--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@telemetry-tracker/core" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@telemetry-tracker/core/report.md" package: "@telemetry-tracker/core" report_status: "published" title: "@telemetry-tracker/core@1.5.3 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.5.3" --- # @telemetry-tracker/core@1.5.3 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 8 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 1.5.3 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The SDK's normal session flow sends user\_email to its configured ingest endpoint after identify() records an email, and client-side scrubbing is opt-in. This is identifying runtime telemetry, so it warrants a warning; the documented analytics purpose and app-triggered initialization do not establish malicious behavior. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-31T12:20:44.298Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-31T12:21:24.678Z - **Download time:** 760 ms - **Static scan time:** 49 ms - **AI review time:** 39570 ms - **Total time:** 40380 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Identifying runtime telemetry: session reports can include a user's email. - **Trigger:** The app calls init; after identify() supplies an email, session reporting sends it automatically. - **Impact:** A user's email may be sent to the analytics service along with session and device context. - **Evidence paths:** dist/index.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-31T12:21:24.678Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Session payloads include user\_email and are POSTed to the configured ingest URL. Client-side PII scrubbing is opt-in and does not guard this session payload. - **Rationale:** The SDK's normal session flow sends user\_email to its configured ingest endpoint after identify() records an email, and client-side scrubbing is opt-in. This is identifying runtime telemetry, so it warrants a warning; the documented analytics purpose and app-triggered initialization do not establish malicious behavior. - **Network endpoints:** https://api.telemetry-tracker.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Calling init starts a session, which posts session data to the configured ingest URL., Session payloads include user\_email when identify() has set an email; PII scrubbing is opt-in., The README describes the package as an error-tracking and product-analytics SDK. - **Evidence against:** The app must call init to start telemetry, and supplies the ingest URL., No install lifecycle scripts are declared., The README documents telemetry as the package's purpose and shows its own service as the example endpoint. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @telemetry-tracker/core@1.5.3. - Review the evidence and your use of @telemetry-tracker/core@1.5.3 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. ## Public findings ### 1. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. Medium: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/pii-scrub.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains a possible secret pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 23 ``` ### 3. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 4. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Calling init starts a session, which posts session data to the configured ingest URL. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript startSession(); installBrowserSessionLifecycle(); setWebVitalsCaptureEnabled(c.webVitals !== false); if (c.webVitals !== false) { i ``` ### 5. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Calling init starts a session, which posts session data to the configured ingest URL. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript async function postSession(cfg, endedAt) { if (!sessionId) return; try { const res = await fetch(ensureUrlFromCfg(cfg, "/ingest/session"), { method: ``` ### 6. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Session payloads include user\_email when identify() has set an email; PII scrubbing is opt-in. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript user_id: userId ?? undefined, user_email: userEmail ?? undefined, anonymous_id: getAnonymousId(), sdk_version: SDK_VERSION, country: device.country ?? ``` ### 7. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Session payloads include user\_email when identify() has set an email; PII scrubbing is opt-in. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript function resolveClientPiiScrub(cfg) { // Opt-in only: omitted / false / null → no client scrubbing. if (cfg?.piiScrub == null || cfg.piiScrub === false) return null; if (cfg.piiScrub === true) return {}; if (typ ``` ### 8. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** README.md - **Public source:** [View source]() The README describes the package as an error-tracking and product-analytics SDK. Public source snippet (untrusted): ````markdown # @telemetry-tracker/core Framework-agnostic browser/Node SDK: events, errors, sessions and Web Vitals. Part of [Telemetry Tracker](https://telemetry-tracker.com), open-source error tracking and product analytics. ## Install ```bash npm i @telemet ```` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 1 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 2 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1 ### Published dependency entries - web-vitals ^4.2.4 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @telemetry-tracker/core - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.5.3 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-30T14:32:50.610Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-05T13:13:26.896Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-31T12:21:24.678Z - **Known versions:** 2 - **Latest version:** 1.5.3 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Lightweight telemetry client: events, errors, sessions. Framework-agnostic core. - **Maintainers:** unjica - **Keywords:** telemetry, analytics, events, errors, tracking - **Artifact files:** 24 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 51,919 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()