@pmate/cli@0.35.5
CLI utilities for the pMate project
AI Security Review
scanned 24d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source supports a conditional credential exposure risk when a user configures an untrusted agent API endpoint, so this warrants a warning. The scanner’s broader claims of malicious exfiltration and persistence are not established by the inspected excerpts.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user invokes an agent API command with a custom base URL or sets PMATE_AGENT_API_BASE_URL.
Impact
If the configured endpoint is untrusted, it can receive the session token; no hidden or default redirection was confirmed.
Mechanism
The handler selects that URL, reads the saved session token, and sends it in the Authorization bearer header.
AI rationale
The source supports a conditional credential exposure risk when a user configures an untrusted agent API endpoint, so this warrants a warning. The scanner’s broader claims of malicious exfiltration and persistence are not established by the inspected excerpts.
Evidence
dist/index.js
Network endpoints1
agent-api.pmate.chat
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI entrypoint is dist/index.js.
- A user-supplied argument or environment setting can redirect agent API requests; the CLI loads a saved session token and sends it as a bearer token to that URL.
- The OpenAI client also supports a configured base URL and sends the configured API key there.
Evidence against
- The agent API defaults to the package’s service host, and the inspected code shows no automatic token export or hidden destination.
- The custom OpenAI endpoint is configurable in the user’s own configuration.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
90function buildSessionStorePath() {
L91: return process.env.PMATE_SESSION_FILE?.trim() || import_node_path5.default.join(import_node_os4.default.homedir(), ".pmate", "session.json");
L92: }
...
L178: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.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 process.env.PMATE_SESSION_FILE?.trim() || import_node_path5.default.join(import_node_os4.default.homedir(), ".pmate", "session.json");
L92: }
...
L178: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.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 Critical7 High3 Medium5 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighShelldist/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
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @pmate/cli@0.35.5.
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