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@phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.26

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One CLI for all your AI coding agents - versions, config, cloud dispatch, sessions, and teams (now with first-class Grok Build CLI support)

AI Security Review

scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The inspected source shows a global-install path that can start a persistent daemon, while two required runtime files could not be read. That leaves material behavior unresolved, so this package cannot be cleared or blocked from the available evidence.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Global install on macOS or Linux outside CI, when daemon healing is not disabled and the daemon is enabled.

Impact

Persistent background execution is possible; the unreadable files prevent resolving the package’s full runtime behavior.

Mechanism

The hook invokes daemon healing, which can start the daemon; daemon startup can register an operating-system service.

AI rationale

Evidence

scripts/postinstall.jsdist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsdist/lib/device-config.jsdist/lib/plugins/plugins.jsdist/lib/session/discover.jspackage.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Manual Review at 88.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.

AI review observations

package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs scripts/postinstall.js.
On non-CI macOS or Linux installs, the postinstall hook may start or restart the daemon when enabled.
The daemon setup can register a persistent system service.
dist/lib/plugins/plugins.js and dist/lib/session/discover.js could not be read because the source reader reported NUL bytes, leaving relevant behavior unresolved.

Evidence against

Local installs exit with guidance to run setup, rather than following the global-install setup path.
The inspected daemon configuration check treats an explicit disabled setting as off.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 769 file(s), 6.73 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, ai.azure.com, anthropic.com, antigravity.google, api.anthropic.com, api.cloudflare.com, api.cursor.com, api.deepinfra.com, api.example.com, api.factory.ai, api.hetzner.cloud, api.kimi.com, api.linear.app, api.meta.ai, api.openai.com, api.prix.dev, app.factory.ai, app.warp.dev, aws.amazon.com, cloud.google.com, cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com, code.kimi.com, console.anthropic.com, console.hetzner.cloud, console.x.ai, cursor.com, daily-cloudcode-pa.googleapis.com, deepinfra.com, dev.meta.ai, docs.openclaw.ai, docs.x.ai, example.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, git-scm.com, github.com, gw.corp, hermes-agent.nousresearch.com, id.byphoenix.com, linear.app, login.tailscale.com, nodejs.org, oauth2.googleapis.com, opencode.ai, openrouter.ai, prix.dev, raw.githubusercontent.com, registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, registry.npmjs.org, slack.com, tailscale.com

Source & flagged code

19 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 29-69json

29 "CHANGELOG.md",

30 "README.md",

31 "LICENSE"

32 ],

33 "publishConfig": {

34 "provenance": true

35 },

36 "repository": {

37 "type": "git",

38 "url": "git+https://github.com/phnx-labs/agi-cli.git"

39 },

40 "homepage": "https://agents-cli.sh",

41 "bugs": {

42 "url": "https://github.com/phnx-labs/agi-cli/issues"

43 },

44 "scripts": {

45 "build": "tsc && rm -rf 'dist/lib/menubar/MenubarHelper.app' && ([ -f 'bin/agents-macos' ] && mkdir -p dist/bin && cp -f 'bin/agents-macos' 'dist/bin/agents' && chmod 755 'dist/bin/agents' || true)",

46 "build:bin": "scripts/build-bin.sh",

47 "prepare": "npm run build",

48 "prepack": "cp ../README.md README.md",

49 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L49

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L49

50 "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",

51 "changelog": "bun scripts/gen-changelog.ts",

52 "gen:index": "bun scripts/gen-command-index.ts",

53 "verify:index": "bash scripts/verify-command-index.sh",

54 "start": "node dist/index.js",

55 "test": "TZ=UTC node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run",

56 "bench": "node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs bench --run",

57 "typecheck:bench": "tsc --noEmit --ignoreConfig --skipLibCheck --module esnext --moduleResolution bundler --target es2022 --strict --esModuleInterop --lib es2022 --types node src/lib/*.bench.ts src/lib/**/*.bench.ts",

58 "test:remote": "scripts/sandbox.sh test",

59 "verify-docs": "scripts/verify-docs.sh",

60 "test:watch": "node ./node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs"

61 },

62 "keywords": [

63 "agents",

64 "cli",

65 "dotfiles",

66 "claude",

67 "codex",

68 "cursor",

69 "opencode",

dist/lib/sqlite.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1import { createRequire } from 'module';

2const isBun = typeof globalThis.Bun !== 'undefined';

3const require = createRequire(

dist/lib/platform/ipc.jsView file

Lines 1-9javascript

1import * as crypto from 'crypto';

2export function ipcEndpoint(socketPath, platform = process.platform) {

3 if (platform ===

dist/lib/menubar/install-menubar.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

2import { execFileSync, spawnSync, spawn } from 'child_process';

3import * as fs from 'fs';

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

dist/commands/setup-fleet.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import chalk from 'chalk';

2import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';

3import { getCliLaunch } from '../lib/cli-entry.js';

4import { loadDevices } from '../lib/devices/registry.js'

dist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsView file

Lines 1-31javascript

1import { daemonProcessViewAllowed, recordDaemonProcessView } from '../session/process-view.js';

2import { spawn, execFileSync } from 'child_process';

3import * as fs from 'fs';

4import

dist/lib/state.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. import * as fs from 'fs'; import * as path from 'path'; import * as os from 'os'; import * as yaml from 'yaml'; import { stringifydoc } from './yaml-io.js'; import { execfilesync } from 'child_process'; import { ensurelocktarget, atomicwritefilesync, withfilelock } from './fs-atomic.js'; import { default_system_repo, systemreposlug } from './types.js'; import { machineid } from './machine-id.js'; const home = process.env.home ?? os.homedir(); function issamepath(a, b) { try { return fs.realpathsync.native(a) === fs.realpathsync.native(b); } catch { const norm = (p) => process.platform === 'win32' ? path.resolve(p).tolowercase() : path.resolve(p);

High

Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

dist/lib/state.jsView on unpkg

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

Lines 1-27javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// Runs after npm install -g @phnx-labs/agents-cli.

4import * as fs from 'fs';

5import * as path from 'path';

dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.shView file

•path = dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 4499 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

dist/session-tracker/dist/hook.shView on unpkg

dist/commands/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 25

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/commands/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/lib/session/discover.jsView file

•matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.109 matchedPath = dist/lib/session/discover.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.109 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 48 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/session/discover.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.24 matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.23.24 similarity = 0.975 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

High

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

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

dist/lib/session/discover.jsView on unpkg

dist/lib/tmux/binary.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.53 matchedPath = dist/lib/tmux/binary.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/tmux/binary.jsView on unpkg

dist/lib/loop.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.53 matchedPath = dist/lib/loop.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/loop.jsView on unpkg

dist/lib/models.jsView file

•matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.109 matchedPath = dist/lib/models.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.109 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 48 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/models.jsView on unpkg

dist/lib/session/provenance.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.53 matchedPath = dist/lib/session/provenance.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/session/provenance.jsView on unpkg

dist/lib/teams/forEach.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.22.53 matchedPath = dist/lib/teams/forEach.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBobngtbGFicy9hZ2VudHMtY2xp:1.22.53 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/lib/teams/forEach.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

19 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/lib/sqlite.jsView file

2const isBun = typeof globalThis.Bun !== 'undefined'; L3: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); L4: function loadNodeSqlite() {

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

dist/lib/sqlite.jsView on unpkg · L2

Findings

1 Critical13 High7 Medium6 Low

CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackdist/lib/daemon/daemon.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/commands/setup-fleet.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/lib/state.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencescripts/postinstall.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/commands/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/session/discover.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/tmux/binary.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/loop.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/models.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.26.

See all versions of @phnx-labs/agents-cli for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.26 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-14 21:34:08.925Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

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Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

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