base44@0.2.3
Base44 CLI - Unified interface for managing Base44 applications
AI Security Review
scanned 10d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source confirms default error telemetry to PostHog that can include user and request data, with an environment-variable opt-out. This is a real conditional data exposure, but the inspected behavior does not establish a malicious attack.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A CLI command error or an uncaught process error while telemetry is enabled.
Impact
Diagnostic data, including potentially sensitive request content, may be disclosed to the telemetry service.
Mechanism
The reporter builds error properties and submits them to https://us.i.posthog.com; telemetry is enabled unless BASE44_DISABLE_TELEMETRY is set to 1.
AI rationale
The source confirms default error telemetry to PostHog that can include user and request data, with an environment-variable opt-out. This is a real conditional data exposure, but the inspected behavior does not establish a malicious attack.
Evidence
dist/cli/index.js
Network endpoints1
us.i.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI enables PostHog reporting by default; setting BASE44_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 disables it.
- On command errors, the reporter sends diagnostics that can include account details, command arguments, working directory, and API request and response bodies.
- API errors retain request bodies, which are included in the telemetry properties.
Evidence against
- The report is sent only when an error is captured, and the source provides an environment-variable opt-out.
- The inspected package manifest has no npm lifecycle hook; the observed reporting is CLI runtime behavior.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
4 flaggeddist/assets/backend-runtime/main.tsView file
148try {
L149: functionModule = await import(functionPath);
L150: } catch (error) {
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/assets/backend-runtime/main.tsView on unpkg · L148dist/cli/index.jsView file
•path = dist/cli/index.js
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 11326406
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Oversized Source File
Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.
dist/cli/index.jsView on unpkg283330var POSTHOG_API_KEY = "phc_VsHW5HxTzpORanESQh9A08tmZLQkKbtIBTYoQvRpPOp";
var TELEMETRY_DISABLED_ENV_VAR = "BASE44_DISABLE_TELEMETRY";
var POSTHOG_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
// src/cli/telemetry/posthog.ts
var client = null;
function isTelemetryEnabled() {
return process.env[TELEMETRY_DISABLED_ENV_VAR] !== "1";
}
function getPostHogClient() {
if (!isTelemetryEnabled()) {
return null;
}
if (!client) {
try {
client = new PostHog(POSTHOG_API_KEY, {
host: "https://us.i.
Findings
7 Medium5 Low
MediumDynamic Requiredist/assets/backend-runtime/main.ts
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumOversized Source Filedist/cli/index.js
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumRemote Tarball Dependencypackage.json
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/cli/index.js
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to base44@0.2.3.
See all versions of base44 for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of base44@0.2.3 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.
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