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@zuplo/cli@7.7.12
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo concrete malicious install-time or credential-theft chain was established. The identifiable telemetry, networked project migration, and incomplete inspectability leave a real residual risk.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Running a CLI command that records analytics, or explicitly invoking dev-portal migration.
Impact
Usage and identifier metadata can leave the machine; migration can alter project files after user invocation.
Mechanism
Telemetry collection and user-invoked project migration.
AI rationale
No concrete malicious install-time or credential-theft chain was established. The identifiable telemetry, networked project migration, and incomplete inspectability leave a real residual risk.
Evidence
dist/common/analytics/lib.jsdist/common/machine-id/lib.jsdist/source/migrate/dev-portal/handler.jsdist/common/constants.js/var/lib/dbus/machine-id/etc/machine-iddocs/package.jsondocs/zudoku.config.tsx
Network endpoints2
app.posthog.comcdn.jsdelivr.net
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 72.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- CLI telemetry creates a PostHog client unless the user sets the do-not-track variable, and sends a machine-derived identifier plus command properties.
- The machine identifier is derived from operating-system machine data using a child-process command.
- The dev-portal migration downloads a package manifest from a third-party CDN and writes project files when that migration command is invoked.
- Bundled minified code and an archive limited complete static inspection, so a clean verdict is not justified.
Evidence against
- package.json exposes a bin command and contains no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The telemetry path has an explicit ZUPLO_DO_NOT_TRACK opt-out.
- Project migration is implemented as an explicit command and checks repository state before making changes.
- No source-backed evidence established credential theft, hidden install-time execution, or destructive behavior.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
Source & flagged code
20 flaggeddist/source/migrate/dev-portal/handler.jsView file
1import { exec } from "node:child_process";
L2: import { mkdir, readFile, rename, stat, unlink, writeFile, } from "node:fs/promises";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/source/migrate/dev-portal/handler.jsView on unpkg · L1dist/lint/handler.jsView file
1import path from "node:path";
L2: import { execa } from "execa";
L3: import { shutdownAnalytics } from "../common/analytics/lib.js";
High
node_modules/pino/benchmarks/utils/wrap-log-level.jsView file
Findings
2 Critical11 High8 Medium7 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationnode_modules/@zuplo/core/zeno.js
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodenode_modules/@zuplo/editor/dist/client/static/js/codemirror-6ITIKbGP.js
HighChild Processdist/source/migrate/dev-portal/handler.js
HighShelldist/lint/handler.js
HighSame File Env Network Executionnode_modules/@zuplo/core/customer.cli.minified.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencenode_modules/@zuplo/core/customer.cli.minified.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationnode_modules/@zuplo/core/customer.cli.minified.js
HighCloud Metadata Accessnode_modules/@zuplo/runtime/out/esm/chunk-6EJ3W3BS.js
HighCopied Package Dependency Bridgedist/common/analytics/lib.js
High
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @zuplo/cli@7.7.12.
See all versions of @zuplo/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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