registry / AI-agent capability abuse / alvin-bot / 5.108.0

alvin-bot@5.108.0

Self-hosted autonomous AI agent on Telegram, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, Signal, terminal & web. Claude Agent SDK + multi-provider engine with auto-failover, detached sub-agents, zero-config memory. Local-first, telemetry-free.

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source establishes deliberate agent-control evasion and permission bypass, with guarded persistence in the shipped runtime. No automatic npm install hook or direct exfiltration was established.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Running the Claude bridge or starting the configured bot under launchd.

Impact

A remote-message AI workflow may perform actions without normal Claude permission prompts and can be kept running by a user-level launchd agent.

Mechanism

Agent-control evasion, unrestricted Claude invocation, and guarded restart persistence.

AI rationale

Source establishes deliberate agent-control evasion and permission bypass, with guarded persistence in the shipped runtime. No automatic npm install hook or direct exfiltration was established.

Evidence

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsdist/services/deadman-watcher.js~/.alvin-bot/heartbeat.txt~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.alvinbot.deadman.plist

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 92.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The Claude bridge deliberately disguises OpenClaw text and labels this a detection bypass.
It launches Claude with permissions explicitly skipped.
Published runtime code is heavily obfuscated, impeding audit of its update and persistence paths.
On startup, the bundled application can install a launchd dead-man agent that restarts the bot.

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
The manifest has no dependency on alvin-bot itself.
The reviewed bridge, email plugin, and CLI source show product-related agent, email, and setup functions; no confirmed credential exfiltration endpoint was found.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinified

Source & flagged code

19 flagged

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView file

Lines 1-22javascript

1'use strict';

3const { spawn } = require('child_process');

4const crypto = require('crypto');

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg · L2

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg · L2

6const CLAUDE_BIN = process.env.CLAUDE_BIN || 'claude';

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg · L2

8// --- Stable alias per CLI session ---

9// Each session keeps one alias so resumed requests don't accumulate different

10// names in the Claude context (which would leak un-replaced aliases in output).

11const PREFIXES = ['Chat', 'Dev', 'Run', 'Ask', 'Net', 'App', 'Zen', 'Arc', 'Dot', 'Amp', 'Hex', 'Orb', 'Elm', 'Oak', 'Sky'];

12const SUFFIXES = ['Kit', 'Box', 'Pod', 'Hub', 'Lab', 'Ops', 'Bay', 'Tap', 'Rim', 'Fog', 'Dew', 'Fin', 'Gem', 'Jet', 'Cog'];

13const pick = (arr) => arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length)];

14const sessionAliasMap = new Map(); // sessionId → { alias, aliasLower, lastUsed }

15const sessionTokenMaps = new Map(); // sessionId → Map<original, replacement>

17function getSessionAlias(sessionId) {

18 if (!sessionId) {

19 const alias = pick(PREFIXES) + pick(SUFFIXES);

20 return { alias, aliasLower: alias.toLowerCase() };

21 }

22 let entry = sessionAliasMap.get(sessionId);

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = alvin-bot@5.100.0 matchedPath = claude-bridge/src/claude.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWx2aW4tYm90:5.100.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg

dist/providers/tool-executor.jsView file

Lines 1-1javascript

1const _0x784020=_0x257f,_0x224eb9=_0x257f;(function(_0x27570f,_0x3c2b79){const _0x3da93a=_0x257f,_0x23648f=_0x257f,_0x35a064=_0x27570f();while(

bin/cli.jsView file

Lines 2-42javascript

3/**

4 * Alvin Bot CLI — Setup, manage, and chat with your AI agent.

5 *

6 * Usage:

7 * alvin-bot setup — Interactive setup wizard

8 * alvin-bot tui — Terminal chat UI

9 * alvin-bot doctor — Check configuration

10 * alvin-bot audit — Security health check

11 * alvin-bot update — Pull latest & rebuild

12 * alvin-bot start — Start the bot

dist/services/browser-manager.jsView file

1const _0x20c499=_0x4646;(function(_0x11af3d,_0x737a26){const _0x5832cc=_0x4646,_0x34e27c=_0x4646,_0x18ff3a=_0x11af3d();while(!![]){try{const _0x1b9267=-parseInt(_0x5832cc(0x1a3))/(...

High

Command Output Exfiltration

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

dist/services/browser-manager.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/middleware/auth.jsView file

1function _0x3eb3(_0x200e1e,_0x396a0e){_0x200e1e=_0x200e1e-(-0x2326*0x1+0xc8+0x236e);const _0x59d4dd=_0x1576();let _0x30a71d=_0x59d4dd[_0x200e1e];if(_0x3eb3['cKecyX']===undefined){v...

High

Obfuscated Payload Loader

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

dist/middleware/auth.jsView on unpkg · L1

install.shView file

•path = install.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 10656 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

install.shView on unpkg

claude-bridge/src/claude.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 19

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

claude-bridge/src/claude.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

claude-bridge/src/server.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = alvin-bot@5.100.0 matchedPath = claude-bridge/src/server.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWx2aW4tYm90:5.100.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

claude-bridge/src/server.jsView on unpkg

plugins/email/index.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = alvin-bot@5.100.0 matchedPath = plugins/email/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWx2aW4tYm90:5.100.0 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

plugins/email/index.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

19 flagged · loading source

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView file

2L3: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L4: const crypto = require('crypto');

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg · L2

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg

2L3: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L4: const crypto = require('crypto');

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsView on unpkg · L2

Findings

15 High7 Medium8 Low

HighChild Processclaude-bridge/src/claude.js

HighShelldist/providers/tool-executor.js

HighEntrypoint Build Divergencebin/cli.js

HighSame File Env Network Executionbin/cli.js

HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/services/browser-manager.js

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin/cli.js

HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/middleware/auth.js

HighCross File Remote Execution Contextbin/cli.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencebin/cli.js

HighRuntime Package Installbin/cli.js

HighObfuscated

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedclaude-bridge/src/claude.js#virtual:normalized:round1

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to alvin-bot@5.108.0.

See all versions of alvin-bot for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of alvin-bot@5.108.0 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-08-31 22:00:01.007Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

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Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

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