--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@volter/supercode" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@volter/supercode/v/0.5.223.md" package: "@volter/supercode" report_status: "published" title: "@volter/supercode@0.5.223 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.5.223" --- # @volter/supercode@0.5.223 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:** 0.5.223 - **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. LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Installation can trigger a guarded migration of an existing Supercode Teams service through a native dependency. This establishes a package-owned lifecycle risk, but no confirmed malicious attack. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-06T21:24:29.514Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-06T21:25:15.622Z - **Download time:** 1546 ms - **Static scan time:** 66 ms - **AI review time:** 44495 ms - **Total time:** 46108 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:** Installation can trigger a guarded migration of an existing Supercode Teams service through a native dependency. This establishes a package-owned lifecycle risk, but no confirmed malicious attack. - **Trigger:** npm postinstall when this is the machine’s active Supercode installation and a matching service references another Teams entry. - **Impact:** An installation may change the existing agent service through native behavior unavailable for inspection in this snapshot. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, lib/release.mjs - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-06T21:25:15.622Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Read existing package-owned service units and invoke \_\_teams-follow-release using the platform-specific native executable. - **Rationale:** The source establishes guarded, automatic package-owned agent service migration, which warrants a lifecycle-risk warning under the supplied policy. No inspected behavior supports blocking as malware. ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** package.json automatically runs lib/release.mjs after installation., The hook requires a package-local Teams entry and checks that this installation is the machine’s active Supercode., The hook reads matching Supercode Teams service units and invokes a native migration command when their Teams entry differs., The migration executable comes from a platform-specific optional dependency; its implementation is absent from this snapshot. - **Evidence against:** The inspected hook targets existing package-owned service units rather than a foreign or broad agent configuration., No concrete credential exfiltration, remote payload download, obfuscation, or runtime self-dependency was identified. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @volter/supercode@0.5.223. - Review the evidence and your use of @volter/supercode@0.5.223 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 lib/release.mjs ``` ### 2. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/supercode.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L7: L8: const { spawnSync } = require("child_process"); L9: const { pathToFileURL } = require("url"); ``` ### 4. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 5. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 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: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 90.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 9. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() package.json automatically runs lib/release.mjs after installation. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "scripts": { "postinstall": "node lib/release.mjs" }, "dependencies": { "@volter/supercode-orchestrator": "0.5.90", "@volter/supercode-harness-sdk": "0.3.76", "@volter/supercode-teams": "0.3.100" }, "optionalDependencies": { "@volter/supercode-c ``` ### 10. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** lib/release.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() The hook requires a package-local Teams entry and checks that this installation is the machine’s active Supercode. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript if (!own || !isMachines()) return; const home = process.env.SUPERCODE_HOME || (process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME ? join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME, 'supercode') : join(homedir(), '.config', 'supercode')); const service = join(process.env.SUPERCODE_TEAMS_HOME || join(home, 'teams'), 'service'); let stale = false; try { for (const na ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** lib/release.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() The hook reads matching Supercode Teams service units and invokes a native migration command when their Teams entry differs. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript for (const name of readdirSync(service)) { if (!UNIT.test(name)) continue; const named = readFileSync(join(service, name), 'utf8').match(ENTRY) ?? []; if (named.some((entry) => resolve(entry) !== own)) stale = true; } } catch { return; } // no units: nothing runs a daemon here if (stale) spawnSync(native, ['__teams-follow-release'], { stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit'] }); } ``` ### 12. Medium: Suspicious Dependency Evidence - **Category:** Dependency - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** lib/release.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() The migration executable comes from a platform-specific optional dependency; its implementation is absent from this snapshot. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const native = createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve(`@volter/supercode-cli-${process.platform}-${process.arch}/bin/${binName}`); followRelease(native); } catch { /* no ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 3 - **Optional dependencies:** 5 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 8 ### Published dependency entries - @volter/supercode-harness-sdk 0.3.76 (Dependency) - @volter/supercode-orchestrator 0.5.90 (Dependency) - @volter/supercode-teams 0.3.100 (Dependency) - @volter/supercode-cli-darwin-arm64 0.5.223 (OptionalDependency) - @volter/supercode-cli-darwin-x64 0.5.223 (OptionalDependency) - @volter/supercode-cli-linux-arm64 0.5.223 (OptionalDependency) - @volter/supercode-cli-linux-x64 0.5.223 (OptionalDependency) - @volter/supercode-cli-win32-x64 0.5.223 (OptionalDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @volter/supercode - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.5.223 - **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0 - **Version published:** 2026-10-06T13:15:01.321Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-28T00:58:37.381Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-08T00:30:48.836Z - **Known versions:** 63 - **Latest version:** 0.5.265 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Volter Harness: a lightweight, customizable AI coding agent CLI — any model via OpenRouter; natively continues Claude Code and Codex sessions. - **Maintainers:** volter-oliverio, aaronvolter - **Keywords:** ai, agent, llm, coding, cli, openrouter, claude, codex - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=16 - **Artifact files:** 9 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 48,606 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()