--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vanillagreen/pi-questions" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vanillagreen/pi-questions/report.md" package: "@vanillagreen/pi-questions" report_status: "published" title: "@vanillagreen/pi-questions@2.0.4 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "2.0.4" --- # @vanillagreen/pi-questions@2.0.4 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk - **Selected version:** 2.0.4 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Automatic installation modifies Pi system prompt content through a package-marked instruction block. This creates a guarded extension lifecycle risk; inspected behavior does not establish a malicious attack. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 85.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-05T04:25:33.731Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-05T04:26:34.517Z - **Download time:** 1530 ms - **Static scan time:** 69 ms - **AI review time:** 59186 ms - **Total time:** 60786 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:** Automatic installation modifies Pi system prompt content through a package-marked instruction block. This creates a guarded extension lifecycle risk; inspected behavior does not establish a malicious attack. - **Trigger:** npm postinstall, with removal through preuninstall. - **Impact:** Question-tool guidance becomes persistent agent context without a separate setup command; other prompt content is preserved. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/append-system.mjs, instructions.md - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-05T04:26:34.517Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The lifecycle helper locates a Pi scope and appends package instructions to APPEND\_SYSTEM.md, including an existing user-directory fallback. - **Rationale:** Source inspection supports a guarded platform extension lifecycle warning, without confirmed malicious behavior. Citation issuance was attempted but the package tool transport was closed; source inspection succeeded through read-only filesystem commands. - **Files touched:** APPEND\_SYSTEM.md ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** package.json automatically runs scripts/append-system.mjs on postinstall and preuninstall., scripts/append-system.mjs writes instructions.md into a package-marked block in APPEND\_SYSTEM.md., Scope resolution includes managed installation roots and a fallback to an existing PI\_CODING\_AGENT\_DIR or ~/.pi/agent., The installer preserves surrounding content and removes its marked block during uninstall. - **Evidence against:** instructions.md contains question-tool usage guidance consistent with the registered runtime tool., Runtime answer forwarding is disabled by default; inspected activity publication uses an in-process broker., No runtime self-dependency, remote payload execution, or credential exfiltration was identified. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @vanillagreen/pi-questions@2.0.4. - Review the evidence and your use of @vanillagreen/pi-questions@2.0.4 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]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/append-system.mjs install ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/append-system.mjs install ``` ### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 4. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, preuninstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 2 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2 ### Published dependency entries - @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent \* (PeerDependency) - @earendil-works/pi-tui \* (PeerDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @vanillagreen/pi-questions - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.0.4 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-30T23:26:20.969Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-13T10:27:11.543Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-05T04:26:34.517Z - **Known versions:** 4 - **Latest version:** 2.0.4 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Pi extension for structured multi-tab inline questions and bridge-driven replies. - **Author:** vanillagreen - **Maintainers:** vanillagreencom - **Keywords:** pi-package, pi, coding-agent, questions, prompt - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.19.0 - **Artifact files:** 20 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 196,622 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()