@socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry@1.1.169
CLI for Socket.dev, includes Sentry error handling, otherwise identical to the regular `socket` package
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo lifecycle hook, self-dependency, persistence, or hidden install-time behavior was found. The opaque executable JAR is deliberately invoked against a user project, so this release warrants a warning rather than a clean decision.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The user runs the CLI's Maven manifest or reachability-analysis command.
Impact
The extension runs in the user's Maven process; its opaque bytecode cannot be conclusively assessed by static source review.
Mechanism
Loads opaque Java bytecode as a Maven extension and uploads scan manifests.
AI rationale
No lifecycle hook, self-dependency, persistence, or hidden install-time behavior was found. The opaque executable JAR is deliberately invoked against a user project, so this release warrants a warning rather than a clean decision.
Evidence
dist/cli.jsdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar.socket.facts.json
Network endpoints1
api.socket.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 78.0% confidence as Unknown with high false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- A user-invoked Maven analysis loads the shipped Java archive as a Maven extension; the archive is executable bytecode and was not fully source-inspectable.
- The CLI uploads selected manifest files during a reachability scan to Socket's API.
Evidence against
- package.json defines command-line binaries but no preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare lifecycle hook.
- The Node launch wrapper only starts the package CLI with the user's arguments.
- The reported eval is terminal-capability compilation in bundled blessed code, not a hidden payload.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
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
2 Critical10 High8 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/vendor.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighEvalexternal/blessed/lib/tput.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/vendor.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@1.1.169.
See all versions of @socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @socketsecurity/cli-with-sentry@1.1.169 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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