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@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.698

Gu CLI — the gu terminal plus the local worker that runs agent / OCR / PDF / embedding jobs on your Mac (Ollama / MLX / OpenAI-compatible).

AI Security Review

scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The inspected source supports ordinary CLI setup and operation. The flagged lifecycle, network, and process primitives do not establish concrete attack behavior.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Global npm installation activates the postinstall hook; other reviewed behaviors activate during CLI operations.

Impact

No concrete malicious impact was established from the inspected source.

Mechanism

The installer skips local installs and adds the global bin directory to a shell path when needed. Provider validation rejects metadata and link-local targets; the reviewed process and network calls serve log output, proxy routing, or a timed probe.

AI rationale

The inspected source supports ordinary CLI setup and operation. The flagged lifecycle, network, and process primitives do not establish concrete attack behavior.

Evidence

package.jsoninstall-path.mjsgu-cli.mjscoding-provider-setup.mjsproxy-dispatcher.mjsclient-expert-run.mjs

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 89.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

`package.json` defines `postinstall` as a call to `install-path.mjs`.
The installer skips local installs and explicitly local configurations before changing the shell path.
The flagged child-process import is used to start `tail` for log output.
Provider URL validation rejects cloud metadata and link-local addresses.
The proxy dispatcher sends requests directly when the configured proxy rules do not apply.
The client probe makes a timed fetch and checks the response status.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 39 file(s), 1.34 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.moonshot.ai, api.openai.com, chat-api-v2.gomarsic.cc, deb.nodesource.com, docker.com, gu-api-packages.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com, hwohu56e8d.execute-api.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com, model.invalid, ollama1.gomarsic.cc, pgp.mongodb.com, registry.npmjs.org, repo.mongodb.org, your-ollama.example.com

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node install-path.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

proxy-selftest.mjsView file

195patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 195

Medium

Secret Pattern

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

proxy-selftest.mjsView on unpkg · L195

gu-cli.mjsView file

18import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises"; L19: import { execFile as execFileCallback, spawn } from "node:child_process"; L20: import { createHash } from "node:crypto";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

gu-cli.mjsView on unpkg · L18

96gu-cli clear [--scratch|--keep-history] [--yes] # back to a fresh machine (asks first) L97: gu-cli fix-powershell [--check] # Windows: drop PowerShell's built-in \`gu\` alias L98: # (it is Get-Unique and shadows this CLI)

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

gu-cli.mjsView on unpkg · L96

1810" Usage: gu-cli embed --model ~/mlx-models/Qwen3-Embedding-8B-4bit-DWQ [--port 8085] [--host 127.0.0.1]\n" + L1811: " (or set GONEXT_EMBED_MODEL). Then set the RAG embedding server URL to http://<host>:<port> in web Settings." L1812: ); ... L1819: const python = L1820: (process.env.GONEXT_PROBE_PYTHON ?? process.env.GONEXT_MLX_LM_PYTHON ?? "").trim() || L1821: "python3"; ... L1825: ); L1826: const child = spawn( L1827: python,

High

Same File Env Network Execution

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

gu-cli.mjsView on unpkg · L1810

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.692 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRpZW5zLm5ndXllbi9ndS1jbGk:1.0.692 similarity = 0.865 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.

gu-cli.mjsView on unpkg

coding-provider-setup.mjsView file

12* a log means the box. An OpenAI-compatible provider is the opposite — the path is part of the L13: * address. https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 is OpenRouter's documented base, and dropping the /api L14: * from it 404s every call. So this keeps the path and mirrors the API's normalizeOpenAiV1Root ... L47: if (a === 169 && b === 254) return "link-local"; // includes 169.254.169.254 (IMDS) L48: if (a === 10) return "private"; L49: if (a === 172 && b >= 16 && b <= 31) return "private";

High

Cloud Metadata Access

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

coding-provider-setup.mjsView on unpkg · L12

proxy-dispatcher.mjsView file

41package = @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli; repositoryIdentity = gu; dependency = undici L41: try { L42: ({ ProxyAgent: ProxyAgentCtor } = await import("undici")); L43: } catch (err) {

High

Copied Package Dependency Bridge

Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge.

proxy-dispatcher.mjsView on unpkg · L41

gonext_transcribe.pyView file

•path = gonext_transcribe.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 4248 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

gonext_transcribe.pyView on unpkg

client-expert-run.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

client-expert-run.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node install-path.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

proxy-selftest.mjsView file

195patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 195

Medium

Secret Pattern

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

proxy-selftest.mjsView on unpkg · L195

gu-cli.mjsView file

High

Findings

8 High5 Medium4 Low

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processgu-cli.mjs

HighShellgu-cli.mjs

HighSame File Env Network Executiongu-cli.mjs

HighCloud Metadata Accesscoding-provider-setup.mjs

HighCopied Package Dependency Bridgeproxy-dispatcher.mjs

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedclient-expert-run.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltagu-cli.mjs

MediumSecret Patternproxy-selftest.mjs

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helpergonext_transcribe.py

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.698.

See all versions of @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-09 05:19:14.784Z (UTC).

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