--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibeapi/api-helper/v/0.0.144" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibeapi/api-helper/v/0.0.144.md" package: "@vibeapi/api-helper" report_status: "published" title: "@vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.144 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.0.144" --- # @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.144 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:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 0.0.144 - **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 CLI sends runtime telemetry by default, including command events and platform/runtime identifiers, without a README disclosure found in the package. The opt-out and limited event collection reduce the risk, so this is suspicious telemetry rather than a confirmed data-exfiltration attack. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-30T17:37:34.887Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-30T17:38:29.809Z - **Download time:** 520 ms - **Static scan time:** 641 ms - **AI review time:** 53760 ms - **Total time:** 54922 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:** Undisclosed, on-by-default runtime usage telemetry. - **Trigger:** Running the CLI; telemetry is flushed before the CLI exits. - **Impact:** Usage and runtime metadata are sent without an evident disclosure in the package README; users can disable telemetry with TELEMETRY=0, false, or off. - **Evidence paths:** dist/cli.js, dist/lib/command.js, dist/lib/telemetry.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-30T17:38:29.809Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Collects command events and package, platform, runtime, and install identifiers, then posts batches to the configured API base URL. - **Rationale:** The CLI sends runtime telemetry by default, including command events and platform/runtime identifiers, without a README disclosure found in the package. The opt-out and limited event collection reduce the risk, so this is suspicious telemetry rather than a confirmed data-exfiltration attack. - **Network endpoints:** Configured API base URL: /api/platform/vibecode/telemetry ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Runtime telemetry is enabled by default; setting TELEMETRY to 0, false, or off disables it. Telemetry headers include an install ID and platform/runtime identifiers., CLI use records command events and sends pending telemetry before exit; events can include command details and masked error messages., Telemetry batches are posted to /api/platform/vibecode/telemetry using the configured API base URL. - **Evidence against:** The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook., The package is a CLI for managing AI coding assistants, and the observed telemetry is tied to CLI command use., Command-start telemetry filters out non-flag arguments and flags whose names contain “key”; the code also masks home paths and common token formats in errors. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.144. - Review the evidence and your use of @vibeapi/api-helper@0.0.144 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 n,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/tools/claude-desktop.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 = 0.951 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:** 0.0.144 - **License:** UNLICENSED - **Version published:** 2026-10-30T07:55:52.531Z - **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:** 688,372 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()