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@zuplo/cli@7.7.14
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected source shows user-invoked analytics and command-scoped filesystem or subprocess operations, not concrete malware. A clean verdict is not supportable because source coverage is incomplete around opaque bundled artifacts and environment-reading server code.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs a CLI command that records an analytics event.
Impact
CLI usage, account, project, and CI metadata may be associated with a stable device identifier.
Mechanism
Machine-derived identifier and PostHog event capture.
AI rationale
The inspected source shows user-invoked analytics and command-scoped filesystem or subprocess operations, not concrete malware. A clean verdict is not supportable because source coverage is incomplete around opaque bundled artifacts and environment-reading server code.
Evidence
dist/common/analytics/lib.jsdist/common/machine-id/lib.js
Network endpoints1
app.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 72.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI creates a stable hash from the host machine identifier and uses it as the analytics distinct ID.
- Analytics sends CLI event properties to PostHog unless the user sets the opt-out environment variable.
- Bundled runtime code includes a telemetry shipper, while large minified bundles and a non-text ZIP fixture could not be fully source-audited.
- The bundled Zeno server reads the complete runtime environment and local .env files; no source inspected showed that data being sent externally.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or other lifecycle script.
- The only package entry point is the zup command, which imports the CLI after explicit invocation.
- The migration and lint handlers act on command arguments rather than running at installation or import time.
- No inspected source established credential theft, destructive behavior, persistence, or remote code loading.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
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-VUNRXOEM.js
HighCopied Package Dependency Bridgedist/common/analytics/lib.js
High
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @zuplo/cli@7.7.14.
See all versions of @zuplo/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @zuplo/cli@7.7.14 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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