var Module=moduleArg;var readyPromiseResolve,readyPromiseReject;var readyPromise=new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{readyPromiseResolve=resolve;readyPromiseReject=reject});var ENVIRONM... L9: ``` ### 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 Wasm Module - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build/doom.wasm - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships WebAssembly modules. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build/doom.wasm kind = wasm_module sizeBytes = 380169 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build.sh - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```shell path = examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 3366 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 18. 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. ### 19. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** dist/config.js\#virtual:string-array:round1 - **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): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4 ``` ### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build/doom.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = examples/extensions/doom-overlay/doom/build/doom.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/modes/interactive/interactive-mode.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = [redacted]-mode.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/utils/tools-manager.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = dist/utils/tools-manager.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/core/resolve-config-value.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = dist/core/resolve-config-value.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/notify.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = examples/extensions/notify.ts matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/modes/rpc/rpc-client.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = dist/modes/rpc/rpc-client.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/git-merge-and-resolve.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = examples/extensions/git-merge-and-resolve.ts matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 27. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/gondolin/index.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = [redacted].ts matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 28. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/core/export-html/vendor/highlight.min.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 = omnirush@1.0.2 matchedPath = core/dist/core/export-html/vendor/highlight.min.js matchedIdentity = npm:b21uaXJ1c2g:1.0.2 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 29. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/core/export-html/vendor/marked.min.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 = omnirush@1.0.2 matchedPath = core/dist/core/export-html/vendor/marked.min.js matchedIdentity = npm:b21uaXJ1c2g:1.0.2 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 30. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.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 = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = [redacted]-selector.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 31. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** examples/extensions/border-status-editor.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phi-code-admin/phi-code@0.99.0 matchedPath = examples/extensions/border-status-editor.ts matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.99.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 35 - **Optional dependencies:** 1 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 10 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 36 ### Published dependency entries - @ast-grep/napi 0.45.3 (Dependency) - @mariozechner/jiti ^2.6.5 (Dependency) - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency) - @phi-code-admin/browser ^1.0.7 (Dependency) - @silvia-odwyer/photon-node 0.3.4 (Dependency) - chalk 5.6.2 (Dependency) - cli-highlight ^2.1.11 (Dependency) - cross-spawn 7.0.6 (Dependency) - diff 8.0.4 (Dependency) - extract-zip ^2.0.1 (Dependency) - file-type ^21.1.1 (Dependency) - glob 13.0.6 (Dependency) - grok-mermaid 0.2.2 (Dependency) - highlight.js 10.7.3 (Dependency) - hosted-git-info 9.0.3 (Dependency) - ignore 7.0.5 (Dependency) - jiti 2.7.0 (Dependency) - marked ^15.0.12 (Dependency) - minimatch 10.2.5 (Dependency) - phi-code-agent ^0.84.3 (Dependency) - phi-code-ai ^0.84.3 (Dependency) - phi-code-client ^0.84.3 (Dependency) - phi-code-protocol ^0.84.3 (Dependency) - phi-code-tui ^0.84.3 (Dependency) - proper-lockfile 4.1.2 (Dependency) - semver 7.8.0 (Dependency) - sigma-agents ^0.2.2 (Dependency) - sigma-memory ^0.2.10 (Dependency) - sigma-skills ^0.1.6 (Dependency) - strip-ansi ^7.1.0 (Dependency) - typebox 1.3.7 (Dependency) - undici 8.9.0 (Dependency) - uuid ^14.0.0 (Dependency) - yaml 2.9.0 (Dependency) - zod ^3.25.0 (Dependency) - @mariozechner/clipboard 0.3.9 (OptionalDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @phi-code-admin/phi-code - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.99.5 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-07T21:48:14.232Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-10T14:23:44.024Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T21:51:34.258Z - **Known versions:** 18 - **Latest version:** 0.99.5 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Coding agent CLI with persistent memory, sub-agents, intelligent routing, and orchestration - **Author:** Mario Zechner - **Maintainers:** phi-code-admin - **Keywords:** ai, coding-agent, cli, typescript, sub-agents, memory, phi-code - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.19.0 - **Artifact files:** 1183 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 15,750,238 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Issues]()