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@pmate/cli@0.28.8
CLI utilities for the pMate project
AI Security Review
scanned 16d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected credential flow targets the package’s PMate authentication service. Scanner matches for evaluation, network access, and child processes did not establish malicious behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI login command or invokes a feature that uses the configured OpenAI client.
Impact
No unintended credential disclosure or other harmful effect was established.
Mechanism
Login exchanges a callback token with the PMate auth API; the OpenAI client uses configuration values supplied by the user.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected credential flow targets the package’s PMate authentication service. Scanner matches for evaluation, network access, and child processes did not establish malicious behavior.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 84.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes dist/index.js as the CLI and main entrypoint; its scripts contain no install lifecycle hook.
- The login flow exchanges a callback token with the PMate auth service and looks up the resulting profile there.
- The OpenAI client reads its API key and optional endpoint from the user’s PMate configuration.
Evidence against
- The executable calls its CLI dispatcher only when run directly; importing the bundle does not start it.
- Source inspection found no eval call; the flagged child-process use appears in CLI operations.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
8 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
90function buildSessionStorePath() {
L91: return import_node_path4.default.join(import_node_os3.default.homedir(), ".pmate", "session.json");
L92: }
...
L178: const raw = (0, import_node_fs3.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L179: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L180: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5792: flush(true);
L5793: output.end();
L5794: } catch (error) {
...
L7720: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7721: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7722: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L9090Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.js
L90: function buildSessionStorePath() {
L91: return import_node_path4.default.join(import_node_os3.default.homedir(), ".pmate", "session.json");
L92: }
...
L178: const raw = (0, import_node_fs3.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L179: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L180: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5792: flush(true);
L5793: output.end();
L5794: } catch (error) {
...
L7720: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7721: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7722: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L90Findings
2 Critical6 High3 Medium4 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighShelldist/index.js
HighEvaldist/index.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @pmate/cli@0.28.8.
See all versions of @pmate/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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