registry / balena-cli / 25.2.7
balena-cli@25.2.7
⚠ Under reviewThe official balena Command Line Interface
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected package source does not establish malicious behavior, but the CLI actively loads balena-sdk and its source was unavailable for review. This unresolved runtime dependency prevents a clean verdict.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The unresolved dependency is loaded when CLI operations request the shared SDK, including deployment.
Impact
The available source does not establish credential disclosure, destructive behavior, or another attack; the missing core dependency source prevents a clean determination.
Mechanism
The CLI delegates SDK behavior to balena-sdk, whose implementation could not be inspected in this snapshot.
AI rationale
The inspected package source does not establish malicious behavior, but the CLI actively loads balena-sdk and its source was unavailable for review. This unresolved runtime dependency prevents a clean verdict.
Evidence
package.jsonbuild/utils/lazy.jsbuild/commands/deploy/index.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 76.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- The manifest declares balena-sdk, and the CLI loads it through a shared SDK helper used by the deploy command.
- The prepared balena-sdk source is unavailable in the inspected snapshot, so its runtime behavior cannot be verified.
- The inspected compose-parser postinstall fetches a binary from its configured Balena GitHub release path and extracts it into its package binary directory.
Evidence against
- The package manifest's postinstall invokes the local patch-application helper.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
9 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node patches/apply-patches.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgoclif.manifest.jsonView file
221patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 221
Medium
772patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 772
Medium
Findings
3 High9 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybuild/utils/sudo.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbuild/commands/deploy/index.js#virtual:string-array:round1
MediumSecret Patternoclif.manifest.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperbin/dev.cmd
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumSecret Patternoclif.manifest.json
MediumSecret Patternoclif.manifest.json
MediumSecret Patternbuild/utils/messages.js
MediumSecret Patternsrc/utils/messages.ts
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to balena-cli@25.2.7.
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