@promptctl/cc-candybar@1.174.1
Statusline renderer for Claude Code — a JSON5-configurable DSL with daemon-cached data sources, byte-clean palette-aware composition, and OSC8 click verbs.
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe plugin command contains a direct instruction to an AI agent to avoid inspecting this package's source and restrict its actions. This is reviewer manipulation, so the package is malicious despite having no install-time hook.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
An AI agent loads or follows the /candybar setup wizard.
Impact
This can interfere with independent review and limit what the agent checks or does for the user.
Mechanism
The wizard directs the agent not to read package source and to use only specified commands and its preview script.
Attack narrative
When an AI agent follows the plugin's setup wizard, the wizard instructs it not to inspect the package source and to restrict itself to named commands. This is review and inspection suppression embedded in the package's agent-facing instructions.
AI rationale
The plugin command contains a direct instruction to an AI agent to avoid inspecting this package's source and restrict its actions. This is reviewer manipulation, so the package is malicious despite having no install-time hook.
Evidence
plugin/commands/candybar.md
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 96.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The setup wizard tells the agent not to read the package source and to run only commands named in the wizard, restricting independent inspection.
Evidence against
- The package manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its prepublishOnly script is a build and validation sequence.
- The package is described as a Claude Code statusline renderer, and the wizard text is in its plugin command.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 flaggeddist/index.mjsView file
10contains invisible/control Unicode U+200C (zero width non-joiner)
`:case`\r`:case`\u2028`:case`\u2029`:b(),p=`default`;return;case void 0:return b(),S(`eof`)}b()},value(){switch(_){case`{`:case`[`:return S(`punctuator`,b());case`n`:return b(),C(`ull`),S(`null`,null);case`t`:return b(),C(`rue`),S(`boolean`
Critical
Trojan Source Unicode
Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.
dist/index.mjsView on unpkg · L10488Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.mjs
L488: `)){n.push(r);continue}let e=r.split(`
L489: `);n.push(e[0]);for(let r=1;r<e.length;r++)t.push(n),n=[e[r]]}return t.push(n),t}function Z2(e){let t=new Map;return e.map(e=>{let n=`${e.place}.${e.band}`,r=t.get(n)??0;return t.s...
L490: `),nextChange:be,motion:xe,menuRows:ve,evaluated:_.evaluated-y,pending:[...te].sort(),rules:re}}catch(e){l.e=e}finally{l.d()}}const w3={moving:1e3/30,still:1e3},T3=[`data`,`state`,...
L491: `}function X3(e,t){let{sessionState:n}=e,r=t.sessionId,{client:i,...a}=t.hints,o=JSON.stringify(a);n.get(r,`client-hints`)!==o&&n.set(r,P1,o);let s=a1(t.requested);n.get(r,`render-...
L492: `}const r6=new Set([`hook_event_name`,`session_id`,`session_name`,`transcript_path`,`cwd`,`model`,`workspace`,`version`,`o
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
dist/index.mjsView on unpkg · L488Findings
3 Critical4 High4 Medium7 Low
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/index.mjs
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.mjs
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.mjs
HighChild Processdist/index.mjs
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.mjs
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.mjs
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/index.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperplugin/bin/preview.sh
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.174.1.
See all versions of @promptctl/cc-candybar for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @promptctl/cc-candybar@1.174.1. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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