--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@xyne/xyne-cli/v/0.4.10" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@xyne/xyne-cli/v/0.4.10.md" package: "@xyne/xyne-cli" report_status: "published" title: "@xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.10 npm security report" verdict: "policy_finding" version: "0.4.10" --- # @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.10 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 **Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. The installer changes an AI-agent control surface without a separate user command or consent. - **Verdict:** AI-agent control-surface policy finding - **Product-default install policy:** Warn by default; block when configured - **Firewall policy:** Warn by default - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Soft block: AI-agent control surface - **Selected version:** 0.4.10 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This finding concerns changes to an AI agent's instructions or configuration without explicit user action. It does not by itself establish malware intent. The CLI warns by default and blocks when configured for this policy. AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. An npm postinstall hook automatically changes source code in the foreign pi-coding-agent dependency. It also conditionally invokes Bun to install an additional package. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-29T09:06:48.970Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-29T09:12:12.780Z - **Download time:** 7446 ms - **Static scan time:** 59627 ms - **AI review time:** 256735 ms - **Total time:** 323810 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:** An npm postinstall hook automatically changes source code in the foreign pi-coding-agent dependency. It also conditionally invokes Bun to install an additional package. - **Trigger:** Installing the package through npm activates postinstall. - **Impact:** The installer changes an AI-agent control surface without a separate user command or consent. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.js, scripts/patch-pi-auth-guidance.js, scripts/patch-pi-retry-classifier.js, scripts/patch-pi-command-dispatch.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-29T09:12:12.780Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Lifecycle scripts rewrite authentication guidance, retry logic, and command dispatch in a bundled AI-agent dependency. - **Attack narrative:** Package installation triggers scripts that modify the installed pi-coding-agent dependency. These changes alter provider-login guidance and agent command and retry behavior, so they affect an AI-agent control surface automatically during installation. A separate helper may also run Bun to add a platform dependency. - **Rationale:** The package has an automatic postinstall path that mutates foreign AI-agent dependency code. This meets the install-time foreign control-surface mutation block condition. - **Files touched:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.js, scripts/patch-pi-auth-guidance.js, scripts/patch-pi-retry-classifier.js, scripts/patch-pi-command-dispatch.js ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for policy risk:** package.json automatically runs four patch scripts during postinstall., The auth-guidance patch rewrites a pi-coding-agent dependency's provider-login guidance., The retry and command-dispatch patches rewrite pi-coding-agent dependency source during installation., The postinstall helper invokes Bun to add a platform package when architectures differ., The postinstall lifecycle command invokes the postinstall helper and all three Pi patch scripts., The postinstall helper installs an architecture-specific OpenTUI package through Bun when needed., The auth-guidance patch writes a replacement block to its auth-guidance target., The retry-classifier patch writes its replacement pattern to the agent-session target. - **Evidence against:** The inspected patches use expected-string checks and target named dependencies., No credential collection or outbound data transfer was identified in the inspected lifecycle scripts. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.10. - Avoid installing @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.10. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. - If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment. ## 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 scripts/postinstall.js && node scripts/patch-pi-auth-guidance.js && node scripts/patch-pi-retry-classifier.js && node scripts/patch-pi-command-dispatch.js && node scripts/patc... ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js && node scripts/patch-pi-auth-guidance.js && node scripts/patch-pi-retry-classifier.js && node scripts/patch-pi-command-dispatch.js && node scripts/patc... ``` ### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 4. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 5. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/pets/hosts/macos/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L2: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, renameSync, statSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"; ``` ### 6. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% Package source references shell execution. ### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/runtime/testing/llm-request-capture.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L21: const nestedPiAiCompat = join(dirname(dirname(codingAgentEntry)), "node_modules", "@earendil-works", "pi-ai", "dist", "compat.js"); L22: const piAiCompat = (await import(__rewriteRelativeImportExtension(existsSync(nestedPiAiCompat) L23: ? pathToFileURL(nestedPiAiCompat).href ``` ### 8. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 9. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 10. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 11. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** node\_modules/jimp/dist/browser/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: var commonjsGlobal="undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:"undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof global?global:"undefined"!=typeof self?self:{};function getDefaul... L2: /*! ... L10: /*! safe-buffer. MIT License. Feross Aboukhadijeh */ L11: var r=e("buffer"),n=r.Buffer;function a(e,t){for(var i in e)t[i]=e[i]}function o(e,t,i){return n(e,t,i)}n.from&&n.alloc&&n.allocUnsafe&&n.allocUnsafeSlow?t.exports=r:(a(r,i),i.Buff... L12: /*! ieee754. BSD-3-Clause License. Feross Aboukhadijeh */ L13: read:function(e,t,i,r,n){var a,o,s=8*n-r-1,l=(1<>1,h=-7,c=i?n-1:0,f=i?-1:1,d=e[t+c];for(c+=f,a=d&(1<<-h)-1,d>>=-h,h+=s;h>0;a=256*a+e[t+c],c+=f,h-=8);for(o=a&(1<<-h)-1,a>>... L14: /** ``` ### 12. High: Runtime Package Install - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L40: try { L41: execSync(`bun add --ignore-scripts --no-save ${bunVariant}@0.1.93`, { L42: cwd: root, ``` ### 13. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 14. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 15. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** node\_modules/@opentui/core-darwin-arm64/libopentui.dylib - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = node_modules/@opentui/core-darwin-arm64/libopentui.dylib kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 860192 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 16. Medium: Ships Wasm Module - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** node\_modules/@opentui/core/assets/zig/tree-sitter-zig.wasm - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships WebAssembly modules. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = node_modules/@opentui/core/assets/zig/tree-sitter-zig.wasm kind = wasm_module sizeBytes = 691726 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** node\_modules/exif-parser/Makefile - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = node_modules/exif-parser/Makefile kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 541 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 18. Medium: Oversized Source File - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** dist/src/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = dist/src/index.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 12789912 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 19. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 80.0% - **Path:** dist/src/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = dist/src/index.js kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint sizeBytes = 12789912 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 20. 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. ### 21. Medium: Remote Tarball Dependency - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package manifest contains a dependency pinned to a remote tarball URL. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json Remote tarball dependency specs: xlsx@https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/xlsx-0.20.3.tgz ``` ### 22. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/tools/goal/extension.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 = 82 ``` ### 23. Critical: Manifest Confusion - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 95.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Tarball package.json differs from the npm registry version manifest for scripts or dependency sets. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json dependencies registry_only=@opentui/core-darwin-arm64,@opentui/core-darwin-x64,@opentui/core-linux-arm64,@opentui/core-linux-x64,@opentui/core-win32-x64 ``` ### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/tools/terminal/registry.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-[redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/bridge.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-lib/src/agent/bridge.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 27. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/tools/lsp-install.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-lib/src/agent/tools/lsp-install.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 28. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/tools/mcp/auth.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-lib/src/agent/tools/mcp/auth.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 29. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/tools/skill/skills-sh.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-[redacted]-sh.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 30. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/utils/local-server.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist-lib/src/utils/local-server.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 31. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** node\_modules/@jimp/core/dist/commonjs/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = node_modules/@jimp/core/dist/commonjs/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 32. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 33. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/node\_modules/@opentui/core/node\_modules/marked/lib/marked.esm.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist/node_modules/@opentui/core/node_modules/marked/lib/marked.esm.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 34. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/node\_modules/@opentui/core/node\_modules/marked/lib/marked.umd.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.11 matchedPath = dist/node_modules/@opentui/core/node_modules/marked/lib/marked.umd.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.11 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 35. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist-lib/src/agent/runtime/embedded-pi-runtime.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 = @xyne/xyne-cli@0.4.12 matchedIdentity = npm:QHh5bmUveHluZS1jbGk:0.4.12 similarity = 0.883 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 30 - **Optional dependencies:** 10 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 13 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 40 ### Published dependency entries - @clack/prompts 1.7.0 (Dependency) - @earendil-works/pi-agent-core 0.84.1 (Dependency) - @earendil-works/pi-ai 0.84.1 (Dependency) - @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent 0.84.1 (Dependency) - @earendil-works/pi-tui 0.84.1 (Dependency) - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.30.0 (Dependency) - @opentui/core 0.1.93 (Dependency) - @opentui/core-darwin-arm64 \* (Dependency) - @opentui/core-darwin-x64 \* (Dependency) - @opentui/core-linux-arm64 \* (Dependency) - @opentui/core-linux-x64 \* (Dependency) - @opentui/core-win32-x64 \* (Dependency) - @sinclair/typebox 0.34.52 (Dependency) - @xterm/headless 6.0.0 (Dependency) - ajv 8.20.0 (Dependency) - chalk 5.6.2 (Dependency) - clipboardy 5.3.1 (Dependency) - jszip 3.10.1 (Dependency) - mammoth 1.12.1 (Dependency) - marked 15.0.12 (Dependency) - marked-terminal 7.3.0 (Dependency) - pdfjs-dist 5.4.394 (Dependency) - proper-lockfile 4.1.2 (Dependency) - turndown 7.2.4 (Dependency) - vscode-jsonrpc 8.2.1 (Dependency) - vscode-languageserver-protocol 3.18.2 (Dependency) - ws 8.21.3 (Dependency) - xlsx https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/xlsx-0.20.3.tgz (Dependency) - yaml 2.9.0 (Dependency) - zod 4.4.3 (Dependency) - @opentui/core-darwin-arm64 0.1.93 (OptionalDependency) - @opentui/core-darwin-x64 0.1.93 (OptionalDependency) - @opentui/core-linux-arm64 0.1.93 (OptionalDependency) - @opentui/core-linux-x64 0.1.93 (OptionalDependency) - @opentui/core-win32-x64 0.1.93 (OptionalDependency) - @xyne/xyne-cli-darwin-arm64 0.4.10 (OptionalDependency) - @xyne/xyne-cli-darwin-x64 0.4.10 (OptionalDependency) - @xyne/xyne-cli-linux-arm64 0.4.10 (OptionalDependency) - @xyne/xyne-cli-linux-x64 0.4.10 (OptionalDependency) - @xyne/xyne-cli-win32-x64 0.4.10 (OptionalDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @xyne/xyne-cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.4.10 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-21T11:50:31.091Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T20:27:03.013Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-09-29T09:12:12.780Z - **Known versions:** 12 - **Latest version:** 0.4.12 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Xyne CLI - A powerful AI assistant in your terminal with file operations, bash mode, drag-and-drop support, and multi-provider AI integration - **Author:** Xyne Team - **Keywords:** xyne, xyne-cli, ai-assistant, cli, terminal, ai, chatbot, vertex-ai, claude, gemini, litellm, file-operations - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.19.0 - **Artifact files:** 14269 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 201,776,254 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()