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audit-tools@0.38.1: AI-agent control-surface risk | LPM Firewall

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audit-tools@0.38.1

Portable hybrid code auditing + remediation orchestrators for arbitrary repositories.

AI Security Review

scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. npm postinstall automatically mutates several unrelated global AI-agent control surfaces and the consuming repository. It installs command/skill/plugin assets and merges OpenCode permissions without an explicit user command.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

npm install of audit-tools@0.38.1

Impact

Future Claude, Codex, OpenCode, and Antigravity sessions can load package-controlled workflows; the installed project’s .gitignore is also altered.

Mechanism

install-time global AI-agent configuration and plugin injection

Policy narrative

Installing the package runs a postinstall that deploys package-controlled commands, skills, plugins, and configuration into global Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity/Gemini, and Claude Desktop locations. The OpenCode merge adds global commands, agents, and permission rules; the installer also alters the consumer repository’s .gitignore. These are unconsented install-time mutations of foreign and broad AI-agent control surfaces.

Rationale

The lifecycle behavior meets the block boundary: npm postinstall mutates multiple foreign global AI-agent control surfaces without an explicit user setup command. Lack of download/exfiltration does not remove that concrete install-time control-surface attack.

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.mjsscripts/audit/postinstall.mjsscripts/remediate/postinstall.mjsscripts/shared/install-host-assets.mjs~/.claude/commands/audit-code.md

Source & flagged code

11 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-lib.mjsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-lib.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-lib.mjsView on unpkg

281const distUrl = new URL(`file:///${distCliEntry.replace(/\\/g, '/')}`); L282: const cli = await import(distUrl.href); L283: await cli.runCli([process.execPath, distCliEntry, commandName, ...commandArgs]);

Medium

Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-lib.mjsView on unpkg · L281

dist/audit/orchestrator/reviewPackets.jsView file

119* `isolateAlone`/`onIsolate`/`onBeforeFlush` so behavior — including the L120: * exact stderr wording — is unchanged. L121: */ L122: function chunkPacketTasks(tasks, options) { L123: const verbose = Boolean(process.env.AUDIT_CODE_VERBOSE); L124: const sortedTasks = tasks.sort(compareTasksForPacket); ... L137: const taskEstimatedTokens = taskContentTokens(task, options.sizeIndex, options.lineIndex); L138: process.stderr.write(`[audit-code:packet-planning] isolated large-file chunk: task="${task.task_id}" file="${task.file_paths[0]}" estimatedTokens=${taskEstimatedTokens} targetPacke... L139: },

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/audit/orchestrator/reviewPackets.jsView on unpkg · L119

scripts/audit/postinstall.mjsView file

1Install-time code directly mutates a foreign AI-agent control surface: L165: grep: 'allow', L166: edit: { ...OPENCODE_AUDIT_EDIT_PERMISSION }, L167: bash: { ...OPENCODE_AUDIT_BASH_PERMISSION }, L168: }; ... L210: function claudePluginExternalDir() { L211: return join(homedir(), '.claude', 'plugins', 'marketplaces', 'claude-plugins-official', 'external_plugins', 'audit-code'); L212: } ... L228: label: 'Claude command', L229: path: join(homedir(), '.claude', 'commands', 'audit-code.md'), L230: sourcePath: promptSourceFile, ... L234: label: 'Codex skill', L235: path: join(homedir(), '.codex', 'skills', 'audit-code', 'SKILL.md'), Write operation from scripts/shared/install-host-assets.mjs: L12: import { dirname, join } from "node:path"; L13: import { mkdirSync, existsSync, readFileSync, writeF

Critical

Ai Agent Control Hijack

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

scripts/audit/postinstall.mjsView on unpkg · L1

dist/audit/cli/args.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/audit/cli/args.jsView on unpkg

dist/shared/tooling/exec.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = dist/shared/tooling/exec.js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/tooling/exec.jsView on unpkg

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjsView on unpkg

dist/shared/quota/antigravityQuotaSource.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/quota/antigravityQuotaSource.jsView on unpkg

dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

11 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 20-60json

20 },

21 "./package.json": "./package.json"

22 },

23 "files": [

24 "dist/**",

25 "audit-code.mjs",

26 "wrapper/**",

27 "remediate-code.mjs",

28 "dispatch/**",

29 "schemas/**",

30 "skills/**",

31 "scripts/postinstall.mjs",

32 "scripts/audit/postinstall.mjs",

33 "scripts/remediate/postinstall.mjs",

34 "scripts/shared/install-host-assets.mjs",

35 "opencode.json",

36 "README.md",

37 "docs/audit-pkg/**"

38 ],

39 "scripts": {

40 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L40

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L40

41 "prebuild": "node scripts/shared/guard-no-suite-running.mjs",

42 "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && node scripts/shared/copy-data-assets.mjs",

43 "check": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit",

44 "check:tests": "tsc -p tsconfig.test.json",

45 "nightly:inbox": "node scripts/nightly/render-inbox.mjs",

46 "nightly:ingest": "node scripts/nightly/ingest-answers.mjs",

47 "test:doc-contract": "node scripts/shared/run-vitest-gate.mjs tests/audit/release-contract.test.ts tests/audit/file-lock-doc-sync.test.ts tests/audit/host-asset-renderer-drift.test.ts",

48 "test": "npm run build && node scripts/shared/run-vitest-gate.mjs",

49 "test:single": "npm run build && node scripts/shared/run-vitest-gate.mjs",

50 "verify:guards": "node scripts/shared/run-vitest-gate.mjs --retry=2 --exclude \"**/audit-code-completion.test.ts\" --exclude \"**/audit-code-wrapper.test.ts\" --exclude \"**/audit/next-step.test.ts\" --exclude \"**/seam-host-only-next-step.test.ts\" --exclude \"**/*-e2e.test.*\" --exclude \"**/next-step-implement-dispatch.test.ts\" --exclude \"**/next-step-pipeline-dispatch.test.ts\"",

51 "verify:checks": "node scripts/shared/profile-run.mjs verify-checks check:control-bytes check:version-gates check:guard-reach check:loop-core-patterns check:constitutional-doc-paths check:deadcode check:doc-manifest check:doc-links check:doc-code-citations check:gate-enumeration check:philosophy-brief check:nightly-routine-prompt check:handoff-roadmap check:backlog-index check:memory-citations check:backlog-budget check:backlog-status check:tests build verify:hosts verify:remediate-hosts pack:smoke smoke:packaged-audit-code smoke:packaged-remediate-code",

52 "verify:release": "npm run verify:checks && node scripts/shared/run-vitest-gate.mjs && npm run smoke:linked-audit-code && npm run smoke:linked-remediate-code",

53 "check:control-bytes": "node scripts/check-control-bytes.mjs",

54 "check:guard-reach": "node scripts/check-guard-reach.mjs",

55 "check:deadcode": "knip --no-config-hints",

56 "check:doc-manifest": "node scripts/check-doc-manifest.mjs",

57 "check:doc-links": "node scripts/check-doc-links.mjs",

58 "check:doc-code-citations": "node scripts/check-doc-code-citations.mjs",

59 "check:philosophy-brief": "node scripts/check-philosophy-brief.mjs",

60 "check:nightly-routine-prompt": "node scripts/check-nightly-routine-prompt.mjs",

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-lib.mjsView file

Lines 261-301javascript

261 // Gate the mkdir behind the same ensureArtifactsDir flag as runDistCommand so

262 // "the artifacts directory is created only for designated stateful commands"

263 // holds on this path too (CE-001); mcp is a designated stateful command and

264 // opts in explicitly at its call site.

265 if (ensureArtifactsDir) {

266 await mkdir(artifactsDir, { recursive: true

dist/audit/orchestrator/reviewPackets.jsView file

Lines 99-139javascript

99 if (!scores || scores.size === 0)

100 return undefined;

101 return new Map(packets.map((

scripts/audit/postinstall.mjsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2import { homedir } from 'os';

3import { join, dirname } from 'path';

4import { readFileSync } from 'fs';

5import { fileURLToPath } from

dist/audit/cli/args.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/audit/cli/args.jsView on unpkg

dist/shared/tooling/exec.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = dist/shared/tooling/exec.js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/tooling/exec.jsView on unpkg

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

wrapper/audit-code-wrapper-build.mjsView on unpkg

dist/shared/quota/antigravityQuotaSource.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/quota/antigravityQuotaSource.jsView on unpkg

dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = audit-tools@0.36.1 matchedPath = dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.js matchedIdentity = npm:YXVkaXQtdG9vbHM:0.36.1 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.

dist/shared/quota/errorParsing.jsView on unpkg