@pmate/cli@0.35.6
CLI utilities for the pMate project
AI Security Review
scanned 24d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source shows a real credential-forwarding risk when a user configures an untrusted API endpoint, but the behavior is user-configured and operation-triggered, with no fixed package-controlled recipient established. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user invokes the ticket-creation operation that processes notes.
Impact
The configured endpoint may receive the API key and submitted note content.
Mechanism
The client reads the API key and optional base URL from the user’s local configuration, then sends a request using that client.
AI rationale
The source shows a real credential-forwarding risk when a user configures an untrusted API endpoint, but the behavior is user-configured and operation-triggered, with no fixed package-controlled recipient established. This warrants a warning rather than a publish block.
Evidence
dist/index.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI reads its OpenAI settings from the user’s local configuration.
- The OpenAI client uses the configured API key and accepts a configured base URL without a destination restriction.
- The client is used when creating a ticket from notes, then sends a request.
- The package’s prepare hook runs its build script; no install-time credential forwarding was established.
Evidence against
- The inspected credential path depends on a user-configured endpoint and an explicit ticket-creation operation; no package-controlled recipient or covert trigger was established.
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@0.35.6.
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