registry / @pmate/cli / 0.29.6
@pmate/cli@0.29.6
CLI utilities for the pMate project
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe scanner signals arise from a feature-rich administrative CLI, but source inspection found no lifecycle execution or covert collection path. Sensitive and destructive capabilities require explicit command dispatch and are package-aligned.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs a corresponding pmate command.
Impact
No unconsented install-time execution, credential redirection, or persistence was confirmed.
Mechanism
User-directed CLI administration operations.
AI rationale
The scanner signals arise from a feature-rich administrative CLI, but source inspection found no lifecycle execution or covert collection path. Sensitive and destructive capabilities require explicit command dispatch and are package-aligned.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no npm install lifecycle hook; it exposes a CLI entrypoint.
- The bundled entrypoint runs only when invoked as the main program.
Evidence against
- User-invoked commands can send session tokens to pMate service endpoints.
- The env command can execute SSH commands that edit a configured remote project's environment files.
- A dynamic import helper loads the fixed @pmate/chat-sdk/runtime module.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 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);
...
L5816: flush(true);
L5817: output.end();
L5818: } catch (error) {
...
L7692: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7693: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7694: 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);
...
L5816: flush(true);
L5817: output.end();
L5818: } catch (error) {
...
L7692: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7693: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7694: 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 High4 Medium4 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighEvaldist/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @pmate/cli@0.29.6.
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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