registry / @wdio/browserstack-service / 9.42.1
@wdio/browserstack-service@9.42.1
WebdriverIO service for better Browserstack integration
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged command execution is consistent with the package's BrowserStack, Percy, and Git-based test features. The config and log capture is disclosed in source, can be disabled, and uploads to BrowserStack's observability service.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The service announces config capture during onPrepare and uploads diagnostic logs at the end of a run when credentials are available, unless capture is disabled.
Impact
Diagnostic uploads can contain project configuration text; the package discloses this behavior, offers an opt-out, and redacts values under known credential keys.
Mechanism
It packages logs and selected config files, then sends them to BrowserStack's observability upload service using BrowserStack credentials.
AI rationale
The flagged command execution is consistent with the package's BrowserStack, Percy, and Git-based test features. The config and log capture is disclosed in source, can be disabled, and uploads to BrowserStack's observability service.
Network endpoints2
upload-observability.browserstack.comcollector-observability.browserstack.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its prepack script only builds the package.
- The source tells users that config files and package.json are captured with debug logs, and documents an option to disable capture.
- Log uploads are skipped when capture is disabled or BrowserStack credentials are missing.
- The upload uses BrowserStack's upload-observability.browserstack.com endpoint.
- The service sends logs through its end-of-run log upload path.
Evidence against
- Config files, local imports, package.json, and logs are included in diagnostics by default; redaction targets known credential keys.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedbuild/cleanup.jsView file
490import util, { promisify } from "node:util";
L491: import { exec } from "node:child_process";
L492: import { Readable } from "node:stream";
High
build/index.jsView file
•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = @wdio/browserstack-service@9.42.0
matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:9.42.0
similarity = 0.500
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
Critical
Previous Version Dangerous Delta
This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.
build/index.jsView on unpkg19L20: // package.json
L21: var package_default;
...
L28: author: "BrowserStack <support@browserstack.com>",
L29: homepage: "https://github.com/browserstack/wdio-browserstack-service",
L30: license: "MIT",
...
L325: BStackLogger = class {
L326: static logFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), LOGS_FILE);
L327: static logFolderPath = path.join(process.cwd(), "logs");
...
L335: if (this.logFileStream && this.logFileStream.writable) {
L336: this.logFileStream.write(this.formatLog(logMessage, logLevel));
L337: }
Findings
1 Critical4 High3 Medium4 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabuild/index.js
HighChild Processbuild/cleanup.js
HighShell
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationbuild/index.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextbuild/index.js
MediumDynamic Requirebuild/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @wdio/browserstack-service@9.42.1.
See all versions of @wdio/browserstack-service for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @wdio/browserstack-service@9.42.1 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.
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