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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aclade-agent/v/1.2.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aclade-agent/v/1.2.0.md"
package: "aclade-agent"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "aclade-agent@1.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "unknown"
version: "1.2.0"
---

# aclade-agent@1.2.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Unknown
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis completed at 72.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 12 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Unknown
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-13T08:26:31.064Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-13T08:26:31.963Z
- **Download time:** 770 ms
- **Static scan time:** 128 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 899 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to aclade-agent@1.2.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of aclade-agent@1.2.0 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aclade-agent@1.2.0/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L38: const https = __importStar(require("https"));
L39: const child_process = __importStar(require("child_process"));
L40: const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/index.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aclade-agent@1.2.0/src/index.ts>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
L374: const proc = child_process.spawn(input.command, [], {
L375: shell: true,
L376: cwd: input.cwd ? resolvePath(input.cwd) : workspaceRoot,
```

### 4. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 5. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 6. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** src/index.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aclade-agent@1.2.0/src/index.ts>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
L2: 
L3: import * as http from "http";
L4: import * as https from "https";
L5: import * as child_process from "child_process";
L6: import * as fs from "fs";
...
L38: chromiumInstall = new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
L39: const cli = path.join(__dirname, "..", "node_modules", "playwright-core", "cli.js");
L40: if (!fs.existsSync(cli)) return resolve(false);
...
L45: // npm updates and doesn't depend on a writable global cache.
L46: env: { ...process.env, PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: path.join(os.homedir(), ".aclade-browsers") },
L47: });
L48: let err = "";
```

### 8. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aclade-agent@1.2.0/dist/index.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L61: * The agent already self-updates through npm, so telling a customer to run
L62: * `npx playwright install` by hand was busywork we could just do. playwright-core
L63: * ships the same installer the `playwright` package exposes, so we invoke it
...
L74: console.log("=> Preparing the browser (one-time download, ~50MB)…");
L75: const proc = child_process.spawn(process.execPath, [cli, "install", "chromium", "--only-shell", "--no-progress"], {
L76: stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
```

### 9. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 10. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 11. 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.

### 12. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 4
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 4

### Published dependency entries
- @xenova/transformers ^2.17.2 (Dependency)
- auto-launch ^5.0.6 (Dependency)
- node-cron ^4.6.0 (Dependency)
- playwright-core ^1.62.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** aclade-agent
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **License:** UNLICENSED
- **Version published:** 2026-09-06T15:54:31.826Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-07T13:48:19.201Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-02T10:00:17.603Z
- **Known versions:** 10
- **Latest version:** 1.3.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Aclade Local AI Agent Connector
- **Maintainers:** acladesupport
- **Artifact files:** 5
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 67,402 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aclade-agent/v/1.2.0>)
