@twing/cli@1.3.3

AI Security Review

scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The lifecycle hook is gated to global installation or an explicit machine-setup flag, but it can automatically configure machine-wide agent hooks. This warrants a warning for agent extension lifecycle risk; the inspected source does not establish a publish-blocking attack.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

The postinstall hook runs during a global npm install, or when invoked with the machine-setup flag.

Impact

Agent sessions on the machine may invoke twing hooks across repositories; the source does not show credential theft or destructive effects.

Mechanism

The setup writes Claude resolver wiring and installs OpenCode and Codex integrations that can run during agent sessions.

AI rationale

Evidence

postinstall.cjsdist/machine-setup.jsdist/codex-hooks.jsdist/enforce-hooks.jsdist/init.jsdist/resolve-hook.jsdist/opencode-plugin.jspackage.jsondist/opencode-adapter.jsdist/test-support.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The postinstall hook proceeds for global installs or when an explicit machine-setup flag is present; other installs exit early.
Machine setup wires Claude, OpenCode, and Codex integrations, then runs during the install setup path.
The global wiring adds hooks to Claude settings and installs OpenCode and Codex integrations.
The package describes its Codex integration as machine-wide and writes to Codex configuration.
The resolver supports machine-wide wiring, while init is presented as an onboarding step and repository hook generation is admin-driven.

Evidence against

The lifecycle gate excludes ordinary local and dependency installs; the setup is limited to global installs or an explicit machine-setup flag.
The inspected source does not establish credential theft, destructive behavior, or an unrelated remote payload.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork

Supply chain

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 9-38json

9 "bin": {

10 "twing": "./dist/index.js"

11 },

12 "main": "./dist/index.js",

13 "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",

14 "repository": {

15 "type": "git",

16 "url": "https://github.com/Twing-dev/twing-cli.git",

17 "directory": "packages/cli"

18 },

19 "files": [

20 "dist",

21 "postinstall.cjs",

22 "!dist/**/*.test.js",

23 "!dist/**/*.test.js.map",

24 "!dist/**/*.test.d.ts",

25 "!dist/**/*.test.d.ts.map"

26 ],

27 "scripts": {

28 "build": "tsc -b",

29 "postinstall": "node postinstall.cjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

30 "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",

31 "test": "node --test dist/*.test.js dist/*/*.test.js"

32 },

33 "dependencies": {

34 "@twing/core": "^1.3.3",

35 "web-tree-sitter": "^0.26.12"

36 }

37}

dist/opencode-adapter.jsView file

Lines 1-32javascript

1/**

2 * OpenCode -> twing-hook adapter.

3 *

4 * OpenCode plugins run inside the long-lived OpenCode process, while the

5 * existing twing client contract is one JSON payload per short-lived hook

6 * process. Keeping the translation here means OpenCode shares the exact Go

7 * gate, auth recovery, daemon protocol, and target-file repo resolution

8 * Claude already uses instead of growing a second implementation.

9 *

10 * Copied verbatim to `~/.twing/opencode/adapter.mjs` by `opencode-plugin.ts`,

dist/test-support.jsView file

Lines 14-54javascript

14import * as fs from "node:fs";

15import * as os from "node:os";

16import * as path from

dist/machine-setup.jsView file

Lines 1-24javascript

1/**

2 * Machine wiring shared by the one-step install and `twing init --ghuser`.

3 *

4 * Both leave a machine in the same state: the resolver wired into

5 * `~/.claude/settings.json`, the OpenCode plugin installed, and nothing

6 * installed into `~/.twing/lib`. The coordinator picks the version, so the CLI,

Critical

Ai Agent Control Hijack

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

dist/machine-setup.jsView on unpkg · L4

7 * hook binary and daemon arrive lazily the first time a session opens a repo

8 * that uses twing -- and version recovery keeps them current from then on.

dist/codex-hooks.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 8

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/codex-hooks.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/codex-hooks.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @twing/cli@0.2.26 matchedIdentity = npm:QHR3aW5nL2NsaQ:0.2.26 similarity = 0.486 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/codex-hooks.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

7 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.cjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.cjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/opencode-adapter.jsView file

12*/ L13: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; L14: import * as fs from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/opencode-adapter.jsView on unpkg · L12

Findings

1 Critical5 High4 Medium4 Low

CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackdist/machine-setup.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/opencode-adapter.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/test-support.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/codex-hooks.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/codex-hooks.js

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

Low

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @twing/cli@1.3.3.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-11 21:25:45.736Z (UTC).

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