---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@promptctl/cc-candybar/v/1.163.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@promptctl/cc-candybar/v/1.163.0.md"
package: "@promptctl/cc-candybar"
report_status: "published"
title: "@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.163.0"
---

# @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 17 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.163.0
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The source matches the package's stated Claude Code statusline purpose. Its network checks use project-related sources, and the update path requires an explicit action; no malicious behavior was identified.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-30T09:52:59.968Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-30T09:53:56.961Z
- **Download time:** 1267 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2180 ms
- **AI review time:** 53545 ms
- **Total time:** 56993 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:** No attack identified; the inspected process execution, file access, and network activity support the statusline CLI and daemon features.

- **Trigger:** The CLI runs when invoked as a statusline or with an explicit subcommand; the daemon's metadata checks run while it is active.

- **Impact:** No credential theft, unrelated data collection, or unauthorized account action was identified.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-30T09:53:56.961Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The daemon checks package release metadata and pricing data; an upgrade is carried out only through its explicit update action.

- **Rationale:** The source matches the package's stated Claude Code statusline purpose. Its network checks use project-related sources, and the update path requires an explicit action; no malicious behavior was identified.

- **Network endpoints:** registry.npmjs.org, raw.githubusercontent.com/promptctl/cc-candybar/main/pricing.json

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 93.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The package entry points to a statusline CLI; its only lifecycle script is prepublishOnly, which runs build and quality checks., The daemon periodically checks for updates, but the upgrade command is presented as an explicit action and runs only when invoked., Network references are the npm registry for release metadata and the project's GitHub repository for pricing data., The README and plugin files describe statusline rendering and an interactive setup wizard, consistent with the package's stated purpose.

- **Evidence against:** The bundle includes child-process execution and filesystem writes for CLI and daemon features., The daemon makes periodic network requests to the npm registry and GitHub.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0 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: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import{createRequire as e}from"node:module";import t from"node:process";import{URL as n,URLSearchParams as r,fileURLToPath as i}from"node:url";import{json as a}from"node:stream/con...
L3: `)}function qt(e){if(typeof e!=`object`||!e||Array.isArray(e))return;let t=e,n=Rt.filter(e=>t[e]!==void 0);return n.every(e=>typeof t[e]==`string`&&t[e]!==``)?Object.fromEntries(n....
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L482: `)+1,a=0,o=0;for(let e of n.slice(r,i).split(`
L483: `)){let t=LK(e);t.kind!==`blank`&&(a++,t.kind===`unparsed`&&o++)}return{lines:a,unparsed:o,whole:t}}function _2(e){let t=qa(e,dN+1);return t.kind===`ok`?P(g2(t.value.buf,t.value.fr...
L484: `)};return e.error===null?{...t,kind:`loaded`,unused:e.unused}:{...t,kind:`failed`,error:e.error}}const C2=e=>t2(()=>ao(e));function w2(e,t){let n=e=>JSON.stringify([e.managedDir,e...
...
L497: `).map(e=>e.trim().split(` `)).filter(([,e])=>e===t).map(([e])=>e)}const B8=/(^|\/)(cc-attach|bun-attach\.js)(\s|$)/;function V8(e,t,n){for(let r of o0(a0(e),t)){if(r.command.split...
L498: `);async function U8(e){if(process.platform===`linux`)return{executable:await f.promises.readlink(`/proc/${e}/exe`),argv:(await f.promises.readFile(`/proc/${e}/cmdline
```

### 8. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L482: `)+1,a=0,o=0;for(let e of n.slice(r,i).split(`
L483: `)){let t=LK(e);t.kind!==`blank`&&(a++,t.kind===`unparsed`&&o++)}return{lines:a,unparsed:o,whole:t}}function _2(e){let t=qa(e,dN+1);return t.kind===`ok`?P(g2(t.value.buf,t.value.fr...
L484: `)};return e.error===null?{...t,kind:`loaded`,unused:e.unused}:{...t,kind:`failed`,error:e.error}}const C2=e=>t2(()=>ao(e));function w2(e,t){let n=e=>JSON.stringify([e.managedDir,e...
L485: `:null,r=R2(e.value);return r===null?{stdout:n??K2(e.value),stderr:``,code:0}:{stdout:n??``,stderr:`daemon-stats: ${r}\n`,code:1}}function L2(){return on(()=>({kind:`stats`}),P2,e=...
...
L497: `).map(e=>e.trim().split(` `)).filter(([,e])=>e===t).map(([e])=>e)}const B8=/(^|\/)(cc-attach|bun-attach\.js)(\s|$)/;function V8(e,t,n){for(let r of o0(a0(e),t)){if(r.
```

### 9. Critical: Trojan Source Unicode
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: contains invisible/control Unicode U+200C (zero width non-joiner)
`:case`\r`:case`\u2028`:case`\u2029`:b(),p=`default`;return;case void 0:return b(),x(`eof`)}b()},value(){switch(_){case`{`:case`[`:return x(`punctuator`,b());case`n`:return b(),S(`ull`),x(`null`,null);case`t`:return b(),S(`rue`),x(`boolean`
```

### 10. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

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.mjs
L482: `)+1,a=0,o=0;for(let e of n.slice(r,i).split(`
L483: `)){let t=LK(e);t.kind!==`blank`&&(a++,t.kind===`unparsed`&&o++)}return{lines:a,unparsed:o,whole:t}}function _2(e){let t=qa(e,dN+1);return t.kind===`ok`?P(g2(t.value.buf,t.value.fr...
L484: `)};return e.error===null?{...t,kind:`loaded`,unused:e.unused}:{...t,kind:`failed`,error:e.error}}const C2=e=>t2(()=>ao(e));function w2(e,t){let n=e=>JSON.stringify([e.managedDir,e...
L485: `:null,r=R2(e.value);return r===null?{stdout:n??K2(e.value),stderr:``,code:0}:{stdout:n??``,stderr:`daemon-stats: ${r}\n`,code:1}}function L2(){return on(()=>({kind:`stats`}),P2,e=...
...
L497: `).map(e=>e.trim().split(` `)).filter(([,e])=>e===t).map(([e])=>e)}const B8=/(^|\/)(cc-attach|bun-attach\.js)(
```

### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.mjs
L482: `)+1,a=0,o=0;for(let e of n.slice(r,i).split(`
L483: `)){let t=LK(e);t.kind!==`blank`&&(a++,t.kind===`unparsed`&&o++)}return{lines:a,unparsed:o,whole:t}}function _2(e){let t=qa(e,dN+1);return t.kind===`ok`?P(g2(t.value.buf,t.value.fr...
L484: `)};return e.error===null?{...t,kind:`loaded`,unused:e.unused}:{...t,kind:`failed`,error:e.error}}const C2=e=>t2(()=>ao(e));function w2(e,t){let n=e=>JSON.stringify([e.managedDir,e...
L485: `:null,r=R2(e.value);return r===null?{stdout:n??K2(e.value),stderr:``,code:0}:{stdout:n??``,stderr:`daemon-stats: ${r}\n`,code:1}}function L2(){return on(()=>({kind:`stats`}),P2,e=...
...
L497: `).map(e=>e.trim().split(` `)).filter(([,e])=>e===t).map(([e])=>e)}const B8=/(^|\/
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 13. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 15. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** plugin/bin/preview.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/plugin/bin/preview.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = plugin/bin/preview.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 6874
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 16. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

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/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.163.0/dist/index.mjs>)

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 = @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.162.5
matchedIdentity = npm:QHByb21wdGN0bC9jYy1jYW5keWJhcg:1.162.5
similarity = 0.933
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 4
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 33
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 4

### Published dependency entries
- @promptctl/cc-candybar-darwin-arm64 1.163.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @promptctl/cc-candybar-darwin-x64 1.163.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @promptctl/cc-candybar-linux-arm64 1.163.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @promptctl/cc-candybar-linux-x64 1.163.0 (OptionalDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @promptctl/cc-candybar
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.163.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-30T09:51:27.712Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T12:41:01.931Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T18:03:26.680Z
- **Known versions:** 242
- **Latest version:** 1.189.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Statusline renderer for Claude Code — a JSON5-configurable DSL with daemon-cached data sources, byte-clean palette-aware composition, and OSC8 click verbs.
- **Author:** Brandon Fryslie
- **Maintainers:** brandon-fryslie
- **Keywords:** claude, powerline, statusline, typescript, claude-code
- **Runtime engines:** node: ^20.19.0 || \>=22.12.0
- **Artifact files:** 24
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,359,532 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@promptctl/cc-candybar/v/1.163.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/promptctl/cc-candybar>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/promptctl/cc-candybar#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/promptctl/cc-candybar/issues>)
