--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@pippit-dev/cli" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@pippit-dev/cli/v/1.0.22.md" package: "@pippit-dev/cli" report_status: "published" title: "@pippit-dev/cli@1.0.22 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.0.22" --- # @pippit-dev/cli@1.0.22 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:** 1.0.22 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **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. Installing the package automatically downloads a native binary and installs bundled AI-agent skills globally. It also sends limited install telemetry. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-14T09:49:11.506Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-14T09:51:42.727Z - **Download time:** 509 ms - **Static scan time:** 1362 ms - **AI review time:** 149349 ms - **Total time:** 151221 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:** Installing the package automatically downloads a native binary and installs bundled AI-agent skills globally. It also sends limited install telemetry. - **Trigger:** npm postinstall - **Impact:** The package alters the user's global agent extension surface without an explicit setup command; installed skills can direct later agent browser and download actions. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/install.js, scripts/skills.js, scripts/telemetry.js, skills/short-drama/SKILL.md - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-14T09:51:42.727Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Global AI-agent skill installation through an unpinned npx command - **Rationale:** This is a first-party global agent-extension setup performed automatically at install time, so it warrants a warning. The inspected source does not establish concrete malicious behavior under the blocking policy. - **Files touched:** bin/pippit-tool-cli, skills/, ~/.agents/skills - **Network endpoints:** github.com, xyq.jianying.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The package runs an automatic postinstall hook., Postinstall invokes an unpinned npx skill installer to add every bundled skill globally., Postinstall reports the installed skill names, CLI version, platform, and architecture to the service., Bundled global skills direct an AI host to open service links and download generated assets. - **Evidence against:** The downloaded native archive is checked against a bundled SHA-256 value before it is copied into the package bin directory., The cleanup targets only two named legacy skills., The bundled skills are marked user-invocable and require confirmation before credit-consuming work., No source evidence shows secret harvesting, arbitrary command execution, or self-dependency chaining. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @pippit-dev/cli@1.0.22. - Review the evidence and your use of @pippit-dev/cli@1.0.22 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/install.js ``` ### 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/install.js ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: High Secret - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/xyq-canvas-command-runtime.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains a high-severity secret pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 2 ``` ### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** scripts/telemetry.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const os = require("os"); L2: const http = require("http"); ``` ### 6. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 7. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** scripts/skills.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Install-time code directly mutates a foreign AI-agent control surface: L12: function defaultGlobalSkillsDir() { L13: return path.join(os.homedir(), ".agents", "skills"); L14: } Write operation from scripts/install.js: L122: L123: fs.mkdirSync(BIN_DIR, { recursive: true }); L124: ... L132: const extracted = path.join(tmpDir, NAME + (isWindows ? ".exe" : "")); L133: fs.copyFileSync(extracted, dest); L134: fs.chmodSync(dest, 0o755); Foreign user/project scope from scripts/skills.js: L12: function defaultGlobalSkillsDir() { L13: return path.join(os.homedir(), ".agents", "skills"); L14: } ``` ### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 11. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 12. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** skills/xyq-nest-skill/scripts/submit\_run.py - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```python path = skills/xyq-nest-skill/scripts/submit_run.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2374 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 13. 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. ### 14. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** package.json - **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): ```json stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1 ``` ### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** scripts/install.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 = @pippit-dev/cli@1.0.21 matchedPath = scripts/install.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHBpcHBpdC1kZXYvY2xp:1.0.21 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 16. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** scripts/canvas-command.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @pippit-dev/cli@1.0.20 matchedIdentity = npm:QHBpcHBpdC1kZXYvY2xp:1.0.20 similarity = 0.600 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ### 17. High: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/xyq-canvas-command-runtime.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Google API key in dist/xyq-canvas-command-runtime.cjs Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 2 ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** @pippit-dev/cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.0.22 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-14T09:47:07.164Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-14T07:32:13.300Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-09-27T09:07:26.012Z - **Known versions:** 11 - **Latest version:** 1.0.38 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Pippit CLI - **Maintainers:** kaibo1010 - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=16 - **Supported OS:** darwin, linux, win32 - **Supported CPU:** x64, arm64 - **Artifact files:** 101 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,702,857 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()