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@socketsecurity/cli@1.4.0
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected behavior is consistent with the package's dependency-security CLI functionality. No concrete malicious chain was found; bundled command execution and generated functions have identifiable operational purposes.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Users invoke the CLI or package-manager wrappers; no automatic installation hook was found.
Impact
No concrete credential theft, malicious persistence, destructive action, or agent control hijacking was established.
Mechanism
The CLI starts bundled code and analysis tools, uses a configurable Socket API client, and sanitizes telemetry arguments.
AI rationale
Inspected behavior is consistent with the package's dependency-security CLI functionality. No concrete malicious chain was found; bundled command execution and generated functions have identifiable operational purposes.
Network endpoints1
api.socket.dev/v0/
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines CLI entrypoints without install lifecycle hooks or a runtime self-dependency.
- bin/cli.js forwards user arguments to the bundled CLI.
- The terminal library compiles formatting functions; bundled vendor code generates schema validators.
- The packing library runs directory packing hooks only when scripts are enabled.
- Maven analysis explicitly loads the bundled extension, whose archive contains dependency and workspace record engines.
- CLI telemetry sanitizes API token arguments before submission.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
17 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 Critical9 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
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
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/vendor.js
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @socketsecurity/cli@1.4.0.
See all versions of @socketsecurity/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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