registry / AI-agent capability abuse / alvin-bot / 5.118.0

alvin-bot@5.118.0

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

This is a high-risk agent package with a concrete shell-injection flaw and disabled permission checks, but the inspected source does not prove malicious install-time behavior or data theft. It should be warned for rather than blocked as malware.

Static reason

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

Trigger

Starting and using the bot or invoking its email plugin commands.

Impact

A reachable untrusted message or plugin argument could cause local command execution with the bot user's privileges.

Mechanism

Unrestricted agent execution and shell interpolation of plugin arguments.

AI rationale

Evidence

claude-bridge/src/claude.jsclaude-bridge/src/tools.jsplugins/email/index.jsweb/public/js/app-lanes.jspackage.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The published build is deliberately obfuscated, which prevents meaningful review of much of its runtime code.
The Claude bridge automatically launches Claude with permission checks disabled.
The bridge tells the model that an external orchestrator can run commands and read files.
The email plugin passes command arguments into shell strings, creating command-injection risk when its commands are reachable.
A source comment addresses a reviewer directly, which is reviewer manipulation under the review policy.

Evidence against

package.json has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its only lifecycle entry is prepublishOnly.
No source evidence established secret exfiltration, a remote payload, or automatic mutation at npm install time.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Source & flagged code

18 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 _0x26daad=_0x49f6,_0x4ea3d6=_0x49f6;(function(_0x184923,_0x3826db){const _0x367759=_0x49f6,_0x33e636=_0x49f6,_0x4c8e7b=_0x184923();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/middleware/auth.jsView file

1(function(_0x47c1da,_0x594b85){const _0x38f42e=_0x2931,_0x9adbc7=_0x2931,_0x263a5d=_0x47c1da();while(!![]){try{const _0x6b81d2=parseInt(_0x38f42e(0x228))/(0x77*-0x50+0x6*-0x473+-0x...

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 = 16

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

18 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

14 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

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

HighKnown Malware Source Similarityclaude-bridge/src/server.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to alvin-bot@5.118.0.

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

Review the evidence and your use of alvin-bot@5.118.0 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: 2026-09-03 17:49:19.565Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

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Findings

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