---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@runcanary/cli/v/0.1.14"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@runcanary/cli/v/0.1.14.md"
package: "@runcanary/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@runcanary/cli@0.1.14 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.1.14"
---

# @runcanary/cli@0.1.14 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 0.1.14
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

This is a first-party agent-extension setup capability activated by login rather than package installation. It warrants a warning under the agent integration policy, while the inspected source does not support a malicious block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-29T08:17:18.753Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-29T08:19:54.777Z
- **Download time:** 780 ms
- **Static scan time:** 510 ms
- **AI review time:** 154734 ms
- **Total time:** 156024 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:** The CLI can configure detected coding-agent locations during its login flow. No confirmed malicious attack surface was identified, but this is a guarded agent-extension lifecycle capability.

- **Trigger:** A user runs the Canary login command with agent skills and hooks enabled, which is the default.

- **Impact:** This can add Canary-controlled agent hooks or skills after login; no covert execution at npm installation or confirmed data theft was found.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/canary.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-29T08:19:54.777Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The login flow invokes hook setup, and agent-skill setup writes a Canary skill into detected agent directories unless disabled.

- **Rationale:** This is a first-party agent-extension setup capability activated by login rather than package installation. It warrants a warning under the agent integration policy, while the inspected source does not support a malicious block.

- **Files touched:** .claude, .agents, .codex

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The package exposes only a CLI entrypoint and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall script., The login flow automatically invokes hook setup unless the user disables hooks., The CLI writes or refreshes a Canary skill in detected agent configuration directories.

- **Evidence against:** No secret collection, unrelated network recipient, remote code loading, or destructive action was identified in the inspected paths.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @runcanary/cli@0.1.14.

- Review the evidence and your use of @runcanary/cli@0.1.14 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/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: (Did you mean one of ${r.join(", ")}?)`:r.length===1?`
L13: (Did you mean ${r[0]}?)`:""}ui.suggestSimilar=Tl});var mi=Ue(gi=>{var Nl=$t("node:events").EventEmitter,Rr=$t("node:child_process"),$e=$t("node:path"),Or=$t("node:fs"),H=$t("node:p...
L14: - specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()`);return n=n||{},n.isDefault&&(this._defaultCommandName=t._name),(n.noHelp||n.hidden)&&(t._hidden=!0),this._registerComma...
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15: Expecting one of '${r.join("', '")}'`);return this._lifeCycleHooks[t]?this._lifeCycleHooks[t].push(n):this._lifeCycleHooks[t]=[n],this}exitOverride(t){return t?this._exitCallback=t...
L16: -  already used by option '${n.flags}'`)}this.options.push(t)}_registerCommand(t){let n=o=>[o.name()].concat(o.aliases()),r=n(t).find(o=>this._findCommand(o));if(r){let o=n(this._f...
L17: - if '${t._name}' is not meant to be an executable command, remove description parameter from '.command()' and use '.description()' instead
```

### 5. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: const require = __canaryCreateRequire(import.meta.url);
L4: var yl=Object.create;var yr=Object.defineProperty;var wl=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var bl=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var kl=Object.getPrototypeOf,Sl=Object.prototype.hasOwnPr...
L5: `).replace(/^/gm," ".repeat(i))}let l=[`Usage: ${n.commandUsage(t)}`,""],d=n.commandDescription(t);d.length>0&&(l=l.concat([n.wrap(d,o,0),""]));let u=n.visibleArguments(t).map(f=>a...
...
L12: (Did you mean one of ${r.join(", ")}?)`:r.length===1?`
L13: (Did you mean ${r[0]}?)`:""}ui.suggestSimilar=Tl});var mi=Ue(gi=>{var Nl=$t("node:events").EventEmitter,Rr=$t("node:child_process"),$e=$t("node:path"),Or=$t("node:fs"),H=$t("node:p...
L14: - specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()`);return n=n||{},n.isDefault&&(this._defaultCom
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: (Did you mean one of ${r.join(", ")}?)`:r.length===1?`
L13: (Did you mean ${r[0]}?)`:""}ui.suggestSimilar=Tl});var mi=Ue(gi=>{var Nl=$t("node:events").EventEmitter,Rr=$t("node:child_process"),$e=$t("node:path"),Or=$t("node:fs"),H=$t("node:p...
L14: - specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()`);return n=n||{},n.isDefault&&(this._defaultCommandName=t._name),(n.noHelp||n.hidden)&&(t._hidden=!0),this._registerComma...
...
L24: Expecting one of '${r.join("', '")}'`);let o=`${t}Help`;return this.on(o,i=>{let s;typeof n=="function"?s=n({error:i.error,command:i.command}):s=n,s&&i.write(`${s}
L25: `)}),this}_outputHelpIfRequested(t){let n=this._getHelpOption();n&&t.find(o=>n.is(o))&&(this.outputHelp(),this._exit(0,"commander.helpDisplayed","(outputHelp)"))}};function hi(e){r...
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: (Did you mean one of ${r.join(", ")}?)`:r.length===1?`
L13: (Did you mean ${r[0]}?)`:""}ui.suggestSimilar=Tl});var mi=Ue(gi=>{var Nl=$t("node:events").EventEmitter,Rr=$t("node:child_process"),$e=$t("node:path"),Or=$t("node:fs"),H=$t("node:p...
L14: - specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()`);return n=n||{},n.isDefault&&(this._defaultCommandName=t._name),(n.noHelp||n.hidden)&&(t._hidden=!0),this._registerComma...
...
L26: `,{flag:"wx"}),()=>{Li(e)&&Nr(e)}}catch(r){if(r.code!=="EEXIST")throw r;let o=nu(e);if(o===!1){Nr(e);continue}if(o==="unknown")try{if(Date.now()-Bl(e).mtimeMs>Yl){Nr(e);continue}}c...
L27: `,{mode:384}),Gl(n,384),Jl(n,t)}catch(r){throw vi(n,{force:!0}),r}}function Fi(){K(({apiUrl:e,webUrl:t,installId:n,agentSkills:r,repoFingerprints:o,gate:i,hooks:s})
```

### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/canary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@runcanary/cli@0.1.14/dist/canary.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> dist/canary.js
L12: (Did you mean one of ${r.join(", ")}?)`:r.length===1?`
L13: (Did you mean ${r[0]}?)`:""}ui.suggestSimilar=Tl});var mi=Ue(gi=>{var Nl=$t("node:events").EventEmitter,Rr=$t("node:child_process"),$e=$t("node:path"),Or=$t("node:fs"),H=$t("node:p...
L14: - specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()`);return n=n||{},n.isDefault&&(this._defaultCommandName=t._name),(n.noHelp||n.hidden)&&(t._hidden=!0),this._registerComma...
...
L26: `,{flag:"wx"}),()=>{Li(e)&&Nr(e)}}catch(r){if(r.code!=="EEXIST")throw r;let o=nu(e);if(o===!1){Nr(e);continue}if(o==="unknown")try{if(Date.now()-Bl(e).mtimeMs>Yl){Nr(e);continue}}c...
L27: `,{mode:384}),Gl(n,384),Jl(n,t)}catch(r){throw vi(n,{force:!0}),r}}function Fi()
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 14. 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.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare
- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2

### Published dependency entries
- commander ^12.1.0 (Dependency)
- smol-toml ^1.9.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @runcanary/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.1.14
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-25T18:11:25.056Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-04T15:37:29.858Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-30T20:12:46.206Z
- **Known versions:** 12
- **Latest version:** 0.1.15
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Canary CLI — authenticate and onboard your repo to Canary from the terminal.
- **Maintainers:** viswesh
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 4
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 279,661 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@runcanary/cli/v/0.1.14>)
- [Homepage](<https://www.runcanary.ai/>)