registry / @uipath/rpa-tool / 1.200.0

@uipath/rpa-tool@1.200.0

Tool for creating and managing UiPath RPA projects

AI Security Review

scanned 28d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Inspection shows a first-party UiPath CLI with no lifecycle hooks and behavior limited to explicit project commands plus optional product telemetry. Child-process and network use is user-invoked and aligned with the stated RPA tooling purpose.

Static reason

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

Trigger

A user runs the rpa-tool binary or imports the packager or executor entry points.

Impact

No unconsented credential theft, remote payload execution, persistence, or agent control-surface mutation was found.

Mechanism

Commander registers project commands and may spawn local toolchain processes or send optional telemetry after startup.

AI rationale

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

package.json declares the rpa-tool bin at dist/index.js and has no preinstall, install, or postinstall scripts.
The CLI entry runs only when the binary is invoked, then registers Studio, restore, analyze, and build commands.
Packager code registers a workflow-compiler factory when that export is called.
Telemetry can be turned off with UIPATH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED and is not an install hook.

Evidence against

The CLI embeds a base64 Application Insights connection string used only after the tool starts.
Bundled code spawns local child processes such as dotnet and Helm for project compile and package work.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

NoLicense

scanned 4 file(s), 4.08 MB of source, external domains: alpha.uipath.com, api.nuget.org, cloud.uipath.com, dotnet.microsoft.com, fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com, github.com, govcloud.uipath.us, npm.pkg.github.com, pkgs.uipath.com, purl.org, schemas.microsoft.com, schemas.openxmlformats.org, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

dist/packager-tool.jsView file

Lines 1039-1079javascript

1039 }

1040 getProjectToolFactory(projectType) {

1041 const factory = this.projectFactoryMap.get(projectType);

1042 if (!factory) {

1043 throw new Error(`No tool factory found for project type '${projectType}'`);

1044 }

1045 return factory;

1046 }

1047 reset() {

1048 this.projectFactoryMap.clear();

1049 this.solutionFactory = null;

1050 }

1051}

1052var REGISTRY_KEY = Symbol.for("@uipath/solutionpackager-tool-core/toolsFactoryRepository");

1053var _global = globalThis;

1054if (!_global[REGISTRY_KEY]) {

1055 _global[REGISTRY_KEY] = new ToolsFactoryRepository;

1056}

1057var toolsFactoryRepository = _global[REGISTRY_KEY];

1058

1059// node_modules/@uipath/packager-tool-workflowcompiler/dist/index.js

1060import { execSync } from "node:child_process";

1061import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/packager-tool.jsView on unpkg · L1059

1062import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";

1063import { homedir, platform } from "node:os";

1064var de_default = {

1065 toolWorkflowcompiler: {

1066 lifecycle: {

1067 started: "[WorkflowCompiler] {operation} started",

1068 command: "[WorkflowCompiler] Command: {command}",

1069 completed: "[WorkflowCompiler] {operation} completed in {elapsed}ms with code: {errorCode}",

1070 cancelled: "[WorkflowCompiler] Operation cancelled"

1071 },

1072 errors: {

1073 processExited: "Process exited with code {exitCode}",

1074 failed: "[WorkflowCompiler] {operation} failed: {errorMessage}",

1075 processError: "[WorkflowCompiler] Process error: {message}",

1076 startFailed: "Failed to start workflow compiler: {message}",

1077 operationCancelled: "Operation cancelled",

1078 dotnetNotAvailable: "The .NET SDK 8.0 is required by the workflow compiler, but the 'dotnet' CLI was not found on PATH. Install SDK 8.0 from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0, then re-run this command."

1079 },

Lines 3999-4039javascript

3999 getOptionValueSource(key) {

4000 return this._optionValueSources[key];

4001 }

4002 getOptionValueSourceWithGlobals(key) {

4003 let source;

4004 this._getCommandAndAncestors().forEach((cmd)

Lines 11880-11920javascript

11880 } : {}

11881 };

11882 return enriched;

11883 }

11884 generateId() {

11885 const bytes = new Uint8Array(8);

11886

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @uipath/rpa-tool@1.202.1 matchedIdentity = npm:QHVpcGF0aC9ycGEtdG9vbA:1.202.1 similarity = 0.750 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

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

dist/packager-tool.jsView on unpkg

dist/tool.jsView file

44592const spawnEnv = needsCustomEnv ? { L44593: ...process.env, L44594: ...process.platform !== "win32" && { ... L44598: } : undefined; L44599: const child = spawn(exe, args, { L44600: detached: true, ... L44606: sleep(ms) { L44607: return new Promise((resolve4) => setTimeout(resolve4, ms)); L44608: },

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/tool.jsView on unpkg · L44592

•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/tool.js: InvalidBaseUrlError: () => InvalidBaseUrlError, async writeFile(filePath, data) { await fs62.writeFile(filePath, data); await fs62.writeFile(lockFile, ownerId, { flag: "wx" }); await this.writeFile(destEntry, content); throw new Error("No authorization code received"); await fs72.writeFile(tempPath, JSON.stringify(state)); baseUrl: credentials.UIPATH_URL,

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/tool.jsView on unpkg

dist/index.jsView file

Lines 18-58javascript

18 if (cached)

19 return cached;

20 }

21 target = mod != null ? __create(__getProtoOf(mod)) : {};

Source & flagged code

7 flagged · loading source

dist/packager-tool.jsView file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

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

dist/packager-tool.jsView on unpkg

1059// node_modules/@uipath/packager-tool-workflowcompiler/dist/index.js L1060: import { execSync } from "node:child_process"; L1061: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/packager-tool.jsView on unpkg · L1059

4019} L4020: const execArgv = process9.execArgv ?? []; L4021: if (execArgv.includes("-e") || execArgv.includes("--eval") || execArgv.includes("-p") || execArgv.includes("--print")) {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/packager-tool.jsView on unpkg · L4019

Findings

1 Critical6 High2 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/packager-tool.js

HighChild Processdist/packager-tool.js

HighShelldist/packager-tool.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/tool.js

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/tool.js

HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/index.js

HighBase64 Obscured Urldist/packager-tool.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

LowScripts Present

LowEval

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

LowNo License

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @uipath/rpa-tool@1.200.0.

See all versions of @uipath/rpa-tool for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @uipath/rpa-tool@1.200.0 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-26 03:29:15.443Z (UTC).

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