@theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.188
Renamed to @theronap/agnoclast-mcp — use that. Existing installs switch themselves to the new name on next start.
Connect your AI assistant to Cortex — your org's projects, activity, gaps, and directives, scoped to you.
AI Security Review
scanned 25d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no npm install lifecycle hook, and the inspected configuration changes are reached through explicit CLI operations. Because those operations set up package-owned agent integrations, this is a warning-level capability; the inspected source does not establish a concrete attack.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The user invokes the package’s setup or install command; uninstall configuration changes require invoking uninstall.
Impact
These operations change agent configuration and can enable the package’s Cortex integration. No concrete malicious behavior or unrelated credential exposure was established.
Mechanism
Setup wires the Cortex MCP service into assistant configuration, and the skill installer writes bundled skills into detected assistant directories. Antigravity setup writes a sync script and LaunchAgent plist but reports that a separate launchctl action is needed to activate it.
AI rationale
The package has no npm install lifecycle hook, and the inspected configuration changes are reached through explicit CLI operations. Because those operations set up package-owned agent integrations, this is a warning-level capability; the inspected source does not establish a concrete attack.
Evidence
bin/cortex-mcp.mjslib/setup.mjslib/editors/codex.mjslib/editors/cursor.mjslib/skills.mjslib/editors/antigravity.mjspackage.jsonlib/uninstall.mjslib/working_files.mjslib/capture.mjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest lists release, promote, and rollback scripts, with no install lifecycle hook.
- The CLI calls setup and install through explicit commands.
- Setup writes Cortex MCP configuration into the user’s Claude configuration.
- The Codex adapter detects the user’s Codex directory; its configuration behavior is part of the package’s agent integration.
- The Cursor adapter detects the user’s Cursor directory and describes its capture hook behavior.
- The skills installer targets detected Claude and Codex directories.
- Uninstall is an explicit CLI operation and supports a dry run.
- Transcript lookup defaults to the user’s Claude projects directory.
Evidence against
- The inspected setup and agent configuration changes are reached through user-invoked CLI commands, not npm install hooks.
- The integrations configure this package’s Cortex service; inspected source does not establish a foreign-agent control hijack or unrelated credential recipient.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCrypto
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/capture.mjsView file
•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @theronap/cortex-mcp@0.9.150
matchedIdentity = npm:QHRoZXJvbmFwL2NvcnRleC1tY3A:0.9.150
similarity = 0.826
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'
...
L21: if (!res.ok) return null
L22: const j = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
L23: return Array.isArray(j.types) ? j.types : null
...
L35: try {
L36: if (resolve(String(cwd)) === homedir()) return 'general'
L37: } catch { /* unresolvable path — fall through to basename */ }
...
L45: //
L46: // Handles the four remote forms git emits: scp-like ssh (git@github.com:o/n.git), ssh://, https://,
L47: // 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 Limitedbin/cortex-mcp.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@0.9.188.
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