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@sanity/cli@7.7.1

Sanity CLI tool for managing Sanity projects and organizations

AI Security Review

scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. The package includes user-invoked Sanity MCP and agent-skill setup that can mutate AI editor configuration. This is a guarded first-party integration path rather than install-time hijacking or malware.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Trigger

User runs Sanity CLI init/MCP/skills setup flows and accepts or uses auto setup options.

Impact

AI editors may be configured to use Sanity MCP and Sanity skills; no confirmed malicious execution or exfiltration chain was found.

Mechanism

writes Sanity MCP entries and invokes bundled skills CLI for selected agents

Rationale

Source inspection shows no install-time execution, hidden persistence, credential harvesting, destructive behavior, or foreign AI-agent hijack. The broad AI editor configuration writes are real but user-invoked and package-aligned, so they warrant warning rather than blocking.

Evidence

package.jsonbin/run.jsdist/actions/mcp/writeMCPConfig.jsdist/actions/mcp/setupMCP.jsdist/actions/mcp/editorConfigs.jsdist/actions/skills/setupSkills.jsdist/services/mcp.jsdist/util/update/updateChecker.jsdist/commands/codemod.js~/.codex/config.toml~/.claude.json~/.cursor/mcp.json~/.gemini/settings.json~/.copilot/mcp-config.json~/.config/opencode/opencode.json~/.config/zed/settings.json~/.agents/skills~/.claude/skills

Network endpoints1

mcp.sanity.io

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

dist/actions/mcp/writeMCPConfig.js writes Sanity MCP server entries into detected editor config files
dist/actions/mcp/editorConfigs.js targets broad AI editor config paths including Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Cline, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode, Zed
dist/actions/skills/setupSkills.js can run bundled skills CLI to globally add Sanity skills for selected agents
dist/services/mcp.js creates/validates Sanity MCP tokens and exposes https://mcp.sanity.io

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall/install/postinstall lifecycle hooks
bin/run.js only checks Node version then invokes oclif CLI
MCP and skills setup is reached through CLI init/setup flows, prompts or explicit/auto init options, not import/install time
dist/util/update/updateChecker.js spawns only a local worker to fetch latest package version and cache it
dist/commands/codemod.js runs npx jscodeshift only when the codemod command is invoked
No credential harvesting, destructive behavior, remote payload execution, or non-Sanity exfiltration found

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 642 file(s), 1.32 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

86%Warn

Verdict confidence

IntentDangerous Capability

TypeAgent extension lifecycle risk

False-positive riskMedium

Review stagesource_first_review

Firewall policyWarn-only agent extension risk

Package metadata

npm

AuthorSanity.io

Maintainerssanity-svc.npm, sanity-io

Version7.9.0

PublishedJul 8, 2026

LicenseMIT

Dependencies67

Integrityverified

Package size950 KB

Files1,163

Keywordsclicmscontentheadlessrealtimesanitytool

LinksRepository Homepage Issues

Runtime surface

package.json

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

Runtimenode >=22.12

Artifact3.63 MB · 1,163 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