--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibeapi/api-helper/v/0.0.141" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibeapi/api-helper/v/0.0.141.md" package: "@vibeapi/api-helper" report_status: "published" title: "@vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.141 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.0.141" --- # @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.141 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 — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 14 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Unknown - **Selected version:** 0.0.141 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **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. The new startup updater automatically replaces and reruns the globally installed CLI when a newer release is available, which is a meaningful default behavior users should know about. The update is for this package from configured registries, and the reviewed sources show no unrelated payload or concrete malicious activity, so this warrants a warning rather than a block. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-30T17:37:34.382Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-30T17:38:49.558Z - **Download time:** 1024 ms - **Static scan time:** 630 ms - **AI review time:** 73521 ms - **Total time:** 75176 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## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Default startup self-update can replace and run a newer version of the CLI during an ordinary command invocation. - **Trigger:** Running a command from a globally installed package, unless the command or environment opts out. - **Impact:** A registry release can change the code run by the user's next CLI invocation without an explicit update command. - **Evidence paths:** dist/lib/command.js, dist/lib/auto-update.js, dist/brand.json - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-30T17:38:49.558Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI checks configured registries, runs npm or pnpm global installation for a newer version, then reexecutes itself. - **Rationale:** The new startup updater automatically replaces and reruns the globally installed CLI when a newer release is available, which is a meaningful default behavior users should know about. The update is for this package from configured registries, and the reviewed sources show no unrelated payload or concrete malicious activity, so this warrants a warning rather than a block. - **Files touched:** ~/.vibecli/update-state.json (or the configured VIBECLI config directory), Global installation of @vibeapi/api-helper and its command shims - **Network endpoints:** npm.cnb.cool, registry.npmjs.org, registry.npmmirror.com, registry.yarnpkg.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Normal CLI commands call the new startup updater before command execution., For global installs, the updater installs a newer release with npm or pnpm and then reexecutes the CLI., The update notice says updating is in progress and that Ctrl+C cancels it., Runtime telemetry is described in the English locale and can be disabled with the package-prefixed environment variable. - **Evidence against:** The updater is limited to global installs and skips help, version, completion, update commands, and configured opt-outs., The updater uses configured package registries for this package; no unrelated downloaded payload or credential theft was identified., No install lifecycle hooks are declared in package.json. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.141. - Review the evidence and your use of @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.141 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: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/tools/desktop-process.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{spawnSync as e}from"child_process";import{logger as t}from"../../utils/logger.js";export const WINDOWS_PACKAGE_FAMILIES=["Claude_pzs8sxrjxfjjc","AnthropicPBC.Claude_fnn82j28... ``` ### 3. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/tools/tool-installs.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{spawnSync as t}from"child_process";import{existsSync as r,realpathSync as n,statSync as e}from"fs";import{delimiter as o,dirname as s,isAbsolute as i,join as a}from"path";im... ``` ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Medium: Install Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/persistent-env.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{chmodSync as t,existsSync as n,readFileSync as o,realpathSync as r,unlinkSync as e}from"fs";import{join as s}from"path";import{logger as i}from"../utils/logger.js";import{ge... ``` ### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/tools/claude-desktop-cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{execFileSync as e}from"child_process";import{createHash as t}from"crypto";import{createReadStream as r,createWriteStream as s,existsSync as o,readdirSync as i,readFileSync a... ``` ### 8. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/env-cleanup.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable persistence chain: scripts.start -> dist/cli.js -> dist/lib/command.js -> dist/lib/env-cleanup.js L1: import{existsSync as e,readFileSync as n,writeFileSync as r}from"fs";import{join as o}from"path";import{logger as t}from"../utils/logger.js";import{toolHome as s}from"./tools/types... ``` ### 9. High: Runtime Package Install - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/tools/tool-installs.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import{spawnSync as t}from"child_process";import{existsSync as r,realpathSync as n,statSync as e}from"fs";import{delimiter as o,dirname as s,isAbsolute as i,join as a}from"path";im... ``` ### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 11. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 12. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 85.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 13. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ### 14. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/auto-update.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.139 matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpYmVhcGkvYXBpLWhlbHBlcg:0.0.139 similarity = 0.988 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 7 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 16 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 7 ### Published dependency entries - @iarna/toml ^2.2.5 (Dependency) - chalk ^5.3.0 (Dependency) - commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency) - inquirer ^9.2.12 (Dependency) - js-yaml ^4.3.2 (Dependency) - ora ^8.0.1 (Dependency) - terminal-link ^5.0.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @vibeapi/api-helper - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.0.141 - **License:** UNLICENSED - **Version published:** 2026-10-29T05:02:12.531Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T02:03:44.650Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T20:13:37.212Z - **Known versions:** 81 - **Latest version:** 0.0.167 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** CLI tool for managing AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, AtomCode, Grok Build) with one unified config - **Author:** VibeAPI - **Maintainers:** nfeyre - **Keywords:** cli, coding, helper, tools, anthropic, claude, ai, assistant, claude-code, opencode - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 172 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 687,106 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()