---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@todoforai/cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@todoforai/cli/v/0.1.48.md"
package: "@todoforai/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@todoforai/cli@0.1.48 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.1.48"
---

# @todoforai/cli@0.1.48 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.1.48
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

The AI recommended clean, but the final policy action is warn. This report does not record a matching static-policy override reason.

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

This is a user-invoked TODOforAI CLI. Scanner hits come from a bundled syntax highlighter plus expected login, network, and bridge-spawn behavior. No install-time hook or covert exfiltration path was found.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-17T19:17:49.017Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-17T19:20:27.673Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 3516 ms
- **AI review time:** 154632 ms
- **Total time:** 158656 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:** This is a user-invoked TODOforAI CLI. Scanner hits come from a bundled syntax highlighter plus expected login, network, and bridge-spawn behavior. No install-time hook or covert exfiltration path was found.

- **Trigger:** The user runs todoforai-cli, tfa-cli, tfa-code, or todoai after install; npm install does not run package code.

- **Impact:** No confirmed attacker-controlled impact; dual-use shell and network calls stay inside the documented CLI product.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-17T19:20:27.673Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** No confirmed malicious attack surface

- **Rationale:** Scanner labels are noisy: the published artifact is a large CLI bundle with highlight.js keyword lists, plus user-invoked device login, first-party API calls, and optional bridge install. Those primitives match the product and do not form an unconsented install-time or covert attack chain.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Final policy explanation:** The AI recommended clean, but the final policy action is warn. This report does not record a matching static-policy override reason.

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** There are no install, preinstall, or postinstall scripts; the only extra script is a publisher-side prepublishOnly build., Default API and environment handling use first-party TODOforAI hosts and TODOFORAI settings., The CLI opens a device-login URL and polls for an issued API key; it does not read browser password stores., CI and TTY checks only skip the npm update notifier., child\_process use installs and starts the first-party todoforai-bridge when the user runs the CLI.

- **Evidence against:** When the bridge binary is missing, the CLI runs curl piped to sh against https://todofor.ai/bridge., The published bundle includes highlight.js keyword lists that made scanners report password, eval, and HTTP hits., The CLI writes API keys to a local TODOforAI credentials file and can spawn a detached bridge process.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @todoforai/cli@0.1.48.

- Review the evidence and your use of @todoforai/cli@0.1.48 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1919: }
L1920: exec(s) {
L1921: this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L26083: 
L26084: // node_modules/highlight.js/lib/languages/powershell.js
L26085: var require_powershell = __commonJS((exports, module) => {
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/bin/todoforai-cli.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: const dist = fileURLToPath(new URL("../dist/todoforai-cli.js", import.meta.url));
L10: await import(existsSync(src) && typeof Bun !== "undefined" ? src : dist);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. Critical: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution with blocking evidence.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L45066: // src/ensure-bridge.ts
L45067: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L45068: import fs2 from "fs";
...
L45070: import os2 from "os";
L45071: var INSTALLER_URL = "https://todofor.ai/bridge";
L45072: var INSTALL_PREFIX = process.env.TODOFORAI_PREFIX || path2.join(os2.homedir(), ".todoforai", "bin");
L45073: var INSTALL_TIMEOUT_MS = 90000;
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L45055: if (!content) {
L45056: process.stderr.write(`Error: Empty input
L45057: `);
...
L45066: // src/ensure-bridge.ts
L45067: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L45068: import fs2 from "fs";
...
L45070: import os2 from "os";
L45071: var INSTALLER_URL = "https://todofor.ai/bridge";
L45072: var INSTALL_PREFIX = process.env.TODOFORAI_PREFIX || path2.join(os2.homedir(), ".todoforai", "bin");
```

### 11. Critical: Browser Credential Phishing
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Source appears to collect browser login credentials for exfiltration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L309: if (lineHash.hasOwnProperty ? lineHash.hasOwnProperty(line) : lineHash[line] !== undefined) {
L310: chars += String.fromCharCode(lineHash[line]);
L311: } else {
...
L1919: }
L1920: exec(s) {
L1921: this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
...
L2089: props: ["language", "code", "autodetect"],
L2090: data: function() {
L2091: return {
...
L2287: deprecated("10.7.0", `Please use highlight(code, options) instead.
L2288: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/issues/2277`);
L2289: languageName = codeOrlanguageName;
```

### 12. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L309: if (lineHash.hasOwnProperty ? lineHash.hasOwnProperty(line) : lineHash[line] !== undefined) {
L310: chars += String.fromCharCode(lineHash[line]);
L311: } else {
...
L1919: }
L1920: exec(s) {
L1921: this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
...
L2089: props: ["language", "code", "autodetect"],
L2090: data: function() {
L2091: return {
...
L2287: deprecated("10.7.0", `Please use highlight(code, options) instead.
L2288: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/issues/2277`);
L2289: languageName = codeOrlanguageName;
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L309: if (lineHash.hasOwnProperty ? lineHash.hasOwnProperty(line) : lineHash[line] !== undefined) {
L310: chars += String.fromCharCode(lineHash[line]);
L311: } else {
...
L1919: }
L1920: exec(s) {
L1921: this.matcherRe.lastIndex = this.lastIndex;
...
L2089: props: ["language", "code", "autodetect"],
L2090: data: function() {
L2091: return {
...
L2287: deprecated("10.7.0", `Please use highlight(code, options) instead.
L2288: https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/issues/2277`);
L2289: languageName = codeOrlanguageName;
```

### 14. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/todoforai-cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@todoforai/cli@0.1.48/dist/todoforai-cli.js>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L26587: keyword: "and case default else elsif false if in import enherits node or true undef unless main settings $string ",
L26588: literal: "alias audit before loglevel noop require subscribe tag " + "owner ensure group mode name|0 changes context force incl lens load_path onlyif provider returns root show_dif...
L26589: built_in: "architecture augeasversion blockdevices boardmanufacturer boardproductname boardserialnumber cfkey dhcp_servers " + "domain ec2_ ec2_userdata facterversion filesystems l...
...
L42712: try {
L42713: cache = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(cacheFile, "utf8"));
L42714: } catch {}
...
L45066: // src/ensure-bridge.ts
L45067: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L45068: import fs2 from "fs";
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. 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.

### 18. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 6
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 2
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6

### Published dependency entries
- @agentclientprotocol/sdk ^1.4.0 (Dependency)
- @todoforai/update-notifier ^0.1.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- cli-highlight ^2.1.11 (Dependency)
- diff-match-patch ^1.0.5 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.18.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @todoforai/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.1.48
- **Version published:** 2026-09-17T19:05:26.534Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T09:42:33.661Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T23:17:59.572Z
- **Known versions:** 29
- **Latest version:** 0.1.65
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** CLI for \[TODOforAI\](https://todofor.ai) — create, watch, and inspect AI-powered todos.
- **Maintainers:** sixzero-tmp, sixzero
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 4
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,787,542 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@todoforai/cli/v/0.1.48>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/todoforai/cli>)
- [Homepage](<https://todofor.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/todoforai/cli/issues>)