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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibes.diy/api-svc/v/14.3.159"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibes.diy/api-svc/v/14.3.159.md"
package: "@vibes.diy/api-svc"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "14.3.159"
---

# @vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 14.3.159
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Inspected source indicates an explicitly invoked administrative avatar migration, not the exfiltration claimed by the scanner. A clean verdict requires citations for 153 paths, beyond the 128 citation limit, so the result remains manual review without a confirmed attack finding.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 76.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-19T21:41:14.313Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-19T21:41:45.001Z
- **Download time:** 2582 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2395 ms
- **AI review time:** 25709 ms
- **Total time:** 30688 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:** No confirmed attack surface was established in the inspected sources. The flagged avatar helper performs an administrative migration with a dry run by default and an explicit write option.

- **Trigger:** An operator runs the administrative avatar backfill command; writes require --apply.

- **Impact:** The inspected behavior updates avatar records as part of the migration; no unrelated credential transfer or destructive action was identified.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-19T21:41:45.001Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The helper fetches avatar data from the configured asset service, transforms images, and stores them in the service's object store and database.

- **Rationale:** Inspected source indicates an explicitly invoked administrative avatar migration, not the exfiltration claimed by the scanner. A clean verdict requires citations for 153 paths, beyond the 128 citation limit, so the result remains manual review without a confirmed attack finding.

- **Files touched:** package.json, usage-report/backfill-avatars.js, usage-report/usage-report-util.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://vibes.diy

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 76.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** package.json exposes the avatar backfill as an administrative command and defines no lifecycle hook., The backfill defaults to the Vibes service host and reads a database URL from the environment., The backfill defaults to a dry run; writes require the explicit --apply flag., The write path stores transformed avatar images and updates their corresponding avatar settings.

- **Evidence against:** The scanner labels the avatar helper as data exfiltration, but inspected code shows avatar retrieval and storage as part of an explicit migration workflow., A clean verdict requires citations for 153 distinct paths, exceeding the 128 citation limit; no independent attack behavior was established in the inspected sources.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159.

- Review the evidence and your use of @vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159 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. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 3. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 4. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 5. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** usage-report/backfill-avatars.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159/usage-report/backfill-avatars.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L2: import * as fs from "node:fs";
...
L24: NEON_DATABASE_ADMIN_URL   write connection (required for --apply)
L25: ASSET_FETCH_BASE          public host serving /assets/cid/ (default https://vibes.diy)
L26: --apply additionally shells out to \`wrangler r2 object put\` — wrangler must be
...
L37: throw new Error(`fetch ${row.getURL} returned ${res.status}`);
L38: const buf = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
L39: if (buf.byteLength !== row.size) {
...
L92: return Result.Err(`wrangler r2 object get exited ${res.status}`);
L93: if (res.stdout.equals(work.newBytes) === false)
L94: return Result.Err("stored avatar differs from transformed bytes");
...
L140: const apply = args.includes("--apply");
```

### 6. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 7. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 8. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** usage-report/r2-affected-apps.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159/usage-report/r2-affected-apps.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = usage-report/r2-affected-apps.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2493
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 9. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 10. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** intern/design-repair.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159/intern/design-repair.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4
```

### 11. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** intern/opens-check.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159/intern/opens-check.js>)

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 = @vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.125
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpYmVzLmRpeS9hcGktc3Zj:14.3.125
similarity = 0.775
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

### 12. Low: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 76.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@vibes.diy/api-svc@14.3.159/package.json>)

package.json exposes the avatar backfill as an administrative command and defines no lifecycle hook.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
"scripts": {
    "build": "core-cli tsc",
    "db:inspect": "tsx ./usage-report/inspect-db.ts",
    "journey": "tsx ./usage-report/user-journey.ts",
    "new-user-alert": "tsx ./usage-repo
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 36
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 36

### Published dependency entries
- @adviser/cement ~0.5.34 (Dependency)
- @adviser/scopey ~0.0.4 (Dependency)
- @cf-wasm/quickjs ~0.3.0 (Dependency)
- @cloudflare/workers-types ~5.20261011.1 (Dependency)
- @libsql/client ~0.18.0 (Dependency)
- @neondatabase/serverless ~1.2.0 (Dependency)
- @noble/hashes ~2.4.0 (Dependency)
- @shadcn/lint ~0.2.0 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/api-pkg 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/api-sql 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/api-types 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/call-ai-v2 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/identity 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/look 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/pouf 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/prompts 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/vibe-db-explorer 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/vibe-runtime 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- @vibes.diy/vibe-types 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- acorn ~8.17.0 (Dependency)
- acorn-jsx ~5.3.2 (Dependency)
- arktype ~2.2.6 (Dependency)
- call-ai 14.3.159 (Dependency)
- charwise ~3.0.1 (Dependency)
- cookie ~2.0.1 (Dependency)
- csv-parse ~7.0.3 (Dependency)
- drizzle-orm ~0.45.2 (Dependency)
- eslint ~9.39.5 (Dependency)
- jose ~6.2.12 (Dependency)
- mime ~4.1.0 (Dependency)
- multiformats ~14.0.5 (Dependency)
- parse5 ~8.0.1 (Dependency)
- random-words ~2.0.1 (Dependency)
- react ~19.2.8 (Dependency)
- react-dom ~19.2.8 (Dependency)
- sucrase ~3.35.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @vibes.diy/api-svc
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 14.3.159
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-10-19T21:39:27.188Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T06:23:45.274Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-05T00:05:48.112Z
- **Known versions:** 334
- **Latest version:** 14.3.274
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** WebSocket-based API for vibes.diy chat persistence and app deployment. Supports both HTTP POST and WebSocket connections using the same handler via the Evento event-driven framework.
- **Maintainers:** fastandfearless, jchris
- **Artifact files:** 1867
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,796,899 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@vibes.diy/api-svc/v/14.3.159>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/VibesDIY/vibes.diy>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/VibesDIY/vibes.diy#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/VibesDIY/vibes.diy/issues>)
