registry / @progress/kendo-licensing / 1.12.0
@progress/kendo-licensing@1.12.0
Kendo UI License Manager
AI Security Review
scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic telemetry is associated with the package’s licensing function and goes to Telerik’s licensing service. The scanner’s command-execution and agent-control indicators do not establish attack behavior in the inspected source.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The package’s postinstall hook runs the bundled activation command.
Impact
This is package-aligned licensing telemetry; the inspected flow does not establish credential theft, agent control changes, or another attack.
Mechanism
The CLI checks for product references and a license, then sends product, workstation, agent, and CI metadata to the licensing usage endpoint when no license is found.
AI rationale
The automatic telemetry is associated with the package’s licensing function and goes to Telerik’s licensing service. The scanner’s command-execution and agent-control indicators do not establish attack behavior in the inspected source.
Network endpoints1
licensing.telerik.com/api/v1/usage
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 97.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The install hook invokes the bundled licensing CLI in activation mode and allows installation to continue when no license is present.
- When activation finds no license, the CLI sends product, workstation, agent, and CI metadata to Telerik’s licensing usage service. The inspected payload contains no credential field.
- The prepared dependency manifests and entry files show glob matching, JWT operations, and command-line parsing; none declares a dependency install hook.
Evidence against
- The package sends licensing telemetry automatically during installation, including a workstation identifier and detected agent or CI category.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivialUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/kendo-ui-license.js activate --ignore-no-license
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/kendo-ui-license.js activate --ignore-no-license
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgbin/kendo-ui-license.jsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: "use strict";var e=require("yargs"),t=require("yargs/helpers"),n=require("child_process"),o=require("readline"),r=require("crypto"),i=require("util"),s=require("fs"),a=require("jso...
Critical
Ai Agent Control Hijack
Findings
1 Critical7 High5 Medium5 Low
CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackbin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processbin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighShellbin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighSame File Env Network Executionbin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationbin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin/kendo-ui-license.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationbin/kendo-ui-license.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumDynamic Requirebin/kendo-ui-license.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @progress/kendo-licensing@1.12.0.
See all versions of @progress/kendo-licensing 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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