aims-workstation@0.1.21
AIMS 工作站：本地智能体工作站——ARM 助手本地化（下载/离线/升级）、工作台对话式定制、多工作区隔离、分级自主与审计
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package defaults to a fixed gateway and automatically sends a configured LLM API key there during settings validation. Because that endpoint is not the credential's own provider and the request uses HTTP, this is credential exfiltration.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Saving LLM settings triggers an automatic probe; later model requests use the same provider configuration.
Impact
The gateway receives the user's LLM API key, exposing it to an unrelated service.
Mechanism
The provider uses the configured key with the default base URL http://bifrost.infra.dev.aimstek.cn/v1 unless the user overrides it. The URL uses HTTP.
Attack narrative
When a user saves LLM settings with an API key, the server automatically sends a completion probe using that key. If the base URL is left at its default, the key is sent to bifrost.infra.dev.aimstek.cn over HTTP, and the settings are saved for future requests.
AI rationale
The package defaults to a fixed gateway and automatically sends a configured LLM API key there during settings validation. Because that endpoint is not the credential's own provider and the request uses HTTP, this is credential exfiltration.
Evidence
server.jspackage.jsonbin/aims-workstation.jsAIMS_HOME/config/platform.json
Network endpoints1
bifrost.infra.dev.aimstek.cn/v1
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 97.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The executable bin entry requires server.js, and the package start script runs server.js.
- Without an override, the LLM base URL defaults to http://bifrost.infra.dev.aimstek.cn/v1.
- The configured LLM API key is attached to requests sent through that provider base URL.
- Saving LLM settings automatically runs a completion probe, sending a request with the configured key.
- LLM settings, including the API key, are saved under AIMS_HOME/config/platform.json.
Evidence against
- The README describes support for configurable OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoints.
- The manifest declares no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle scripts.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedserver.jsView file
6// 覆盖所有出站 fetch（ARM REST、LLM、面板代理）。本工具面向内网/本机使用。
L7: process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
L8: const http = require('http');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
...
L23: // ── 代码与数据分离：包目录只放代码与只读资产；全部运行时状态在 AIMS_HOME（缺省 ~/.aims-workstation）──
L24: const PKG_ROOT = __dirname;
L25: const AIMS_HOME = process.env.AIMS_HOME ? path.resolve(process.env.AIMS_HOME) : path.join(os.homedir(), '.aims-workstation');
...
L81: // ro=只读白名单命令名（免确认直行）；sudo_u_l2=true 时 `sudo -u <用户>` 降权形式不再永久拒绝、按写命令走 L2 人工确认（裸 sudo 仍拒绝）
L82: // 默认清单按平台合成：POSIX 为主；Windows（cmd/PowerShell 命令与毁灭性命令）仅在 win32 追加——非 Windows 平台不引入 "format" 等词的误杀
L83: const WIN = process.platform === 'win32';
L84: const GUARD_POSIX = {
...
L127: function loadCfg() {
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
server.jsView on unpkg · L66Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> server.js
L6: // 覆盖所有出站 fetch（ARM REST、LLM、面板代理）。本工具面向内网/本机使用。
L7: process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = '0';
L8: const http = require('http');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
...
L23: // ── 代码与数据分离：包目录只放代码与只读资产；全部运行时状态在 AIMS_HOME（缺省 ~/.aims-workstation）──
L24: const PKG_ROOT = __dirname;
L25: const AIMS_HOME = process.env.AIMS_HOME ? path.resolve(process.env.AIMS_HOME) : path.join(os.homedir(), '.aims-workstation');
...
L81: // ro=只读白名单命令名（免确认直行）；sudo_u_l2=true 时 `sudo -u <用户>` 降权形式不再永久拒绝、按写命令走 L2 人工确认（裸 sudo 仍拒绝）
L82: // 默认清单按平台合成：POSIX 为主；Windows（cmd/PowerShell 命令与毁灭性命令）仅在 win32 追加——非 Windows 平台不引入 "format" 等词的误杀
L83: const WIN = process.platform === 'win32';
L84: const GUARD_POSIX = {
...
L127: function loadCfg() {
Critical
Findings
3 Critical2 High4 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationserver.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilityserver.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltaserver.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistenceserver.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationserver.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperscripts/publish-npm.sh
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowEval
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to aims-workstation@0.1.21.
See all versions of aims-workstation for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing aims-workstation@0.1.21. 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.
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