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@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.766

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

Source inspection found a global-install PATH helper and approval-gated project MCP servers, alongside ordinary worker authentication to the package’s configured API. The flagged behaviors do not establish a concrete attack, so this package is clean.

Static reason

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

Trigger

A global npm install when the package’s bin directory is not already on PATH.

Impact

The PATH change makes the installed CLI available in new shells. No confirmed credential theft, destructive behavior, or unconsented agent-control modification was found.

Mechanism

The install hook adds a marked PATH export to an applicable shell startup file; project MCP servers are gated by user approval.

AI rationale

Evidence

~/.zshrc~/.bashrc~/.bash_profile~/.profile~/.gonext/worker.env

Network endpoints1

chat-api-v2.gomarsic.cc

Decision evidence

public snapshot

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

Evidence for AI clean decision

The postinstall runs a PATH helper that skips local installs and appends the global bin directory to shell startup files.
MCP project servers are listed separately from user servers and require per-project approval before they are runnable.
The worker passes only runnable MCP servers into the agent configuration.
The fixed gateway is the package’s worker API; login validates a supplied worker key against that API before saving it.
The inspected local API process launch uses package-defined commands and arguments; no concrete malicious command chain was identified.
The flagged paths and network calls fit the CLI’s setup, worker, and proxy functions; inspection found no confirmed credential theft or agent-control hijack.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStrings

Source & flagged code

12 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-41json

2 "name": "@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli",

3 "version": "1.0.766",

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

5 "type": "module",

6 "license": "MIT",

7 "repository": {

8 "type": "git",

9 "url": "git+https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu.git"

10 },

11 "homepage": "https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu#readme",

12 "bugs": {

13 "url": "https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu/issues"

14 },

15 "bin": {

16 "gu-cli": "gu-cli.mjs",

17 "gu-local-worker": "gu-cli.mjs",

18 "gu": "gu-repl.mjs"

19 },

20 "scripts": {

21 "postinstall": "node install-path.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L21

22 "test": "python3 -m unittest discover tests -v && node --test",

23 "test:js": "node --test",

24 "test:keys": "node --test tests/key-choice-regression.test.mjs tests/coding-key-line.test.mjs tests/coding-key-picker.test.mjs tests/coding-key-prompt.test.mjs tests/coding-key-notice.test.mjs tests/coding-key-fallback-line.test.mjs tests/manage-coding-providers.test.mjs tests/add-coding-provider.test.mjs tests/coding-provider-setup.test.mjs",

25 "deploy:local": "npm install -g .",

26 "run": "gu-cli",

27 "publish:org": "npm publish --access public",

28 "preflight": "node scripts/preflight.mjs",

29 "test:e2e": "GONEXT_E2E=1 node --test tests/client-expert-e2e.test.mjs",

30 "test:linux": "bash scripts/e2e-linux.sh",

31 "test:rag": "node scripts/rag-e2e.mjs",

32 "test:ollama1-e2e": "GONEXT_OLLAMA1_LIVE=1 node --test --test-timeout=1800000 tests/ollama1-e2e.test.mjs",

33 "test:ollama1": "GONEXT_OLLAMA1_LIVE=1 python3 -m unittest discover tests -p \"test_ollama1_live.py\" -v",

34 "test:proxy": "python3 -m unittest discover tests -p \"test_proxy.py\" && node --test --test-timeout=30000 tests/proxy-config.test.mjs tests/proxy-transport.test.mjs tests/proxy-local-bypass.test.mjs tests/proxy-selftest.test.mjs tests/proxy-command.test.mjs",

35 "coverage": "node scripts/coverage.mjs",

36 "capture:cache": "GONEXT_OLLAMA1_LIVE=1 node scripts/capture-cache-fixture.mjs",

37 "test:cache-e2e": "GONEXT_OLLAMA1_LIVE=1 node --test --test-timeout=1800000 tests/prefix-cache-e2e.test.mjs",

38 "test:tokens": "python3 -m unittest discover tests -p \"test_cached_tokens.py\" -v && node --test tests/prefix-cache.test.mjs tests/agent-turn-shape.test.mjs",

39 "test:selection": "node --test tests/selection-scrollback.test.mjs tests/selection-while-thinking.test.mjs tests/terminal-selection.test.mjs tests/terminal-copy.test.mjs tests/terminal-viewport.test.mjs tests/hover-repaint.test.mjs",

40 "test:steps": "python3 scripts/py-tap.py tests/test_read_caps.py tests/test_trim_payback.py tests/test_explore.py tests/test_and_chains.py tests/test_edit_file_primary.py tests/test_bare_code_rescue.py tests/test_batching_rule.py tests/test_no_pdf_routing.py",

41 "check:image": "node scripts/image-paste-check.mjs",

proxy-selftest.mjsView file

Lines 175-215javascript

175 proxyFx.seen.length = 0;

176 const off = { ...proxy, enabled: false };

177 if (shouldProxy(`${MODEL_URL}/chat/completions`

gu-cli.mjsView file

Lines 1-38javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2/**

3 * Gu local worker:

4 * - `gu-cli set <workerKey> [--api-base URL]`

5 * writes ~/.gonext/worker.env

6 * - `gu-cli ws-ping-test` — POST worker ws-ping (needs GONEXT_* env)

7 * - `gu-cli simulate-chat [text]` — claim next chat job, push fake reply like the real worker (needs GONEXT_* env)

8 * - `gu-cli embed --model <mlx-embed-model> [--port 8085]` — run the MLX embeddings server (RAG); use a separate terminal

9 * - `gu-cli workspace add|remove|list …` — manage local code folders the agent may read/edit/test in

10 * - `gu-cli` — starts polling loop (claims jobs and runs models)

client-expert-api.mjsView file

Lines 154-194javascript

154 /**

155 * The shell form: ONE string, no args array.

156 *

157 * Node 22 prints DEP0190 — "Passing args to a child process with shell option true can

158 * lead to security vulnerabilities, as the arguments are not escaped, only concatenated" —

159 * and printed it in the middle of the Windows setup output, which reads like something

160 * went wrong. Node is right: with a shell, the array is concatenated anyway, so building

161 * the line explicitly is both quieter AND more honest about what runs. Safe because every

162 * argument here is a literal flag (asserted in the tests).

rag-selftest.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file

34function haystackFile(n) { L35: const lines = [`// Service module ${n}: request handling for the platform"s internal API.`];\n for (let i = 1; i <= 40; i++) {\n lines.push(\n `// helper ${i}: validates t... L36: // embedder is down" when it is simply a different path.\n const raw = String(s.ragEmbedUrl || "").replace(//+$/, "");\n embedUrl = raw && !//v1$/i.test(raw) ? `${raw}/v1` : ...

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

rag-selftest.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L34

gu-repl.mjsView file

•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. gu-repl.mjs: import { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, unlink, rename } from "node:fs/promises"; import { existsSync, statSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync, openSync, readSync, closeSync } from "node:fs"; import { createInterface } from "node:readline"; // A SELF-CONTAINED prompt: this runs before the REPL's readline (and its ask()) is // ONE readline for the whole first run: the mode question and the key prompt share it, // the REPL's own readline exists, so it owns the terminal here). const rl0 = (await import("node:readline")).createInterface({ // Exit AFTER the readline is closed, so the terminal is left in a usable state.

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

gu-repl.mjsView on unpkg

coding-provider-setup.mjsView file

Lines 1-32javascript

1/**

2 * Adding an OpenAI-compatible coding provider from the terminal (task #223).

3 *

4 * node --test tests/coding-provider-setup.test.mjs

5 *

6 * The DECISIONS live here and the presentation lives in gu-repl.mjs, the same split

7 * ollama-setup.mjs / reconfigureOllamaServer uses — so what a URL means and what a model list is

8 * worth can be tested without a terminal, and first-run setup and /model cannot disagree.

9 *

10 * WHY THE URL RULES ARE NOT ollama-setup's. normalizeOllamaUrl DISCARDS the path, and it is right

proxy-dispatcher.mjsView file

Lines 21-61javascript

21 * Not an optimisation — a new agent per request opens a new connection pool per request, and a

22 * proxy that authenticates then re-authenticates on every single call, which is both slow and a

23 * good way to trip an account lockout policy. Keyed by the dial string so changing the password

24 * produces a new agent rather than silently reusing the old credentials.

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

agent-stop.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 6

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

agent-stop.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

Source & flagged code

12 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

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

High

Findings

9 High6 Medium4 Low

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processgu-cli.mjs

HighShellclient-expert-api.mjs

HighSame File Env Network Executiongu-cli.mjs

HighCredential Redirect Persistencegu-repl.mjs

HighCloud Metadata Accesscoding-provider-setup.mjs

HighCopied Package Dependency Bridgeproxy-dispatcher.mjs

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedagent-stop.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltaclient-expert-api.mjs

MediumSecret Patternproxy-selftest.mjs

MediumDynamic Requirerag-selftest.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1

MediumNetwork

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.766.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-10-09 05:22:27.502Z (UTC).

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