---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64/v/0.2.397"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64/v/0.2.397.md"
package: "@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "0.2.397"
---

# @reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397 npm security report

> **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document.

## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 0.2.397
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The native executable has unresolved embedded code that gathers credentials, while the bounded analysis does not establish reachability or transfer behavior. The available source does not support a confirmed attack or a clean finding, so manual review is appropriate.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 77.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-18T11:40:04.538Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-18T11:41:12.927Z
- **Download time:** 12788 ms
- **Static scan time:** 542 ms
- **AI review time:** 55058 ms
- **Total time:** 68389 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 is confirmed. The native executable contains bounded embedded-source candidates for local credential discovery, but their reachability and any transfer could not be resolved from the available analysis.

- **Trigger:** Unknown; the inspected source candidates do not establish activation.

- **Impact:** Potential credential exposure remains unresolved; no concrete disclosure or account impact was verified.

- **Evidence paths:** .lpm-inspection-0eaMjH/0-237c454e4b9e.txt

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-18T11:41:12.927Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Embedded code gathers API keys from selected environment variables and local agent configuration; the available window does not show a send operation or its caller.

- **Rationale:** The native executable has unresolved embedded code that gathers credentials, while the bounded analysis does not establish reachability or transfer behavior. The available source does not support a confirmed attack or a clean finding, so manual review is appropriate.

- **Files touched:** bin/reason, bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs, .lpm-inspection-0eaMjH/0-237c454e4b9e.txt

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 77.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** The package manifest identifies a Darwin ARM64 binary package and lists bin among its included files., The offline analysis finds code that gathers API keys from environment and local agent configuration, but does not establish whether that code is reachable or sends credentials., The analysis states its embedded source windows cannot establish loader reachability or rule out other native behavior., The runtime source excerpt lists agent-related configuration locations, but the inspected excerpt does not show a write or caller.

- **Evidence against:** The manifest contains no lifecycle script or JavaScript entrypoint, so the inspected metadata does not show install-time execution., The available evidence does not establish a credential send, recipient, or active attack.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397.

- Review the evidence and your use of @reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397 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. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L60: mux backend dial failed (${H})
L61: `)}),M.on("error",()=>O.destroy()),M.once("close",()=>O.destroy()),O.once("close",()=>M.destroy()),M.pipe(O),O.pipe(M)}let U=$6((M)=>{G.add(M),M.once("close",()=>G.delete(M)),M.on(...
L62: `).filter(Boolean);if(F===1)return[];throw Error(`ripgrep failed with exit code ${F}: ${q}`)}import{join as V0,dirname as T6}from"path";import{fileURLToPath as S6}from"url";import*...
```

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 4. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L55: \r
L56: `)}}),J.on("request",async(Q,Y)=>{Q.on("error",(G)=>{Z(`Client request error: ${G.message}`,{level:"error"})}),Y.on("error",(G)=>{Z(`Client response error: ${G.message}`,{level:"er...
L57: `)),$.end(eq(W))}function L7($){return Buffer.from([5,$,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0])}function tq($){return new Promise((J)=>{let X=Buffer.alloc(0),Q=(W)=>{$.off("data",G),clearTimeout(Y),J(W)...
...
L60: mux backend dial failed (${H})
L61: `)}),M.on("error",()=>O.destroy()),M.once("close",()=>O.destroy()),O.once("close",()=>M.destroy()),M.pipe(O),O.pipe(M)}let U=$6((M)=>{G.add(M),M.once("close",()=>G.delete(M)),M.on(...
L62: `).filter(Boolean);if(F===1)return[];throw Error(`ripgrep failed with exit code ${F}: ${q}`)}import{join as V0,dirname as T6}from"path";import{fileURLToPath as S6}from"url";import*
```

### 5. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L47: \r
L48: Connection blocked by network allowlist`);return}if(W||Y.destroyed){Y.destroy();return}let P=jJ(j)??j;if($.mitmCA&&($.shouldTerminateTLS?.(P,C)??!0)){Y.write(`HTTP/1.1 200 Connecti...
L49: \r
...
L55: \r
L56: `)}}),J.on("request",async(Q,Y)=>{Q.on("error",(G)=>{Z(`Client request error: ${G.message}`,{level:"error"})}),Y.on("error",(G)=>{Z(`Client response error: ${G.message}`,{level:"er...
L57: `)),$.end(eq(W))}function L7($){return Buffer.from([5,$,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0])}function tq($){return new Promise((J)=>{let X=Buffer.alloc(0),Q=(W)=>{$.off("data",G),clearTimeout(Y),J(W)...
...
L60: mux backend dial failed (${H})
L61: `)}),M.on("error",()=>O.destroy()),M.once("close",()=>O.destroy()),O.once("close",()=>M.destroy()),M.pipe(O),O.pipe(M)}let U=$6((M)=>{G.add(M),M.once("close",()
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 8. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/Background/Reason.app/Contents/MacOS/ReasonBackgroundIdentity
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/bin/Background/Reason.app/Contents/MacOS/ReasonBackgroundIdentity>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = bin/Background/Reason.[redacted]
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 55504
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 9. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

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

### 10. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 11. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @reason-machines/cli-linux-arm64-musl@0.2.395
matchedPath = bin/runtime/srt/sandbox-runtime.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.2.395
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 12. Low: Ai Review Evidence
- **Category:** Ai Review
- **Confidence:** 77.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64@0.2.397/package.json>)

The package manifest identifies a Darwin ARM64 binary package and lists bin among its included files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
"files": [
    "bin",
    "README.md",
    "LICENSE",
    "THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt"
  ],
  "publishConfig": {
    "access": "public",
    "provenance": false
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/reason-machines/monorepo.git"
  },
  "homepage": "https://reasonmachines.com",
  "bugs": {
    "email": "contact@
```

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

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

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.2.397
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-10-18T11:38:57.189Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-29T08:21:12.031Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-23T05:24:41.319Z
- **Known versions:** 331
- **Latest version:** 0.2.556
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Reason CLI native binary for darwin-arm64
- **Maintainers:** svemyh
- **Supported OS:** darwin
- **Supported CPU:** arm64
- **Artifact files:** 13
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 74,447,696 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@reason-machines/cli-darwin-arm64/v/0.2.397>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/reason-machines/monorepo>)
- [Homepage](<https://reasonmachines.com/>)
