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@velaro/cli@1.4.80
Velaro Workspace v20 — command-line interface for managing bots, knowledge base ingestion, MCP API keys, search indexes, and ops health.
AI Security Review
scanned 25d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected source shows the install hook imports a banner helper, while the flagged screenshot and update behaviors run through user-invoked CLI commands. Their observed credentials and network use support the package’s Velaro administration features, with no confirmed attack behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The screenshot behavior requires the user to invoke the article screenshot command; the update check runs when the update command is invoked.
Impact
No unrelated credential exfiltration, consumer policy mutation, or other confirmed attack surface was established.
Mechanism
The screenshot flow authenticates to a staging application, processes an image with a fixed Python script, then uploads it and updates the specified Velaro article. The update command fetches the latest version from the npm registry and installs it globally when needed.
AI rationale
Inspected source shows the install hook imports a banner helper, while the flagged screenshot and update behaviors run through user-invoked CLI commands. Their observed credentials and network use support the package’s Velaro administration features, with no confirmed attack behavior.
Evidence
package.jsonlib/kb-screenshot.jslib/commands/update.jslib/commands/article.js
Network endpoints2
help.velaro.comregistry.npmjs.org/@velaro/cli/latest
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines a postinstall hook that imports a banner helper.
- The screenshot feature is explicitly invoked through the article screenshot command and obtains credentials through Azure Key Vault when needed.
- Image upload targets the Velaro admin API; the flagged update command contacts the npm registry only when its handler runs.
Evidence against
- The screenshot helper is used by a documented, user-invoked workflow that captures a staging page and updates a specified knowledge-base article.
- The subprocess processes screenshots with a fixed Python script and argument list; no shell execution or unrelated command-output exfiltration is established.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
9 flaggedpackage.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•Remote tarball dependency specs: xlsx@https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/xlsx-0.20.3.tgz
Medium
Remote Tarball Dependency
Package manifest contains a dependency pinned to a remote tarball URL.
package.jsonView on unpkglib/kb-screenshot.jsView file
Findings
8 High5 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processlib/kb-screenshot.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executionlib/kb-screenshot.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationlib/commands/update.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationlib/commands/update.js
HighRuntime Package Installlib/commands/update.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/kb-screenshot.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumRemote Tarball Dependency
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @velaro/cli@1.4.80.
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