@socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry@1.1.163
CLI for Socket.dev, includes Sentry error handling, otherwise identical to the regular `socket` package
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThere is no concrete malicious lifecycle, credential theft, persistence, or destructive chain. Downgrade to a warning because an invoked bundled Java archive remains only partially inspectable.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The user runs the CLI's Maven manifest or full-scan command.
Impact
The extension executes in the user's Maven process; selected project contents may be sent to Socket's API.
Mechanism
Runs a bundled Maven extension and uploads selected scan inputs.
AI rationale
There is no concrete malicious lifecycle, credential theft, persistence, or destructive chain. Downgrade to a warning because an invoked bundled Java archive remains only partially inspectable.
Evidence
dist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jardist/cli.jsdist/vendor.js
Network endpoints1
api.socket.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 72.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package bundles a Java archive and passes it to Maven as an extension when the Maven manifest command runs; its bytecode cannot be fully source-reviewed.
- The bundled SDK can upload caller-selected project files for a full scan to the Socket API.
- A bundled terminal dependency dynamically constructs functions from terminal capability data.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The command launcher runs only when a user invokes a declared CLI binary.
- The inspected archive manifest and class strings identify a Maven extension that writes dependency records; no secret harvesting or unsolicited network endpoint was found in the inspected portions.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
18 flaggedbin/cli.jsView file
19L20: const spawnPromise = spawn(
L21: constants.execPath,
High
external/blessed/lib/tput.jsView file
1152if (this.options.stringify && code.indexOf('return ') === 0) {
L1153: return new Function('', code)();
L1154: }
High
Eval
Package source references dynamic code evaluation.
external/blessed/lib/tput.jsView on unpkg · L1152bin/npm-cli.jsView file
4void (async () => {
L5: const Module = require('node:module')
L6: const path = require('node:path')
Findings
3 Critical9 High8 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/vendor.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/cli.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighEvalexternal/blessed/lib/tput.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/vendor.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/cli.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/vendor.js
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/cli.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry@1.1.163.
See all versions of @socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry@1.1.163 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.
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