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@titan-design/active-work@0.13.0

Durable workspace state for engineering work — CLI, MCP, and Claude skill for tracking initiatives across sessions

AI Security Review

scanned 15d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. On npm install, if ~/.claude already exists, the package replaces its own Claude Code skill directory and installs an /aw-prompt slash command without a separate consent prompt. The written content is the package's bundled skill and command, which tell Claude to drive the local active-work CLI.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

npm postinstall when the user home directory already contains .claude.

Impact

Claude Code will load this package's skill and slash command on later sessions. No secret theft or remote execution was found in that install path.

Mechanism

postinstall.js removes ~/.claude/skills/active-work, copies skill/, and copies aw-prompt.md into ~/.claude/commands.

AI rationale

The install hook writes this package's own Claude skill and slash command into the user Claude config whenever ~/.claude already exists, which is first-party agent extension setup rather than a hidden foreign takeover. The copied files stay inside the product's stated workspace-tracking behavior and do not fetch or run a remote payload.

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jsskill/SKILL.mdclaude-commands/aw-prompt.md~/.claude/skills/active-work~/.claude/commands/aw-prompt.md

Decision evidence

Source & flagged code

8 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/cli.jsView file

149Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> dist/cli.js L149: } L150: const cwd = path.resolve(process.cwd()); L151: if (isInside(cwd, from)) { ... L925: frontmatter: raw.frontmatter, L926: body: raw.body, L927: prefix ... L1650: } L1651: function parseWorktreePorcelain(stdout) { L1652: const out = []; ... L2177: function claudeProjectsRoot() { L2178: const override = process.env.CLAUDE_PROJECTS_ROOT; L2179: if (override && override.length > 0) {

High

Trigger Reachable Persistence

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L149

•matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = @titan-design/active-work@0.4.0 matchedPath = dist/cli.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.4.0 similarity = 0.708 shingleOverlap = 34 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @titan-design/active-work@0.8.0 matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.8.0 similarity = 0.667 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.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg

149} L150: const cwd = path.resolve(process.cwd()); L151: if (isInside(cwd, from)) { ... L925: frontmatter: raw.frontmatter, L926: body: raw.body, L927: prefix ... L1650: } L1651: function parseWorktreePorcelain(stdout) { L1652: const out = []; ... L2177: function claudeProjectsRoot() { L2178: const override = process.env.CLAUDE_PROJECTS_ROOT; L2179: if (override && override.length > 0) {

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L149

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

1// Copy the bundled Claude Code skill into ~/.claude/skills/active-work/ and the L2: // /aw-prompt slash command into ~/.claude/commands/ when ~/.claude exists. Skip L3: // silently otherwise. Fail-soft: never abort an npm install if a copy fails. L4: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, cpSync, copyFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'; L5: import { join, dirname } from 'node:path'; ... L12: const commandSource = join(__dirname, '..', 'claude-commands', 'aw-prompt.md'); L13: const claudeDir = join(homedir(), '.claude'); L14: const claudeSkillsDir = join(claudeDir, 'skills', 'active-work'); ... L29: } L30: mkdirSync(claudeSkillsDir, { recursive: true }); L31: cpSync(skillSource, claudeSkillsDir, { recursive: true }); L32: console.log(`active-work: installed Claude Code skill to ${claudeSkillsDi

Critical

Ai Agent Control Hijack

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

scripts/postinstall.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/chunk-M6HT7AHL.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/chunk-M6HT7AHL.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

8 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 27-67json

27 "engines": {

28 "node": ">=22"

29 },

30 "packageManager": "pnpm@10.28.1",

31 "scripts": {

32 "dev": "tsx src/cli.ts",

33 "build": "tsup && pnpm build:dashboard",

34 "build:cli": "tsup",

35 "build:dashboard": "vite build --config src/dashboard/vite.config.ts",

36 "gen:cli-reference": "pnpm build:cli && node scripts/gen-cli-reference.mjs",

37 "mine:session": "node tools/mine-session-signals.mjs",

38 "index:session": "node tools/build-session-index.mjs",

39 "mine:files": "node tools/mine-file-history.mjs",

40 "mine:drain": "node tools/mine-drain.mjs",

41 "mine:drain-eval": "node tools/eval-drain.mjs",

42 "export:aw-data": "node tools/export-aw-data.mjs",

43 "cost:rollup": "node tools/cost-rollup.mjs",

44 "eval:miner": "node tools/eval-miner.mjs",

45 "index:eval": "node tools/eval-session-index.mjs",

46 "check:tools": "for f in tools/*.mjs; do node --check \"$f\" || exit 1; done && node -e \"JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('tools/pricing/models.json','utf8'))\"",

47 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L47

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L47

48 "preuninstall": "node scripts/preuninstall.js",

49 "test": "vitest run",

50 "test:watch": "vitest",

51 "test:unit": "vitest run --project unit",

52 "test:integration": "vitest run --project integration",

53 "test:coverage": "vitest run --coverage",

54 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",

55 "lint": "eslint src __tests__ --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern",

56 "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\"",

57 "format:check": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\""

58 },

59 "devDependencies": {

60 "@eslint/js": "^9.39.4",

61 "@types/better-sqlite3": "^7.6.13",

62 "@types/node": "^22.10.5",

63 "@types/proper-lockfile": "^4.1.4",

64 "@types/react": "^19.2.14",

65 "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",

66 "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",

67 "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^3.2.7",

dist/cli.jsView file

Lines 129-169javascript

129}

130function yearMonth() {

131 const d = /* @__PURE__ */ new Date();

132 const y = d.

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1// Copy the bundled Claude Code skill into ~/.claude/skills/active-work/ and the

2// /aw-prompt slash command into ~/.claude/commands/ when ~/.claude exists. Skip

3// silently otherwise. Fail-soft: never abort an npm install if a copy fails.

4import { existsSync, mkdirSync, cpSync, copyFileSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';

5import { join, dirname } from 'node:path';

6import { homedir } from

dist/chunk-M6HT7AHL.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/chunk-M6HT7AHL.jsView on unpkg