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@rubytech/create-maxy-code@0.1.568

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AI Security Review

scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

This is not malicious under the install-time policy because npm installation has no consumer lifecycle hook and the risky operations require an explicit CLI invocation. The CLI nevertheless bypasses Claude onboarding/trust prompts and provisions plugins, so it warrants a warning.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

User runs the create-maxy-code CLI.

Impact

Can alter the host, start services, fetch installers, and enable packaged/external Claude plugins.

Mechanism

User-invoked system provisioning and Claude plugin registration.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsondist/index.jspayload/platform/config/brand.jsondist/uninstall.js$HOME/.maxy-code/.claude/.claude.json$HOME/maxy-code

Network endpoints6

registry.npmjs.org/dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pubdeb.nodesource.com/setup_22.xollama.ai/install.shastral.sh/uv/install.shdebian.neo4j.com

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 89.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

dist/index.js runs a broad system installer from its CLI entrypoint.
It writes $HOME/.maxy-code/.claude/.claude.json with onboarding complete and HOME workspace trust enabled.
It installs shipped and external Claude plugins at user scope.
It downloads and executes vendor installers, including curl|sh paths.

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly is not consumer install-time.
The behavior is activated by the create-maxy-code bin, an explicit user command.
Claude configuration is isolated under $HOME/.maxy-code/.claude rather than the default global Claude directory.
Reviewed installer paths show product deployment and setup, not credential collection or covert exfiltration.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShellWebSocket

Source & flagged code

20 flagged

payload/platform/scripts/smoke-boot-services.shView file

Lines 329-369shell

329 local required="${SMOKE_CYPHER_SCHEMA:-optional}"

330

331 skip_msg() { # $1=reason

332 if [ "$required" = "required" ]; then

333 echo "[smoke-boot] cypher-schema=fail err=$1 (SMOKE_CYPHER_SCHEMA=required)" >&2

334 return 1

335 fi

336 echo "[smoke-boot] cypher-schema=skip reason=$1 (export SMOKE_CYPHER_SCHEMA=required to fail hard; provision a disposable Neo4j to run the check)"

337 return 0

338 }

339

340 if ! command -v cypher-shell >/dev/null 2>&1; then

341 skip_msg cypher-shell-not-on-path; return $?

342 fi

343

344 if [ -z "${NEO4J_URI:-}" ]; then

345 skip_msg neo4j-uri-unset; return $?

346 fi

347

348 local neo4j_user="${NEO4J_USER:-neo4j}"

349 local neo4j_password="${NEO4J_PASSWORD:-}"

Medium

Secret Pattern

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

payload/platform/scripts/smoke-boot-services.shView on unpkg · L349

350 if [ -z "$neo4j_password" ]; then

351 # Fall back to the same password-file convention seed-neo4j.sh uses.

352 local pw_file="$REPO_ROOT/platform/config/.neo4j-password"

353 if [ -f "$pw_file" ]; then

354 neo4j_password="$(cat "$pw_file")"

355 fi

356 fi

357 if [ -z "$neo4j_password" ]; then

358 skip_msg neo4j-password-unset; return $?

359 fi

360

361 # Live probe: if the credentials don't authenticate, the check would fail

362 # for reasons unrelated to schema syntax (rotated password, etc.). Skip

363 # rather than fail so the maintainer's own install's Neo4j — whose password

364 # they own — can't block publish.

365 if ! cypher-shell -u "$neo4j_user" -p "$neo4j_password" -a "$NEO4J_URI" \

366 --non-interactive "RETURN 1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then

367 skip_msg neo4j-auth-failed; return $?

368 fi

369

dist/index.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2import { execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

3import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, cpSync, readFileSync, rmSync, readdirSync, appendFileSync, openSync, closeSync, chmodSync, statSync, realpathSync, accessSync, constants as fsConstants } from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L1

4import

payload/platform/plugins/memory/mcp/scripts/graph/accept.shView file

Lines 1-40shell

1#!/usr/bin/env bash

2# Acceptance harness for the graph MCP integration.

4# Spawns the graph shim, drives it as a JSON-RPC client over stdio, runs

5# one query per acceptance class, prints PASS/FAIL per check, and exits

6# non-zero if any check fails. Assumes the brand's Neo4j is running and

7# the fixture in fixture.cypher has been seeded.

9# The tools/list assertion guards against FastMCP-joiner drift: the

payload/platform/plugins/prompt-optimiser/skills/prompt-optimiser/__tests__/restatement-ladder.test.shView file

•path = payload/platform/plugins/prompt-optimiser/skills/prompt-optimiser/__tests__/restatement-ladder.test.sh kind = payload_in_excluded_dir sizeBytes = 1019 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Payload In Excluded Dir

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

payload/platform/plugins/prompt-optimiser/skills/prompt-optimiser/__tests__/restatement-ladder.test.shView on unpkg

•path = payload/platform/plugins/prompt-optimiser/skills/prompt-optimiser/__tests__/restatement-ladder.test.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 1019 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

payload/platform/plugins/prompt-optimiser/skills/prompt-optimiser/__tests__/restatement-ladder.test.shView on unpkg

payload/server/public/assets/chunk-CIAEETIT-CpsybR7q.js.gzView file

•path = [redacted]-CIAEETIT-CpsybR7q.js.gz kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 352 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

payload/server/public/assets/chunk-CIAEETIT-CpsybR7q.js.gzView on unpkg

payload/server/public/assets/AdminShell-Bfapavlp.js.brView file

•path = [redacted]-Bfapavlp.js.br kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 21952 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

payload/server/public/assets/AdminShell-Bfapavlp.js.brView on unpkg

payload/platform/plugins/cloudflare/mcp/dist/lib/cloudflared.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @rubytech/create-sitedesk-code@0.1.459 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.1.459 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

payload/platform/plugins/cloudflare/mcp/dist/lib/cloudflared.jsView on unpkg

payload/platform/plugins/memory/mcp/dist/tools/memory-read-attachment.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @rubytech/create-sitedesk-code@0.1.459 matchedPath = [redacted]-read-attachment.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.1.459 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

payload/platform/plugins/memory/mcp/dist/tools/memory-read-attachment.jsView on unpkg

dist/brew-install.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @rubytech/create-sitedesk-code@0.1.459 matchedPath = dist/brew-install.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.1.459 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/brew-install.jsView on unpkg

payload/platform/plugins/url-get/mcp/dist/lib/summarise.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @rubytech/create-sitedesk-code@0.1.459 matchedPath = payload/platform/plugins/url-get/mcp/dist/lib/summarise.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.1.459 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

payload/platform/plugins/url-get/mcp/dist/lib/summarise.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

20 flagged · loading source

payload/platform/scripts/smoke-boot-services.shView file

349patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 349 matchedText = local ne...:-}"

Medium

Secret Pattern

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

payload/platform/scripts/smoke-boot-services.shView on unpkg · L349

dist/index.jsView file

142for (const host of ["registry.npmjs.org", "github.com"]) { L143: const dns = spawnSync("host", ["-W", "5", host], { encoding: "utf-8", stdio: "pipe", timeout: 10_000 }); L144: logFile(`DNS ${host}: ${dns.status === 0 ? "OK" : "FAIL"} — ${(dns.stdout || dns.stderr || "").trim().split("\n")[0]}`); ... L149: "--connect-timeout", "10", L150: "https://registry.npmjs.org/", L151: ], { encoding: "utf-8", stdio: "pipe", timeout: 15_000 }); ... L156: function captureNpmDebugLog() { L157: const logsDir = resolve(process.env.HOME ?? "/root", ".npm/_logs"); L158: if (!existsSync(logsDir))

Critical

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution with blocking evidence.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L142

Findings

4 Critical12 High9 Medium9 Low

CriticalSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js

CriticalDownload Executedist/index.js

CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.js

HighChild Processdist/index.js

HighShelldist/index.js

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/index.js

HighCross File Remote Execution Contextpayload/platform/plugins/memory/mcp/scripts/graph/accept.sh

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/index.js

HighRuntime Package Installdist/index.js

HighShips High Entropy Blobpayload/server/public/assets/AdminShell-Bfapavlp.js.br

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @rubytech/create-maxy-code@0.1.568.

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Review the evidence and your use of @rubytech/create-maxy-code@0.1.568 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-08-08 12:21:40.574Z (UTC).

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