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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli/v/1.0.850"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli/v/1.0.850.md"
package: "@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.0.850"
---

# @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 21 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.0.850
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The scanner’s credential-redirection concern was not supported by the inspected source: model-server keys are requested for a typed public host, and worker credentials use a configured worker API. The postinstall PATH adjustment and reviewed agent configuration code are consistent with the package’s CLI functions.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-19T14:54:04.123Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-19T14:55:21.649Z
- **Download time:** 1036 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4485 ms
- **AI review time:** 72004 ms
- **Total time:** 77526 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No confirmed attack surface was identified in the inspected source. The lifecycle helper adjusts the user’s shell PATH, while the reviewed credential and agent configuration flows are tied to named or configured destinations.

- **Trigger:** Package installation runs the postinstall PATH helper; runtime configuration occurs through CLI setup flows.

- **Impact:** The reviewed behavior supports package setup and model connections; no concrete unauthorized credential transfer or agent configuration abuse was established.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-19T14:55:21.649Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The helper may add the global binary directory to a shell startup file. Model-server keys are requested for typed public addresses, and worker credentials use a configured API base.

- **Rationale:** The scanner’s credential-redirection concern was not supported by the inspected source: model-server keys are requested for a typed public host, and worker credentials use a configured worker API. The postinstall PATH adjustment and reviewed agent configuration code are consistent with the package’s CLI functions.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The postinstall invokes a PATH setup helper; its main routine skips Windows and CI., The flagged hooks and MCP locations identify configuration paths; inspected code reads and manages user or project configuration through explicit CLI flows., Model-server API keys are requested for a named public address and used to list models from that server., The default model address is displayed as the address Enter keeps; the inspected key prompt is tied to typed public addresses., The worker API base and key come from configuration, and the default login service is the package’s worker API., The other flagged files implement ordinary provider URL checks, proxy routing, MongoDB setup, and stopping ended agent jobs.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850.

- Review the evidence and your use of @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node install-path.mjs
```

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** proxy-selftest.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/proxy-selftest.mjs>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 195
```

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** mongo-native.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/mongo-native.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18: */
L19: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L20: import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** mongo-native.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/mongo-native.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L93: export const HOMEBREW_INSTALL_COMMAND =
L94: "/bin/bash -c \"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.[redacted].sh)\"";
L95:
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** mongo-native.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/mongo-native.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L46: export async function mongoAnswers(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 27017, timeoutMs = 3000) {
L47: const net = await import("node:net");
L48: return new Promise((resolve) => {
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** browser-bridge.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/browser-bridge.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: // The browser bridge (task #363, GitHub #144): the gu Chrome extension holds a WebSocket to this
L3: // process, and the agent's browser tool (a new Python process every turn) sends it commands over
...
L25: export function statePath() {
L26: return process.env.GU_BROWSER_STATE || join(homedir(), ".gonext", "browser-bridge.json");
L27: }
...
L30: export function encodeFrame(text, opcode = 1) {
L31: const payload = Buffer.isBuffer(text) ? text : Buffer.from(text);
L32: const n = payload.length;
...
L114: pending.set(id, { resolve, timer });
L115: ext.socket.write(encodeFrame(JSON.stringify({ ...cmd, id })));
L116: });
```

### 8. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 9. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** mongo-native.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/mongo-native.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L161: if (!brew) return false;
L162: return (await run(brew, ["trust", "--help"], { env: { ...process.env, HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1" } })) === 0;
L163: }
L164: 
L165: /** Homebrew's own one-line installer (https://brew.sh) — it asks for the password itself. */
L166: export const HOMEBREW_INSTALL_COMMAND =
L167: '/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.[redacted].sh)"';
L168:
```

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** gu-cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/gu-cli.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
gu-cli.mjs:
import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, stat, unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync } from "node:fs";
await writeFile(
// an API key we deliberately don't hold, so an unauthenticated probe returns 401 and
const { createInterface } = await import("node:readline/promises");
const { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync } = await import("node:fs");
const rlp = (await import("node:readline")).createInterface({
writeFileSync(profilePath, next, "utf8");
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** gu-cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/gu-cli.mjs>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L19: import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, stat, unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
L20: import { execFile as execFileCallback, spawn } from "node:child_process";
L21: import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
...
L78: // often has no node on PATH.
L79: process.env.GU_NODE ||= process.execPath;
L80: 
L81: // Running worker version, read from the package's own package.json (single source of
L82: // truth) so the startup banner shows exactly which build a box is running (task #105).
...
L93: 
L94: const ENV_FILE = join(homedir(), ".gonext", "worker.env");
L95: const preloadedWorkerKey = String(process.env.GONEXT_WORKER_KEY ?? "").trim();
...
L152: Examples:
```

### 14. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** coding-provider-setup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/coding-provider-setup.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: * 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";
```

### 15. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** proxy-dispatcher.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/proxy-dispatcher.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli; repositoryIdentity = gu; dependency = undici
L51: try {
L52: ({ ProxyAgent: ProxyAgentCtor } = await import("undici"));
L53: } catch (err) {
```

### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** gonext\_transcribe.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/gonext_transcribe.py>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

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

### 19. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** agent-stop.mjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/agent-stop.mjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 9
```

### 21. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** gu-repl.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.850/gu-repl.mjs>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli@1.0.849
matchedIdentity = npm:QHRpZW5zLm5ndXllbi9ndS1jbGk:1.0.849
similarity = 0.977
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 4
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 4

### Published dependency entries
- dotenv ^16.4.5 (Dependency)
- express ^4.21.0 (Dependency)
- openai ^4.77.0 (Dependency)
- undici ^7.29.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @tiens.nguyen/gu-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.850
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-19T14:50:54.244Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-12T10:02:50.226Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-23T04:09:31.083Z
- **Known versions:** 97
- **Latest version:** 1.0.871
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Gu CLI — the gu terminal plus the local worker that runs agent / OCR / PDF / embedding jobs on your Mac (Ollama / MLX / OpenAI-compatible).
- **Maintainers:** tiens.nguyen
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 109
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,471,974 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@tiens.nguyen/gu-cli/v/1.0.850>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/tiennsloit/gu/issues>)
