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@sanity/cli@7.9.0

Sanity CLI tool for managing Sanity projects and organizations

AI Security Review

scanned 2h ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Trigger

User runs `sanity mcp configure`, `sanity skills install`, or selects setup during interactive `sanity init`.

Impact

Enables the Sanity MCP endpoint and installs Sanity skills for selected/detected AI tools.

Mechanism

User-invoked AI-editor MCP configuration and global agent-skill installation.

Rationale

This is not malicious, but it has a real explicit-user-command AI-agent control-surface mutation capability. Per policy, retain it as a warning rather than block it.

Evidence

package.jsonbin/run.jsdist/actions/mcp/setupMCP.jsdist/actions/mcp/writeMCPConfig.jsdist/actions/skills/setupSkills.jsdist/util/update/fetchUpdateInfo.jsdist/commands/mcp/configure.jsdist/commands/skills/install.js

Network endpoints1

mcp.sanity.io

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 92.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

`sanity mcp configure` detects AI editors and can write their MCP configuration.
`writeMCPConfig.js` creates parent directories and writes a `Sanity` server entry.
`sanity skills install` runs bundled `skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit ... -g -y`.
MCP configuration targets `https://mcp.sanity.io` and may add a bearer token.

Evidence against

`package.json` has no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle hooks.
`bin/run.js` only enforces Node version then starts the Oclif CLI.
MCP setup prompts for editor selection unless explicitly run in auto mode.
Update checking only fetches package-version metadata in a detached worker.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 644 file(s), 1.34 MB of source, external domains: 192.168.1.1, admin.shopify.com, api.github.com, api.sanity.io, codeload.github.com, esbuild.github.io, example.com, github.com, high-traffic-site.com, mcp.sanity.io, myapp.com, nextjs.org, not.what-you-were-expecting.com, public.sanity.io, raw.githubusercontent.com, reference.sanity.io, sanity.io, sanity.work, sdk-explorer.sanity.io, some.host, www.sanity.io, www.some-malicious.site, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

5 flagged

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';

2import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView on unpkg · L1

3import { getUserConfig, isCi, subdebug } from '@sanity/cli-core';

4import { gt as semverGt } from 'semver';

5import { detectPackageRunner } from './packageRunner.js';

6import { resolveRunnerPackage } from './resolveRunnerPackage.js';

7import { resolveUpdateTarget } from './resolveUpdateTarget.js';

8import { showUpdateNotification } from './showNotificationUpdate.js';

9const debug = subdebug('updateChecker');

10const TWELVE_HOURS = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

11/**

12 * Check for CLI updates and notify the user if a new version is available.

13 *

14 * The main process resolves the local update target (which package and installed version),

15 * then reads the latest version from the config cache. It never makes network requests.

16 * If the cache is empty or expired, a detached worker process is spawned to fetch the

17 * latest version from npm and write it to the cache. The notification is shown on the

18 * next CLI invocation when the cached result is available instantly.

19 */ export async function updateChecker(config) {

20 debug(`Installed CLI version is ${config.version}`);

21 // Skip in CI or if disabled

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import path from 'node:path';

2import { execa } from 'execa';

3import which from 'which';

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView on unpkg · L1

4const SANITY_PACKAGES = [

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';

2import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView on unpkg · L1

3import { join } from 'node:path';

4const SCHEMA_FILENAME_SUFFIX = '.create-schema.json'

dist/commands/codemod.jsView file

Lines 98-138javascript

98 '-t',

99 modPath,

100 '--extensions',

101 exts.join(','),

102 dryRun && '--dry',

103 workDir

104 ].filter((item)=>typeof item ===

bin/run.cmdView file

•path = bin/run.cmd kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 31 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

bin/run.cmdView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

5 flagged · loading source

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView file

1import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'; L2: import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView file

1import path from 'node:path'; L2: import { execa } from 'execa'; L3: import which from 'which';

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView file

1import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'; L2: import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/commands/codemod.jsView file

118try { L119: const npxHelp = execSync('npx --help', { L120: encoding: 'utf8' ... L122: if (!npxHelp.includes('npm')) { L123: this.error('Not the npx we expected', { L124: exit: 1

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/commands/codemod.jsView on unpkg · L118

bin/run.cmdView file

•path = bin/run.cmd kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 31 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

bin/run.cmdView on unpkg

Findings

3 High4 Medium6 Low

HighChild Processdist/util/update/updateChecker.js

HighShelldist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.js

HighRuntime Package Installdist/commands/codemod.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helperbin/run.cmd

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowWeak Cryptodist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.js

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowTelemetry

LowUrl Strings

92%Warn

Verdict confidence

IntentDangerous Capability

TypeAI-agent capability abuse

False-positive riskLow

Review stagesource_first_review

Firewall policyWarn-only AI-agent capability risk

Package metadata

npm

AuthorSanity.io

Maintainerssanity-svc.npm, sanity-io

Version7.9.0

PublishedJul 15, 2026

LicenseMIT

Dependencies67

Integrityverified

Package size967 KB

Files1,167

Keywordsclicmscontentheadlessrealtimesanitytool

LinksRepository Homepage Issues

Runtime surface

package.json

Entrypointsmain → ./dist/exports/index.jstypes → ./dist/exports/index.d.tsexports mapbin → sanity

Runtimenode >=22.12

Artifact3.69 MB · 1,167 files1 signature(s) · provenance

Install lifecycleNo install hooks · other: build, build:types, check:topic-aliases, check:types +8

Behavioral surface

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellHighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStringsManifest: clean

Source & flagged code

5 flagged

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';

2import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/util/update/updateChecker.jsView on unpkg · L1

3import { getUserConfig, isCi, subdebug } from '@sanity/cli-core';

4import { gt as semverGt } from 'semver';

5import { detectPackageRunner } from './packageRunner.js';

6import { resolveRunnerPackage } from './resolveRunnerPackage.js';

7import { resolveUpdateTarget } from './resolveUpdateTarget.js';

8import { showUpdateNotification } from './showNotificationUpdate.js';

9const debug = subdebug('updateChecker');

10const TWELVE_HOURS = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

11/**

12 * Check for CLI updates and notify the user if a new version is available.

13 *

14 * The main process resolves the local update target (which package and installed version),

15 * then reads the latest version from the config cache. It never makes network requests.

16 * If the cache is empty or expired, a detached worker process is spawned to fetch the

17 * latest version from npm and write it to the cache. The notification is shown on the

18 * next CLI invocation when the cached result is available instantly.

19 */ export async function updateChecker(config) {

20 debug(`Installed CLI version is ${config.version}`);

21 // Skip in CI or if disabled

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import path from 'node:path';

2import { execa } from 'execa';

3import which from 'which';

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/util/packageManager/installationInfo/detectGlobals.jsView on unpkg · L1

4const SANITY_PACKAGES = [

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';

2import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/actions/manifest/writeWorkspaceFiles.jsView on unpkg · L1

3import { join } from 'node:path';

4const SCHEMA_FILENAME_SUFFIX = '.create-schema.json'

dist/commands/codemod.jsView file

Lines 98-138javascript

98 '-t',

99 modPath,

100 '--extensions',

101 exts.join(','),

102 dryRun && '--dry',

103 workDir

104 ].filter((item)=>typeof item ===

bin/run.cmdView file

•path = bin/run.cmd kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 31 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

bin/run.cmdView on unpkg