registry / @testsmith/api-spector-agent / 0.7.9
@testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.7.9
API Spector private runner: monitor internal/local APIs the cloud cannot reach, with no inbound connections.
AI Security Review
scanned 16d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and its entrypoint requires an explicitly configured service URL and token. The inspected polling, result reporting, and subprocess use are consistent with the private monitoring runner; the scanner signals alone do not establish malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user invokes the api-spector-agent CLI with APP_URL and an agent or runtime token configured.
Impact
No confirmed attack surface was established; the inspected network activity supports the package's stated monitoring function and uses caller-provided configuration.
Mechanism
The runner polls the configured service for due monitors, executes their requests, and posts the results back to that service.
AI rationale
The package manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and its entrypoint requires an explicitly configured service URL and token. The inspected polling, result reporting, and subprocess use are consistent with the private monitoring runner; the scanner signals alone do not establish malicious behavior.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes dist/index.cjs as the CLI and main entrypoint, with no lifecycle hook listed.
- The runner requires APP_URL and an AGENT_TOKEN or RUNTIME_TOKEN, then polls the configured service and posts monitor results there.
- The flagged child-process call is in bundled synchronous XMLHttpRequest support; inspected source shows it launching a Node subprocess to handle that request.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
CryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Oversized source lightweight scan
dist/index.cjs6.13 MB file, sampled 256 KB
Source & flagged code
8 flaggeddist/index.cjsView file
•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.cjs:
"Authorization",
"Proxy-Authorization",
get baseUrl() {
return this.baseUrl?.origin;
this[kProxyHeaders]["proxy-authorization"] = `Basic ${opts.auth}`;
this[kProxyHeaders]["proxy-authorization"] = opts.token;
this[kProxyHeaders]["proxy-authorization"] = `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${decodeURIComponent(username)}:${decodeURIComponent(password)}`).toString("base64")}`;
const existProxyAuth = headers && Object.keys(headers).find((key) => key.toLowerCase() === "proxy-authorization");
High
Credential Redirect Persistence
Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg247}, m7.utcOffset = function() {
L248: return 15 * -Math.round(this.$d.getTimezoneOffset() / 15);
L249: }, m7.diff = function(r64, d9, l9) {
...
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
...
L586: /**
L587: * @private
L588: * @param {function (Node):boolean} predicate
...
L993: function _xmlEncoder(c8) {
L994: return c8 == "<" && "<" || c8 == ">" && ">" || c8 == "&" && "&" || c8 == '"' && """ || "&#" + c8.charCodeAt() + ";";
L995: }
High
Command Output Exfiltration
Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.
Findings
4 High6 Medium4 Low
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.cjs
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.cjs
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
LowWeak Cryptodist/index.cjs
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @testsmith/api-spector-agent@0.7.9.
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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