registry / @theronap/cortex-mcp / 0.9.147
@theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.147
Renamed to @theronap/agnoclast-mcp — use that. Existing installs switch themselves to the new name on next start.
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package is not an install-hook malware package because its manifest has no automatic lifecycle script and its modifications require explicit CLI setup. Its broad recurring agent-hook, remote-skill, and session-upload behavior remains a real extension lifecycle risk that warrants a warning.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The user runs cortex-mcp setup or install, then uses a configured supported AI editor.
Impact
The configured agent can run package commands on editor events, transmit captured session content to Agnoclast, and receive organization-provided skill instructions.
Mechanism
Agent hook installation, session ingestion, and managed skill synchronization.
AI rationale
The package is not an install-hook malware package because its manifest has no automatic lifecycle script and its modifications require explicit CLI setup. Its broad recurring agent-hook, remote-skill, and session-upload behavior remains a real extension lifecycle risk that warrants a warning.
Evidence
lib/editors/claude.mjslib/capture.mjslib/skills.mjslib/editors/antigravity.mjs~/.claude.json~/.claude/settings.json~/.codex/config.toml~/.codex/hooks.json~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md~/.codex/skills/*/SKILL.md~/.cortex/antigravity-sync.sh~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.cortex.antigravity-sync.plist
Network endpoints1
agnoclast.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Explicit setup installs stop, session-start, and prompt hooks and adds MCP allow rules.
- The capture hook posts session-derived content with its bearer token to the Agnoclast API.
- Session-start repair downloads organization-supplied skill bodies and writes them into detected agent skill directories.
- The Antigravity adapter writes a launchd plist and executable sync script.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- Configuration changes are reached through explicit setup or install CLI commands, not package installation.
- The network base defaults to the package-aligned agnoclast.com host.
- Capture applies credential-shaped-string redaction before building its fallback transcript payload.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/capture.mjsView file
•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.137
matchedIdentity = npm:QHRoZXJvbmFwL2NvcnRleC1tY3A:0.9.137
similarity = 0.850
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
High
Previous Version Dangerous Delta
This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.
lib/capture.mjsView on unpkg1import { readFileSync, accessSync, constants, openSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs'
L2: import { spawn, execFileSync } from 'child_process'
L3: import { homedir } from 'os'
...
L17: if (!res.ok) return null
L18: const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
L19: return Array.isArray(j.types) ? j.types : null
...
L31: try {
L32: if (resolve(String(cwd)) === homedir()) return 'general'
L33: } catch { /* unresolvable path — fall through to basename */ }
...
L41: //
L42: // Handles the four remote forms git emits: scp-like ssh (git@github.com:o/n.git), ssh://, https://,
L43: // git://. The HOST CHECK IS LOAD-BEARING, not cosmetic: this string becomes a clearance key, and
Low
Weak Crypto
Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.
lib/capture.mjsView on unpkg · L1lib/editors/antigravity.mjs
Findings
4 High3 Medium5 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/uninstall.mjs
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencelib/editors/antigravity.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/diagnose.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/capture.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumInstall Persistencelib/editors/antigravity.mjs
LowScripts Present
LowWeak Cryptolib/capture.mjs
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.147.
See all versions of @theronap/cortex-mcp for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.147 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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