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@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.709

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 flagged install hook implements a bounded PATH setup for the package's own CLI, and inspected networking and credential handling did not establish an attack. Mark clean.

Static reason

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

Trigger

npm postinstall during global installation when that executable directory is missing from PATH.

Impact

The package's own CLI becomes available in a later terminal session; no malicious effect was established.

Mechanism

The helper skips local installs and appends a marker-wrapped PATH entry to an applicable shell profile.

AI rationale

The flagged install hook implements a bounded PATH setup for the package's own CLI, and inspected networking and credential handling did not establish an attack. Mark clean.

Evidence

install-path.mjs

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

The postinstall hook runs a PATH setup helper, and that helper returns when the global bin directory is already on PATH.
The worker loads its configured worker key from the environment and local worker.env file.
The local API defaults to loopback, while the proxy routes requests only when shouldProxy approves the URL.
The provider setup source explicitly identifies cloud metadata hosts for protection.

Evidence against

Inspected sources show no concrete credential theft or exfiltration behavior.
The flagged metadata-host logic and proxy behavior are consistent with protecting configured model connections.
The client setup description identifies worker.env as being written only after the local API is usable.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

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

1854" Usage: gu-cli embed --model ~/mlx-models/Qwen3-Embedding-8B-4bit-DWQ [--port 8085] [--host 127.0.0.1]\n" + L1855: " (or set GONEXT_EMBED_MODEL). Then set the RAG embedding server URL to http://<host>:<port> in web Settings." L1856: ); ... L1863: const python = L1864: (process.env.GONEXT_PROBE_PYTHON ?? process.env.GONEXT_MLX_LM_PYTHON ?? "").trim() || L1865: "python3"; ... L1869: ); L1870: const child = spawn( L1871: 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 · L1854

client-expert-api.mjsView file

160child = shell L161: ? spawn(line, { cwd: apiDir, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"], shell: true }) L162: : spawn(cmd, args, { cwd: apiDir, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"], shell: false });

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

client-expert-api.mjsView on unpkg · L160

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.692 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRpZW5zLm5ndXllbi9ndS1jbGk:1.0.692 similarity = 0.784 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.

client-expert-api.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

HighShellclient-expert-api.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 Deltaclient-expert-api.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@1.0.709.

See all versions of @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.709 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-09 05:20:38.893Z (UTC).

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