registry / @testsmith/api-spector-agent / 0.5.8
@testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.5.8
API Spector private runner: monitor internal/local APIs the cloud cannot reach, with no inbound connections.
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInstall metadata has no lifecycle hook, and runtime network use is gated on the operator's APP_URL and token. Script execution and result upload stay inside that configured monitoring flow.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A person runs the api-spector-agent binary with APP_URL and a runner token set.
Impact
No unsolicited install behavior, hidden recipient, or local credential harvest was found.
Mechanism
The process polls that host for due checks, runs them with the bundled request engine, and posts results back to the same host.
AI rationale
Install metadata has no lifecycle hook, and runtime network use is gated on the operator's APP_URL and token. Script execution and result upload stay inside that configured monitoring flow.
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 only declares a CLI bin and main entry at dist/index.cjs and has no install lifecycle scripts or dependencies.
- The process exits unless the operator supplies APP_URL and AGENT_TOKEN or RUNTIME_TOKEN, then polls only that configured host.
- Monitor results are posted back to the same APP_URL with the operator token; no other recipient is hardcoded.
Evidence against
- Monitor payloads can include pre-request and post-request scripts that the bundled engine runs in a vm sandbox after the operator starts the CLI.
- A bundled Electron helper can spawn an installer, but the agent path does not call it and the local secret store starts empty.
Behavioral surface
CryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggeddist/index.cjsView file
247}, m76.utcOffset = function() {
L248: return 15 * -Math.round(this.$d.getTimezoneOffset() / 15);
L249: }, m76.diff = function(r53, d75, l76) {
...
L356: * @see DOMParser.SupportedType.isHTML
L357: * @see https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/html IANA MimeType registration
L358: * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML Wikipedia
...
L578: /**
L579: * @private
L580: * @param {function (Node):boolean} predicate
...
L915: function _xmlEncoder(c70) {
L916: return c70 == "<" && "<" || c70 == ">" && ">" || c70 == "&" && "&" || c70 == '"' && """ || "&#" + c70.charCodeAt() + ";";
L917: }
High
Obfuscated Payload Loader
Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L247•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_trace_path_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
High
Semantic Analysis Limited
A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg247}, m76.utcOffset = function() {
L248: return 15 * -Math.round(this.$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@0.5.8.
See all versions of @testsmith/api-spector-agent 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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