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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aws-runtime-bridge/v/1.9.103"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aws-runtime-bridge/v/1.9.103.md"
package: "aws-runtime-bridge"
report_status: "published"
title: "aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.9.103"
---

# aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 1.9.103
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-09T02:09:44.757Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-09T02:10:53.585Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1514 ms
- **AI review time:** 66806 ms
- **Total time:** 68828 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** The package is a privileged local agent-runtime bridge with install-time Chromium provisioning. At runtime it can register to a configured scheduler and, through authenticated routes, install AI tooling or manage the bridge.

- **Trigger:** npm installation; then running the CLI with configured scheduler credentials or authenticated API requests.

- **Impact:** Downloads executables and may install OS dependencies; configured scheduler receives registration credentials and host/workspace metadata.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/ensure-playwright-browser.mjs, dist/routes/instance.js, dist/services/auto-register.js, dist/services/tool-installer.js, dist/services/cli-commands.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-09T02:10:53.585Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** postinstall browser provisioning plus authenticated agent/runtime orchestration

- **Rationale:** Source shows a high-impact runtime-management and install-time download capability, but its network registration and privileged operations are configured or authenticated. This supports a warning rather than a malware block.

- **Files touched:** package.json, scripts/ensure-bin-executable.mjs, scripts/ensure-playwright-browser.mjs, dist/index.js, dist/routes/instance.js, dist/services/auto-register.js, dist/services/tool-installer.js, dist/services/cli-commands.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-runtime-bridge/latest, http://localhost:8080

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for:** package.json postinstall runs scripts/ensure-playwright-browser.mjs., That script downloads Chromium and, as Linux root, requests Playwright system-dependency installation., dist/routes/instance.js exposes authenticated endpoints that install global AI CLIs and update the bridge., dist/services/auto-register.js sends configured userKey and host/workspace metadata to a configured scheduler.

- **Evidence against:** Postinstall behavior is overt and package-aligned; no hidden payload or obfuscation beyond bundled/minified distribution., Scheduler registration requires explicit config/enablement and a userKey., Tool installation endpoints require validateToken., Service persistence is behind the explicit awsb service install command.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/ensure-bin-executable.mjs && node scripts/ensure-playwright-browser.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/ensure-bin-executable.mjs && node scripts/ensure-playwright-browser.mjs
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import{existsSync as D,readFileSync as B}from"node:fs";import E from"node:os";import x from"node:path";import M from"cors";import I from"express";import{adapterRegistry as O}from"....
L3:
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import{existsSync as D,readFileSync as B}from"node:fs";import E from"node:os";import x from"node:path";import M from"cors";import I from"express";import{adapterRegistry as O}from"....
L3:
```

### 8. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/routes/instance.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/routes/instance.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{Router as F}from"express";import I from"axios";import{spawn as N}from"node:child_process";import{createHash as $,timingSafeEqual as M}from"node:crypto";import{getBridgeVersi...
L2: [output truncated]`:r}function oe(r,t){return new Promise((e,s)=>{const n=N(r,t,{shell:!1,windowsHide:!0});let a="",i="";n.stdout.on("data",o=>{a+=o.toString("utf8")}),n.stderr.on(...
L3:
```

### 9. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 10. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 11. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/services/cli-commands.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/services/cli-commands.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{spawnSync as f}from"node:child_process";import{createInterface as X}from"node:readline/promises";import{existsSync as g,mkdirSync as T,readFileSync as Z,rmSync as ee,unlinkS...
L2: `)}function le(e){process.stderr.write(`${e}
...
L5: `)}function w(e,r){return e("systemctl",r)}function b(e,r){return r.error?`[runtime-bridge] ${e}\u5931\u8D25: ${r.error.message}`:`[runtime-bridge] ${e}\u5931\u8D25\uFF0Csystemctl ...
L6: npm install -g aws-runtime-bridge`),{handled:!0,exitCode:1}}async function U(e){const r=e.windowsServiceManager;if(!r&&!se())return ve(e.stderr);const t=e.windowsServiceLogPath||B,...
L7:
```

### 12. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 13. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/adapter/OpencodeSdkAdapter.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/adapter/OpencodeSdkAdapter.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{spawn as E}from"node:child_process";import{EventEmitter as x}from"node:events";import*as w from"node:fs";import*as T from"node:net";import*as O from"node:os";import*as h fro...
L2: `)):t}return this.sdkModule}async waitForServer(t,e,o,r){const i=Date.now()+o;for(;Date.now()<i;){try{if((await t.session.list({query:{directory:e}})).data!==void 0)return}catch{}a...
```

### 14. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/routes/instance.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/routes/instance.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{Router as F}from"express";import I from"axios";import{spawn as N}from"node:child_process";import{createHash as $,timingSafeEqual as M}from"node:crypto";import{getBridgeVersi...
L2: [output truncated]`:r}function oe(r,t){return new Promise((e,s)=>{const n=N(r,t,{shell:!1,windowsHide:!0});let a="",i="";n.stdout.on("data",o=>{a+=o.toString("utf8")}),n.stderr.on(...
L3:
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/routes/instance.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/dist/routes/instance.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.js -> dist/routes/instance.js
L1: import{Router as F}from"express";import I from"axios";import{spawn as N}from"node:child_process";import{createHash as $,timingSafeEqual as M}from"node:crypto";import{getBridgeVersi...
L2: [output truncated]`:r}function oe(r,t){return new Promise((e,s)=>{const n=N(r,t,{shell:!1,windowsHide:!0});let a="",i="";n.stdout.on("data",o=>{a+=o.toString("utf8")}),n.stderr.on(...
L3:
```

### 16. Low: Obfuscated
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 60.0%

Package source has low-confidence obfuscation-like patterns.

### 17. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 18. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 19. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** package/acode/dist/grammars/grammars/tree-sitter-go.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/aws-runtime-bridge@1.9.103/package/acode/dist/grammars/grammars/tree-sitter-go.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = [redacted]-sitter-go.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 217182
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 21. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 22
- **Optional dependencies:** 1
- **Peer dependencies:** 4
- **Development dependencies:** 23
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @agentswork/acode file:package/acode (Dependency)
- @cc-switch/sdk file:package/cc-switch-sdk (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.27.1 (Dependency)
- archiver ^8.0.0 (Dependency)
- axios ^1.7.9 (Dependency)
- cors ^2.8.5 (Dependency)
- diff ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- express ^4.21.2 (Dependency)
- js-yaml ^4.1.1 (Dependency)
- koffi ^3.1.4 (Dependency)
- multer ^2.1.1 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- node-screenshots ^0.2.8 (Dependency)
- playwright ^1.62.0 (Dependency)
- sharp ^0.35.3 (Dependency)
- tar ^7.5.15 (Dependency)
- unzipper ^0.12.3 (Dependency)
- uuid ^11.0.3 (Dependency)
- web-tree-sitter ^0.25.4 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.14.2 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.3.4 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.1.12 (Dependency)
- node-windows ^1.0.0-beta.8 (OptionalDependency)
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.3.143 (PeerDependency)
- @anthropic-ai/sdk ^0.96.0 (PeerDependency)
- @openai/codex-sdk ^0.130.0 (PeerDependency)
- @opencode-ai/sdk ^1.3.13 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** aws-runtime-bridge
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.9.103
- **Version published:** 2026-08-07T13:08:17.640Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-18T11:16:13.424Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-04T07:32:16.471Z
- **Known versions:** 28
- **Latest version:** 1.9.143
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** AgentsWorkStudio runtime bridge service for machine-level agent runtime integration
- **Deprecated:** Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info.
- **Maintainers:** zhuangjieya
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 \<25
- **Artifact files:** 1159
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 25,636,332 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/aws-runtime-bridge/v/1.9.103>)
