@punks/cli@6.1.0
Harness Intelligence scaffolding CLI
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a guarded, project-local AI-agent configuration mutation associated with CLI installation/update behavior, not a confirmed malicious install-time attack. The package should be warned rather than blocked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Running the relevant CLI update or installer workflow.
Impact
A user-invoked workflow can alter the local AI-agent configuration and enable configured typegraph tooling.
Mechanism
The semantic-read step generates a typegraph block and atomically writes it to a confined .codex/config.toml path.
AI rationale
This is a guarded, project-local AI-agent configuration mutation associated with CLI installation/update behavior, not a confirmed malicious install-time attack. The package should be warned rather than blocked.
Evidence
dist/index.js.codex/config.toml
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest exposes command-line entrypoints and has no install lifecycle hook.
- The CLI can rewrite a confined project Codex configuration file with a generated typegraph block.
- The configuration action is part of the CLI installer semantic-read step.
Evidence against
- No credential collection, unrestricted credential forwarding, hidden payload execution, or install-time mutation was confirmed.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
NoLicenseWildcardDependency
Source & flagged code
9 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
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L157: `+ind(d+1));return`[
High
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L351:
High
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Findings
7 High6 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighShelldist/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index.js
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextdist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumWildcard Dependency
LowScripts Present
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @punks/cli@6.1.0.
See all versions of @punks/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @punks/cli@6.1.0 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.
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