registry / @phnx-labs/agents-cli / 1.23.42

@phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.42

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 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

A global install can start a persistent, package-owned agent daemon by default on macOS or Linux. This lifecycle behavior warrants a warning, but the inspected source does not establish a concrete attack.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Global package installation on macOS or Linux when CI and AGENTS_NO_HEAL are unset and daemon.enabled is not false.

Impact

The daemon may keep running after installation. No credential transfer or remote control channel was established in the inspected source.

Mechanism

The postinstall hook imports the daemon module and starts or restarts it; Linux setup can register and start a user systemd service.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsdist/lib/device-config.jsdist/lib/daemon/daemon.jsdist/lib/redact.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 79.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The package postinstall hook runs scripts/postinstall.js.
The installer exits for local installs, then calls daemon healing after global setup.
On macOS and Linux, unless CI or AGENTS_NO_HEAL is set, installation can start or restart the daemon when enabled.
The daemon is enabled by default unless its configuration explicitly disables it; Linux setup writes and starts a user service.
The flagged redaction operation replaces known secret strings in its input with a redaction marker.

Evidence against

The daemon startup has platform and environment guards, and the configuration can disable it.
The inspected source establishes persistent daemon setup but does not establish credential transfer or a remote control channel.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStrings

Source & flagged code

16 flagged

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

Lines 1-22javascript

1import { createRequire } from 'module';

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

3const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);

4function loadNodeSqlite() {

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

dist/lib/sqlite.jsView on unpkg · L2

5 // Suppress only node:sqlite's experimental warning; preserve every other process warning.

6 const original = process.emitWarning;

7 const filtered = ((warning, ...rest) => {

8 const name = warning instanceof Error

9 ? warning.name

10 : typeof rest[0] === 'string'

11 ? rest[0]

12 : rest[0]?.type;

13 const message = warning instanceof Error ? warning.message : warning;

14 if (name === 'ExperimentalWarning' && /SQLite/i.test(String(message ?? '')))

15 return;

16 original.call(process, warning, ...rest);

17 });

18 process.emitWarning = filtered;

19 try {

20 return require('node:sqlite');

21 }

22 finally {

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 = 23

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/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/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

16 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 Critical10 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/tmux/binary.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/models.js

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

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/commands/setup-fleet.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.42.

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

Review the evidence and your use of @phnx-labs/agents-cli@1.23.42 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: 2026-10-20 06:17:30.063Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

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Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

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