registry / @testsmith/api-spector-agent / 0.5.3
@testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.5.3
API Spector private runner: monitor internal/local APIs the cloud cannot reach, with no inbound connections.
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a bundled private API-monitoring runner with user-configured outbound polling. Static inspection found no install hook, hidden payload execution, persistence, or concrete malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Explicit execution of the api-spector-agent CLI with APP_URL and an authentication token.
Impact
It can access APIs reachable from the host as requested by configured monitoring jobs; no unconsented install-time behavior was found.
Mechanism
Polls the configured service for API-monitoring jobs and posts results.
AI rationale
This is a bundled private API-monitoring runner with user-configured outbound polling. Static inspection found no install hook, hidden payload execution, persistence, or concrete malicious behavior.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a CLI entry point and contains no npm lifecycle script.
- The CLI requires user-supplied endpoint and token variables before polling for monitor work.
- The VM finding is a bounded test-script sandbox with a five-second timeout, not an obfuscated payload loader.
Evidence against
- No preinstall, install, postinstall, or self-dependency chain is present.
- No hidden downloader, shell execution, persistence, or broad filesystem mutation was found.
- Outbound requests and returned monitor data are part of the explicitly invoked private API-monitoring runner.
Behavioral surface
CryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/index.cjsView file
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L248: return 15 * -Math.round(this.$d.getTimezoneOffset() / 15);
L249: }, m76.diff = function(r53, d75, l76) {
...
L356: * @see DOMParser.SupportedType.isHTML
L357: * @see https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/html IANA MimeType registration
L358: * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML Wikipedia
...
L578: /**
L579: * @private
L580: * @param {function (Node):boolean} predicate
...
L915: function _xmlEncoder(c70) {
L916: return c70 == "<" && "<" || c70 == ">" && ">" || c70 == "&" && "&" || c70 == '"' && """ || "&#" + c70.charCodeAt() + ";";
L917: }
High
Obfuscated Payload Loader
Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L247•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_trace_path_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
High
Semantic Analysis Limited
A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg247}, m76.utcOffset = function() {
L248: return 15 * -Math.round(this.$d.getTimezoneOffset() / 15);
L249: }, m76.diff = function(r53, d75, l76) {
...
L356: * @see DOMParser.SupportedType.isHTML
L357: * @see https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/html IANA MimeType registration
L358: * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML Wikipedia
...
L578: /**
L579: * @private
L580: * @param {function (Node):boolean} predicate
...
L915: function _xmlEncoder(c70) {
L916: return c70 == "<" && "<" || c70 == ">" && ">" || c70 == "&" && "&" || c70 == '"' && """ || "&#" + c70.charCodeAt() + ";";
L917: }
Findings
2 High6 Medium4 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/index.cjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/index.cjs
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextdist/index.cjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumOversized Source Filedist/index.cjs
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/index.cjs
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.5.3.
See all versions of @testsmith/api-spector-agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.5.3 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.
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