---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@pmate/cli/v/0.45.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@pmate/cli/v/0.45.4.md"
package: "@pmate/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@pmate/cli@0.45.4 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.45.4"
---

# @pmate/cli@0.45.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.45.4
- **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.

The inspected sources do not confirm the scanner's credential-exfiltration claim: the GitHub token flow is for GitHub CLI operations, and the shell PATH resolver explicitly avoids importing shell credentials. However, the Electron agent runtime exposes unrestricted local command execution to authenticated callers, which is a meaningful capability risk.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-11-04T08:23:39.242Z
- **Finished:** 2026-11-04T08:24:38.090Z
- **Download time:** 520 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2755 ms
- **AI review time:** 55571 ms
- **Total time:** 58848 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:** The package includes an authenticated Electron agent runtime with a broad local process execution capability.

- **Trigger:** An authenticated Electron app invokes the runtime's \`local.exec\` method through the trusted IPC handler.

- **Impact:** An agent or app caller with access to this method can run arbitrary local programs under the user's account.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/templates/electron/agent-runtime.cjs, dist/templates/electron/local-exec.cjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-11-04T08:24:38.090Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The runtime forwards caller-provided command, arguments, cwd and environment to \`execFile\`; executable selection is not allowlisted.

- **Rationale:** The inspected sources do not confirm the scanner's credential-exfiltration claim: the GitHub token flow is for GitHub CLI operations, and the shell PATH resolver explicitly avoids importing shell credentials. However, the Electron agent runtime exposes unrestricted local command execution to authenticated callers, which is a meaningful capability risk.

- **Files touched:** dist/templates/electron/agent-runtime.cjs, dist/templates/electron/local-exec.cjs, dist/templates/electron/shell-path.cjs

- **Network endpoints:** https://issue-api.pmate.chat

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** The Electron runtime exposes a logged-in \`local.exec\` method that accepts caller-supplied commands, arguments, working directories and environment variables., The local executor runs the supplied command with \`shell:false\`, but does not restrict which executable may be launched., The Electron IPC handler checks that the sender is trusted before forwarding calls to the runtime.

- **Evidence against:** The local execution capability is limited to an Electron template runtime and requires an identity to be configured., The shell PATH resolver says it reads only PATH and does not import shell credentials or execute caller arguments through the shell., The GitHub credential path obtains a token for a configured GitHub user and passes it to GitHub CLI operations; no foreign credential destination was identified in the inspected excerpt.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @pmate/cli@0.45.4.

- Review the evidence and your use of @pmate/cli@0.45.4 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9308: // [redacted].ts
L9309: var import_node_child_process = require("child_process");
L9310: var import_node_path6 = __toESM(require("path"));
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L21371: stdio: "inherit",
L21372: shell: true,
L21373: env: { ...process.env, ...env ?? {} }
```

### 4. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16873: async function loadChatSdk() {
L16874: const dynamicImport = new Function("specifier", "return import(specifier)");
L16875: return await dynamicImport("@pmate/chat-sdk/runtime");
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 7. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16873: async function loadChatSdk() {
L16874: const dynamicImport = new Function("specifier", "return import(specifier)");
L16875: return await dynamicImport("@pmate/chat-sdk/runtime");
...
L16885: const singular = args.type === "function" ? "Function" : "Worker";
L16886: const baseUrl2 = (args.baseUrl || process.env.PMATE_AGENT_API_BASE_URL || "https://agent-api.pmate.chat").replace(/\/+$/, "");
L16887: const token = readRequiredSession({ preferredApp: DEFAULT_APP_ID }).token;
```

### 9. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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: }
...
L183: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L184: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L185: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5821: flush(true);
L5822: output.end();
L5823: } catch (error) {
...
L7697: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7698: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7699: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
```

### 10. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
(0, import_node_fs4.writeFileSync)(sessionPath, JSON.stringify(store, null, 2), {
function ensureWsProtocol(baseUrl2) {
if (/^wss?:\/\//i.test(baseUrl2))
return baseUrl2;
if (/^https:\/\//i.test(baseUrl2))
return baseUrl2.replace(/^https:/i, "wss:");
if (/^http:\/\//i.test(baseUrl2))
return baseUrl2.replace(/^http:/i, "ws:");
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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: }
...
L183: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L184: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L185: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5821: flush(true);
L5822: output.end();
L5823: } catch (error) {
...
L7697: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7698: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7699: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
```

### 12. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-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: }
...
L183: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L184: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L185: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5821: flush(true);
L5822: output.end();
L5823: } catch (error) {
...
L7697: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7698: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7699: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
```

### 13. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration 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: }
...
L183: const raw = (0, import_node_fs4.readFileSync)(sessionPath, "utf8");
L184: const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
L185: const store = normalizeStore(parsed);
...
L5821: flush(true);
L5822: output.end();
L5823: } catch (error) {
...
L7697: static async toWire(msg, transport) {
L7698: if (transport === "websocket") {
L7699: const normalized2 = await _Msg.normalizeForWire(msg);
```

### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 17. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/templates/electron/agent-runtime.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@pmate/cli@0.45.4/dist/templates/electron/agent-runtime.cjs>)

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 = @pmate/cli@0.45.3
matchedIdentity = npm:QHBtYXRlL2NsaQ:0.45.3
similarity = 0.905
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 22
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 10
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 22

### Published dependency entries
- @alicloud/alidns20150109 ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- @alicloud/cdn20180510 ^8.0.0 (Dependency)
- @alicloud/fc20230330 ^4.7.4 (Dependency)
- @alicloud/openapi-client ^0.4.15 (Dependency)
- @alicloud/sts20150401 ^1.2.0 (Dependency)
- @linear/sdk ^70.0.0 (Dependency)
- @pmate/chat-sdk ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- @pmate/hub-sdk ^0.4.1 (Dependency)
- @types/ali-oss ^6.16.13 (Dependency)
- ajv ^8.17.1 (Dependency)
- ali-oss ^6.23.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16.6.1 (Dependency)
- json5 2.2.3 (Dependency)
- jsqr ^1.4.0 (Dependency)
- openai ^6.16.0 (Dependency)
- playwright ^1.58.2 (Dependency)
- png-to-ico ^3.0.1 (Dependency)
- pngjs ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- sharp ^0.34.5 (Dependency)
- tslib ^2.8.1 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.8.2 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @pmate/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.45.4
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-11-04T08:19:17.677Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T23:06:50.894Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T10:26:23.494Z
- **Known versions:** 68
- **Latest version:** 0.46.2
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** CLI utilities for the pMate project
- **Maintainers:** ramroll
- **Keywords:** cli, typescript, pmate
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=24.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 29
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,175,960 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@pmate/cli/v/0.45.4>)