@socketsecurity/cli@1.1.171
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source shows normal user-invoked CLI and Maven-extension behavior but leaves an executable bundled archive outside source-level verification. This warrants a warning rather than a block because no automatic installation trigger or concrete attack was found.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the Maven manifest functionality.
Impact
The extension runs in the user's Maven project context; its behavior remains unresolved.
Mechanism
Loads a bundled Maven extension and starts CLI child processes.
AI rationale
The source shows normal user-invoked CLI and Maven-extension behavior but leaves an executable bundled archive outside source-level verification. This warrants a warning rather than a block because no automatic installation trigger or concrete attack was found.
Evidence
dist/cli.jsdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 72.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The user-invoked Maven manifest path loads a bundled Java archive into Maven.
- The CLI launches a child process with the caller environment.
- Bundled terminal code dynamically constructs functions.
- Bundled dependencies include child-process and HTTP client primitives.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The archive is reached from an explicit Maven manifest command, not package installation.
- No concrete credential theft, stealth persistence, or destructive behavior was established from inspected source.
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@1.1.171.
See all versions of @socketsecurity/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @socketsecurity/cli@1.1.171 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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