--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aislop" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aislop/report.md" package: "aislop" report_status: "published" title: "aislop@0.20.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.20.0" --- # aislop@0.20.0 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 13 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 0.20.0 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) 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. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. Telemetry is enabled by default, so users who run CLI commands without first using \`aislop init\` may send anonymous usage metrics without seeing its consent prompt. The payload is allowlisted and no credential redirection was established, so this is a warning-level telemetry concern rather than malicious behavior. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-01T04:56:00.381Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-01T04:57:19.311Z - **Download time:** 260 ms - **Static scan time:** 7390 ms - **AI review time:** 71279 ms - **Total time:** 78930 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 ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Default CLI telemetry sends anonymous usage data to the package’s PostHog endpoint. - **Trigger:** CLI command execution when telemetry is enabled by the default config; AISLOP\_NO\_TELEMETRY=1, DO\_NOT\_TRACK=1, or config can disable it. - **Impact:** The collected anonymous ID and aggregate command and runtime metrics disclose usage patterns without a prompt on ordinary first-run commands. - **Evidence paths:** dist/cli.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-01T04:57:19.311Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI filters event properties through an allowlist and posts the resulting payload to eu.i.posthog.com. - **Rationale:** Telemetry is enabled by default, so users who run CLI commands without first using \`aislop init\` may send anonymous usage metrics without seeing its consent prompt. The payload is allowlisted and no credential redirection was established, so this is a warning-level telemetry concern rather than malicious behavior. - **Files touched:** ~/.aislop/install\_id, $XDG\_STATE\_HOME/aislop/install\_id - **Network endpoints:** eu.i.posthog.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Telemetry is enabled by default and CLI command events are tracked; the destination is eu.i.posthog.com., The telemetry payload is restricted to an allowlist of anonymous identifiers, runtime details and aggregate usage fields; an install ID is stored locally., The \`aislop init\` prompt offers a yes/no telemetry choice, with Yes selected by default. - **Evidence against:** The Anthropic API key reference is a provider login hint; the reviewed code does not show it reading or forwarding that credential., Agent execution invokes a selected local provider CLI with a prompt, and the MCP server uses stdio transport. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to aislop@0.20.0. - Review the evidence and your use of aislop@0.20.0 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/core-D4295PVP.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: import { spawn } from "node:child_process"; L2: import process from "node:process"; ``` ### 3. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references shell execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L15083: }; L15084: const isSafeShellSpawnArray = (content, matchIndex) => /^spawn\s*\(\s*\[/.test(content.slice(matchIndex)) && !/^\s*spawn\s*\(\s*\[\s*["'](?:sh|bash|zsh|cmd|cmd\.exe|powershell|pwsh... L15085: const PLACEHOLDER_EXPR_RE = /^(?:placeholders?|placeholderList|bindMarkers?|bindingMarkers?|bindPlaceholders?|bindingPlaceholders?|parameterPlaceholders?|sqlPlaceholders?)(?:\.\w+\... ``` ### 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: Credential Redirect Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/index.js: import * as readline from "node:readline"; let baseUrlOption; if (Object.hasOwn(compilerOptions, "baseUrl")) baseUrlOption = { value: compilerOptions.baseUrl const baseDir = baseUrlOption && typeof baseUrlOption.value === "string" ? safeProjectDirectoryPath(path.resolve(path.dirname(baseUrlOption.configPath), baseUrlOption.value), rootD... "readline", const URL_CONFIG_CONTEXT_RE = /\b(?:api|base[_-]?url|baseUrl|endpoint|host|origin|webhook|callback|redirect|server|service|domain|url)\b/i; if (changed) fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, `${JSON.stringify(pkg, null, " ")}\n`); ``` ### 8. High: Remote Agent Bridge - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L10: import picomatch from "picomatch"; L11: import { execSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L12: import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url"; ... L188: }; L189: const raw = fs.readFileSync(absPath, "utf-8"); L190: const parsed = YAML.parse(raw) ?? {}; ... L7180: let pathsOption; L7181: let baseUrlOption; L7182: for (const entry of chain) { ``` ### 9. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 72.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli.js spawns dist/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution. L6: import { performance } from "node:perf_hooks"; L7: import { execSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L8: import os, { tmpdir } from "node:os"; ... L45: args: ["auth", "status"], L46: okExitCodes: [0] L47: }, ... L92: const commandExists = (bin) => { L93: const command = process.platform === "win32" ? "where" : "which"; L94: const result = spawnSync(command, [bin], { ... L138: try { L139: const parsed = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf-8")); L140: if (!isProviderId(parsed.provider)) return null; ``` ### 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: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 85.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 13. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = aislop@0.19.1 matchedIdentity = npm:YWlzbG9w:0.19.1 similarity = 0.920 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 19 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 7 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 19 ### Published dependency entries - @biomejs/biome ^2.5.12 (Dependency) - @clack/prompts ^1.8.1 (Dependency) - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.32.1 (Dependency) - adm-zip ^0.6.1 (Dependency) - commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency) - expo-doctor ^1.21.5 (Dependency) - ink ^8.0.0 (Dependency) - ink-select-input ^6.2.0 (Dependency) - knip ^6.38.0 (Dependency) - oxlint ^1.81.0 (Dependency) - picocolors ^1.1.1 (Dependency) - picomatch ^4.0.7 (Dependency) - react ^19.3.0 (Dependency) - smol-toml ^1.9.0 (Dependency) - tar ^7.5.22 (Dependency) - typescript ^6.0.3 (Dependency) - wcwidth ^1.0.1 (Dependency) - yaml ^2.9.1 (Dependency) - zod ^4.6.6 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** aislop - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.20.0 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-11-01T04:50:13.046Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-08-08T17:16:46.809Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-01T04:57:19.311Z - **Known versions:** 9 - **Latest version:** 0.20.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Catch the slop AI coding agents leave in your code: narrative comments, swallowed exceptions, as-any casts, dead code, oversized functions. 50+ rules across 10 language targets (TypeScript, JavaScript, Expo / React Native, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, PHP, C\#, - **Author:** Kenny Olawuwo - **Maintainers:** heavykenny - **Keywords:** aislop, ai-slop, code-quality, linter, formatter, cli, ai, copilot, code-review, static-analysis, typescript, javascript - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20 - **Artifact files:** 32 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,487,558 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()