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autodev-ai@0.4.1

AutoDev — Autonomous Engineering Team. DevTeam in a Box. Runs on pi.

AI Security Review

scanned 11d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

No confirmed malicious attack surface was established. The package is a high-privilege developer automation CLI with user-invoked installers, credential configuration, docs fetching, and uninstall cleanup.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.

Trigger

User runs `autodev` subcommands or install.sh manually.

Impact

Could modify local project/agent config or install/remove tools when explicitly invoked; no evidence of covert install-time execution or exfiltration.

Mechanism

User-invoked automation CLI with shell/package-manager/network operations.

Rationale

Static inspection found risky but package-aligned developer automation features activated by explicit CLI/install commands, with no lifecycle hook, covert credential harvesting, or unauthorized persistence. The scanner's secret and exfiltration hints map to tests, provider key validation, and embeddings functionality rather than malicious data flow.

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/cli.tsinstall.shextensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsextensions/autodev/installer/config-module.tsextensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsextensions/autodev/installer/key-validator.tsextensions/autodev/docs/seeding.tsextensions/autodev/embeddings.tsextensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts~/.AutoDev/agent/.env~/.AutoDev/agent/auth.json~/.AutoDev/agent/models.json~/.bashrc~/.zshrc~/.profile~/.config/fish/config.fish.autodev/docs-corpus/

Network endpoints10

raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.shcli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpgdeb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.xapi.voyageai.com/v1/embeddingsollama.com/api/tagsapi.openai.com/v1/modelsapi.anthropic.com/v1/modelsgenerativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/modelsdiscord.com/api/v10/users/@mebun.sh/install

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 82.0% confidence as Benign with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

scripts/cli.ts exposes user-invoked commands that run execSync for doctor/update/uninstall, including global self-update and cache deletion.
extensions/autodev/installer/tools.ts can bootstrap Homebrew via curl|bash and install system tools, but only from installer/doctor flows.
extensions/autodev/installer/config-module.ts prompts for API tokens and writes them to agent .env/auth files; key validation sends tokens only to matching provider endpoints.
extensions/autodev/docs/seeding.ts fetches or git-clones configured docs sources into a docs corpus.
extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.ts removes ~/.AutoDev, ~/.pi, ~/.autodev and shell rc env lines when `autodev uninstall` is invoked.

Evidence against

package.json has no preinstall/install/postinstall lifecycle hooks; execution is via bin `autodev`.
scripts/cli.ts loads local agent .env but does not exfiltrate it; networked operations are explicit config/update/docs commands.
extensions/autodev/embeddings.ts sends document/query text to VoyageAI only when VOYAGE_API_KEY is set, aligned with embeddings feature.
extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts contains fake test secret strings used to verify redaction, not live credentials.
No import-time persistence or unconsented AI-agent control-surface mutation found in inspected entrypoints.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 93 file(s), 669 KB of source, external domains: api.anthropic.com, api.context7.com, api.openai.com, api.voyageai.com, bun.sh, cli.github.com, deb.nodesource.com, discord.com, generativelanguage.googleapis.com, github.com, grep.app, ollama.com, raw.githubusercontent.com

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView file

Lines 226-267typescript

226 // The raw secret should NOT appear anywhere in the log

227 expect(content).not.toContain("sk-ant-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456");

228

229 rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });

230});

231

232test("multiple secret patterns are redacted", async () => {

233 const dir = tmpDir();

234 const logPath = join(dir, "debug.log");

235 process.env.AUTODEV_DEBUG = "true";

236 process.env.AUTODEV_DEBUG_LOG = logPath;

237

238 const logger = getLogger();

239 logger.log({

240 timestamp: "t1",

241 level: "info",

242 event: "test",

243 data: {

244 anthropic: "sk-ant-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456",

245 openrouter: "sk-or-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456",

246 google: "AIzaSyDfi9nT6m1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ",

High

Secret Pattern

Google API key in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L246

247 github: "ghp_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12345678901234",

Critical

Critical Secret

Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern.

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

248 slack: "xoxb-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234",

249 jwt: "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIn0.dozjgNqPnd9dGQm4kFy8QkZ5xGc",

250 },

251 });

252

253 await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));

254

255 const content = await readFile(logPath, "utf-8");

256 const parsed = JSON.parse(content.trim());

257

258 expect(parsed.data.anthropic).toBe("[REDACTED]");

259 expect(parsed.data.openrouter).toBe("[REDACTED]");

260 expect(parsed.data.google).toBe("[REDACTED]");

261 expect(parsed.data.github).toBe("[REDACTED]");

262 expect(parsed.data.slack).toBe("[REDACTED]");

263 expect(parsed.data.jwt).toBe("[REDACTED]");

264

265 rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });

266});

267

247patternName = github_pat severity = critical line = 247 matchedText = github: ...34",

Critical

Secret Pattern

GitHub personal access token in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

extensions/autodev/background/manager.tsView file

Lines 130-170typescript

130 private maxFor(key: string): number {

131 return this.concurrencyConfig[key]?.max ?? DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENCY;

132 }

133

134 private running(key: string): number {

135 return this.runningPerKey.get(key) ?? 0;

extensions/autodev/docs/seeding.tsView file

Lines 174-214typescript

174 }

175

176 const destDir = join(centralCorpusRoot(), source.targetSubdir);

177 mkdirSync(destDir, { recursive: true });

178 return copyMdFiles(srcDir, destDir, source.excludePatterns, source.targetSubdir);

179 } finally {

180

extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsView file

Lines 3-43typescript

4export interface UninstallResult {

5 readonly name: string;

6 readonly ok: boolean;

7 readonly detail: string;

extensions/autodev/embeddings.tsView file

Lines 17-57typescript

18// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

19// Types

20// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

22/** Injectable embedding function. Tests pass a deterministic mock. */

23export type EmbedFn = (texts: string[], isQuery?: boolean) =>

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView file

Lines 1-21typescript

1import { execSync, type ExecSyncOptions } from "node:child_process";

2import { platform } from "node:os";

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView on unpkg · L1

4export type Platform = "darwin" |

install.shView file

•path = install.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2692 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

install.shView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView file

247patternName = github_pat severity = critical line = 247 matchedText = github: ...34",

Critical

Critical Secret

Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern.

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

247patternName = github_pat severity = critical line = 247 matchedText = github: ...34",

Critical

Secret Pattern

GitHub personal access token in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

246patternName = google_api_key severity = high line = 246 matchedText = google: ...PQ",

High

Secret Pattern

Google API key in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L246

extensions/autodev/background/manager.tsView file

150L151: spawn(config: SpawnConfig): string { L152: const id = this.nextId();

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

extensions/autodev/background/manager.tsView on unpkg · L150

extensions/autodev/docs/seeding.tsView file

194const mdUrls: string[] = []; L195: let match: RegExpExecArray | null; L196: while ((match = linkRegex.exec(indexText)) !== null) {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

extensions/autodev/docs/seeding.tsView on unpkg · L194

extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsView file

181try { L182: const { execSync } = await import("node:child_process"); L183: const cmd = `npx @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent uninstall ${source}`; L184: execSync(cmd, { stdio: "pipe", timeout: 60_000, cwd: process.cwd() });

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsView on unpkg · L181

23const SHELL_RC_CANDIDATES = [ L24: ".bashrc", L25: ".zshrc", ... L55: const { notify } = deps; L56: const home = process.env.HOME ?? "~"; L57: const targets = [ ... L181: try { L182: const { execSync } = await import("node:child_process"); L183: const cmd = `npx @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent uninstall ${source}`; L184: execSync(cmd, { stdio: "pipe", timeout: 60_000, cwd: process.cwd() }); L185: notify(`Uninstalled ${source}`, "info");

Medium

Install Persistence

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsView on unpkg · L23

extensions/autodev/embeddings.tsView file

37): Promise<Float32Array[]> { L38: const apiKey = process.env.VOYAGE_API_KEY; L39: if (!apiKey) throw new Error("VOYAGE_API_KEY not set"); ... L42: const batch = texts.slice(i, i + VOYAGE_BATCH_SIZE); L43: const res = await fetch("https://api.voyageai.com/v1/embeddings", { L44: method: "POST", ... L48: }, L49: body: JSON.stringify({ L50: model: "voyage-3", ... L55: if (!res.ok) { L56: throw new Error(`VoyageAI embeddings failed: ${res.status} ${await res.text()}`); L57: }

High

Credential Exfiltration

Source combines credential-like environment material and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

extensions/autodev/embeddings.tsView on unpkg · L37

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView file

1import { execSync, type ExecSyncOptions } from "node:child_process"; L2: import { platform } from "node:os"; ... L59: function isNonInteractive(): boolean { L60: if (process.env.CI === "true" || process.env.CI === "1") return true; L61: if (process.stdout != null && process.stdout.isTTY === false) return true; L62: if (process.argv.includes("--yes") || process.argv.includes("-y")) return true; ... L65: L66: const HOMEBREW_BOOTSTRAP_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.[redacted].sh"; L67: ... L108: notify(`Installing Homebrew from ${HOMEBREW_BOOTSTRAP_URL}...`, "info"); L109: exec(`bash -c 'NONINTERACTIVE=1 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL ${HOMEBREW_BOOTSTRAP_URL})"`, { L110: stdio: "inherit",

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView on unpkg · L1

install.shView file

•path = install.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2692 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

install.shView on unpkg

Findings

3 Critical5 High5 Medium4 Low

CriticalCritical Secretextensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

CriticalDownload Executeextensions/autodev/installer/tools.ts

CriticalSecret Patternextensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

HighChild Processextensions/autodev/background/manager.ts

HighShellextensions/autodev/docs/seeding.ts

HighCredential Exfiltrationextensions/autodev/embeddings.ts

HighRuntime Package Installextensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.ts

HighSecret Patternextensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumInstall Persistenceextensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.ts

MediumShips Build Helperinstall.sh

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView file

Lines 226-267typescript

226 // The raw secret should NOT appear anywhere in the log

227 expect(content).not.toContain("sk-ant-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456");

228

229 rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });

230});

231

232test("multiple secret patterns are redacted", async () => {

233 const dir = tmpDir();

234 const logPath = join(dir, "debug.log");

235 process.env.AUTODEV_DEBUG = "true";

236 process.env.AUTODEV_DEBUG_LOG = logPath;

237

238 const logger = getLogger();

239 logger.log({

240 timestamp: "t1",

241 level: "info",

242 event: "test",

243 data: {

244 anthropic: "sk-ant-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456",

245 openrouter: "sk-or-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456",

246 google: "AIzaSyDfi9nT6m1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ",

High

Secret Pattern

Google API key in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L246

247 github: "ghp_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz12345678901234",

Critical

Critical Secret

Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern.

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

248 slack: "xoxb-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234",

249 jwt: "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIn0.dozjgNqPnd9dGQm4kFy8QkZ5xGc",

250 },

251 });

252

253 await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));

254

255 const content = await readFile(logPath, "utf-8");

256 const parsed = JSON.parse(content.trim());

257

258 expect(parsed.data.anthropic).toBe("[REDACTED]");

259 expect(parsed.data.openrouter).toBe("[REDACTED]");

260 expect(parsed.data.google).toBe("[REDACTED]");

261 expect(parsed.data.github).toBe("[REDACTED]");

262 expect(parsed.data.slack).toBe("[REDACTED]");

263 expect(parsed.data.jwt).toBe("[REDACTED]");

264

265 rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });

266});

267

247patternName = github_pat severity = critical line = 247 matchedText = github: ...34",

Critical

Secret Pattern

GitHub personal access token in extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.ts

extensions/autodev/debug/__tests__/debug.test.tsView on unpkg · L247

extensions/autodev/background/manager.tsView file

Lines 130-170typescript

130 private maxFor(key: string): number {

131 return this.concurrencyConfig[key]?.max ?? DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENCY;

132 }

133

134 private running(key: string): number {

135 return this.runningPerKey.get(key) ?? 0;

extensions/autodev/docs/seeding.tsView file

Lines 174-214typescript

174 }

175

176 const destDir = join(centralCorpusRoot(), source.targetSubdir);

177 mkdirSync(destDir, { recursive: true });

178 return copyMdFiles(srcDir, destDir, source.excludePatterns, source.targetSubdir);

179 } finally {

180

extensions/autodev/installer/uninstall-module.tsView file

Lines 3-43typescript

4export interface UninstallResult {

5 readonly name: string;

6 readonly ok: boolean;

7 readonly detail: string;

extensions/autodev/embeddings.tsView file

Lines 17-57typescript

18// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

19// Types

20// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

22/** Injectable embedding function. Tests pass a deterministic mock. */

23export type EmbedFn = (texts: string[], isQuery?: boolean) =>

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView file

Lines 1-21typescript

1import { execSync, type ExecSyncOptions } from "node:child_process";

2import { platform } from "node:os";

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

extensions/autodev/installer/tools.tsView on unpkg · L1

4export type Platform = "darwin" |

install.shView file

•path = install.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2692 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

install.shView on unpkg