---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/agenticros/v/0.7.16"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/agenticros/v/0.7.16.md"
package: "agenticros"
report_status: "published"
title: "agenticros@0.7.16 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.7.16"
---

# agenticros@0.7.16 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 0.7.16
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. No install-time attack was found. Explicit \`init\`/MCP setup can install the AgenticROS OpenClaw plugin and register robot-control tools with supported agent hosts.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-23T03:06:48.247Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-23T03:07:52.988Z
- **Download time:** 501 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2559 ms
- **AI review time:** 61680 ms
- **Total time:** 64741 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No install-time attack was found. Explicit \`init\`/MCP setup can install the AgenticROS OpenClaw plugin and register robot-control tools with supported agent hosts.

- **Trigger:** User runs \`agenticros init\` and confirms plugin installation, or runs an MCP setup command.

- **Impact:** Adds AgenticROS robot-control capabilities to configured agent hosts; this is a meaningful but disclosed user-invoked control-surface change.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/index.js, dist/commands/init.js, dist/util/mcp-setup.js, dist/util/openclaw-config.js, dist/util/robot-cloud-config.js, runtime/scripts/setup\_gateway\_plugin.sh, runtime/packages/agenticros/openclaw.plugin.json

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-23T03:07:52.988Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** First-party agent-extension deployment and MCP configuration.

- **Rationale:** This is not concrete malicious behavior, but it is a user-invoked first-party AI-agent extension setup with robot-control capability. Flag as warn under the extension lifecycle policy; no evidence supports a publish block.

- **Files touched:** ~/.agenticros/plugin-deploy, ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, ~/.codex/config.toml, ~/.hermes/config.yaml, .mcp.json, .codex/config.toml

- **Network endpoints:** https://cloud.agenticros.com, wss://cloud.agenticros.com, https://skills.agenticros.com/api

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** \`agenticros init\` offers a confirmed OpenClaw plugin installation and invokes its setup script after a prompt., Explicit MCP setup writes AgenticROS server registrations for Codex, Hermes, and Claude., Init synchronizes AgenticROS tool IDs into OpenClaw's \`tools.alsoAllow\`, expanding the first-party plugin's agent tool access.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook., Agent-control changes require explicit CLI setup/init actions; plugin installation is confirmation-gated., Cloud token use is tied to explicit login/robot commands and the package-owned cloud host., No inspected source established covert harvesting, arbitrary remote payload execution, or stealth persistence.

## 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/util/mcp-discovery.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/util/mcp-discovery.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16: */
L17: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L18: import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/util/workspace.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/util/workspace.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { join } from "node:path";
L12: import { execa } from "execa";
L13: import { info, ok, warn, withSpinner } from "./logger.js";
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/skills-dev.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/commands/skills-dev.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L89: };
L90: const require = createRequire(pathToFileURL(entryPath).href);
L91: const mod = require(entryPath);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/util/marketplace.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/util/marketplace.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: *
L4: * The marketplace itself is at https://sk[redacted] — this CLI
L5: * talks to the REST endpoints exposed under /api/ (rewritten by Firebase
...
L12: import { dirname, basename, join, resolve } from "node:path";
L13: import { execa } from "execa";
L14: import { discoveryRoots } from "./skills.js";
...
L16: export function apiBase() {
L17: return (process.env.AGENTICROS_SKILLS_API || DEFAULT_API_BASE).replace(/\/+$/, "");
L18: }
```

### 9. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** runtime/scripts/check-cli-tarball-install.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/scripts/check-cli-tarball-install.mjs>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L197: 
L198: // 6. pnpm install with the same flags init.ts uses
L199: step("Running pnpm install with init.ts flags (this can take a minute)...");
L200: const installResult = spawnSync(
L201: "pnpm",
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 12. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** runtime/scripts/start\_demo.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/scripts/start_demo.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = runtime/scripts/start_demo.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 3490
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. Medium: Ships Compressed Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz>)

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = [redacted]-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
kind = compressed_blob
sizeBytes = 115903
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = [redacted]-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 115903
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. Low: Nested Archive Needs Inspection
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/packages/agenticros/agenticros-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz>)

Package ships a nested archive or MCP bundle that was inventoried but not recursively analyzed.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = [redacted]-agenticros-0.0.1.tgz
kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection
sizeBytes = 115903
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 16. 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.

### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** runtime/packages/core/src/memory/local/provider.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/packages/core/src/memory/local/provider.ts>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 95.0%
- **Path:** runtime/scripts/pack-runtime.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/scripts/pack-runtime.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = token_shingles
matchedPackage = agenticros@0.6.6
matchedPath = runtime/scripts/pack-runtime.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnRpY3Jvcw:0.6.6
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 48
summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/web.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/commands/web.js>)

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 = agenticros@0.6.9
matchedPath = dist/commands/web.js
matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnRpY3Jvcw:0.6.9
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/util/mcp-discovery.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/dist/util/mcp-discovery.js>)

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 = agenticros@0.6.6
matchedPath = dist/util/mcp-discovery.js
matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnRpY3Jvcw:0.6.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** runtime/packages/robot-eyes/lib/sounds.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/packages/robot-eyes/lib/sounds.js>)

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 = agenticros@0.6.6
matchedPath = runtime/packages/robot-eyes/lib/sounds.js
matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnRpY3Jvcw:0.6.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** runtime/scripts/agenticros-proxy.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/agenticros@0.7.16/runtime/scripts/agenticros-proxy.cjs>)

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 = agenticros@0.6.6
matchedPath = runtime/scripts/agenticros-proxy.cjs
matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnRpY3Jvcw:0.6.6
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 7
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 7

### Published dependency entries
- @agenticros/core ^0.8.1 (Dependency)
- @inquirer/prompts ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^12.1.0 (Dependency)
- configstore ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- execa ^9.5.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^8.1.1 (Dependency)
- picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** agenticros
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.7.16
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-23T02:57:25.035Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-04T16:57:04.309Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-23T03:07:52.988Z
- **Known versions:** 21
- **Latest version:** 0.7.16
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** AgenticROS - agentic AI for ROS-powered robots. Single CLI to launch real-robot or simulated demos, manage configuration, and inspect status.
- **Author:** Chris Matthieu
- **Maintainers:** chrismatthieu
- **Keywords:** ros, ros2, robotics, ai, agent, claude, codex, hermes, openai, openclaw, gazebo, simulation
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 664
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,797,372 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/agenticros/v/0.7.16>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/agenticros/agenticros>)
- [Homepage](<https://agenticros.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/agenticros/agenticros/issues>)
