---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.26.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.26.4.md"
package: "beast-agent"
report_status: "published"
title: "beast-agent@0.26.4 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.26.4"
---

# beast-agent@0.26.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 0.26.4
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Installation can alter the Electron dependency and invoke its installer. At runtime, the AI agent can execute PowerShell commands and install remote skill files after an explicit user interface request.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 87.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-01T10:35:25.226Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-01T10:36:43.494Z
- **Download time:** 505 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2480 ms
- **AI review time:** 75283 ms
- **Total time:** 78268 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Installation can alter the Electron dependency and invoke its installer. At runtime, the AI agent can execute PowerShell commands and install remote skill files after an explicit user interface request.

- **Trigger:** npm installation, an agent tool call, or a user-initiated skill installation.

- **Impact:** A compromised upstream skill index or unsafe agent instruction could lead to command execution or persisted skill content.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/fix-electron.js, src/agent/tools.js, src/agent/store.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-01T10:36:43.494Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Lifecycle dependency repair plus AI-agent command execution and remote skill deployment.

- **Rationale:** The package contains concrete high-risk agent and lifecycle behavior, but source inspection found no credential theft, covert exfiltration, self-dependency chain, or unconsented mutation of a broad AI-agent control surface. Treat it as a dangerous agent extension package requiring a warning rather than confirmed malware.

- **Files touched:** node\_modules/electron/dist, node\_modules/electron/path.txt, %APPDATA%\\beast\\skills\\\<id\>, %APPDATA%\\beast\\py

- **Network endpoints:** https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/algokodcom/beast-agent/main/store/skills.json, https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.8/python-3.12.8-embed-amd64.zip

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 87.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for:** Install-time hook runs a repair script automatically., The repair script deletes Electron files and runs Electron's installer, with an external mirror fallback., The agent exposes arbitrary PowerShell execution with execution-policy bypass., A remote community skill index can supply files that are written into the agent's skills directory.

- **Evidence against:** No self-dependency or nested lifecycle chain is declared., The skill installation path is reached through an explicit IPC request., The engine marks command execution, file writes, and Python execution as risky tools.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/fix-electron.js --soft
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/fix-electron.js --soft
```

### 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:** bin/beast-agent.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/bin/beast-agent.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const { spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
L9: const path = require('path');
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/engine.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/agent/engine.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1219: '- Kodu ve dosyaları DOĞRUDAN write_file ile yaz/güncelle. Basit dosya oluşturma/düzenleme için asla Python scripti yazma; python_run yalnız gerçek hesap/veri işleme gerekiyorsa.\n...
L1220: '- Kurulum, test, build, git gibi işler için run_command kullan (Windows PowerShell ortamı).\n' +
L1221: '- Bağımsız araç çağrılarını AYNI TURDA paralel ver.\n' +
```

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/beast-agent.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/bin/beast-agent.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const { spawn, spawnSync } = require('child_process');
L9: const path = require('path');
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/store.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/agent/store.js>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
src/agent/store.js:
const COMMUNITY_URL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/algokodcom/beast-agent/main/store/skills.json';
const SKIP_DIRS = new Set(['node_modules', '.git', '__pycache__', '.drafts']);
fs.writeFileSync(p, JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2));
fs.writeFileSync(target, String(content ?? ''), 'utf8');
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/main.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: const fs = require('fs');
L6: const http = require('http');
L7: const dns = require('dns');
L8: const crypto = require('crypto');
L9: const { spawn } = require('child_process');
L10: const Engine = require('./agent/engine');
...
L57: if (res.ok) {
L58: const j = await res.json();
L59: const v = String(j.version || '').trim();
...
L68: if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) {
L69: win.webContents.send('agent:event', { type: 'update', ...updateState, current: app.getVersion() });
L70: }
```

### 13. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/main.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: const fs = require('fs');
L6: const http = require('http');
L7: const dns = require('dns');
L8: const crypto = require('crypto');
L9: const { spawn } = require('child_process');
L10: const Engine = require('./agent/engine');
...
L57: if (res.ok) {
L58: const j = await res.json();
L59: const v = String(j.version || '').trim();
...
L68: if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) {
L69: win.webContents.send('agent:event', { type: 'update', ...updateState, current: app.getVersion() });
L70: }
```

### 14. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/main.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.main -> src/main.js
L5: const fs = require('fs');
L6: const http = require('http');
L7: const dns = require('dns');
L8: const crypto = require('crypto');
L9: const { spawn } = require('child_process');
L10: const Engine = require('./agent/engine');
...
L57: if (res.ok) {
L58: const j = await res.json();
L59: const v = String(j.version || '').trim();
...
L68: if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) {
L69: win.webContents.send('agent:event', { type: 'update', ...updateState, current: app.getVersion() });
L70: }
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** bin/beast-agent.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/bin/beast-agent.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L29: 
L30: /* güncelleme modu: çalışan Beast"i kapat (dosya kilidi EBUSY vermesin) → npm güncelle (görünür ilerleme) → yeniden başlat.\n   Bu komut güncelleme butonu tarafından GÖRÜNÜR bir cm...
L31: detached: true,
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/scripts/websearch.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/agent/scripts/websearch.py>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = src/agent/scripts/websearch.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 7583
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** eng.traineddata
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/eng.traineddata>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = eng.traineddata
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 5199098
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. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** bin/beast-agent.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/bin/beast-agent.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4
```

### 22. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.26.4/src/main.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = beast-agent@0.27.0
matchedIdentity = npm:YmVhc3QtYWdlbnQ:0.27.0
similarity = 0.914
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 16
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 1
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 16

### Published dependency entries
- @pdf-lib/fontkit ^1.1.1 (Dependency)
- @whiskeysockets/baileys ^7.0.0-rc14 (Dependency)
- @xenova/transformers ^2.17.2 (Dependency)
- electron 40.10.2 (Dependency)
- electron-updater ^6.8.9 (Dependency)
- ffmpeg-static ^5.3.0 (Dependency)
- imapflow ^1.7.6 (Dependency)
- nodemailer ^9.0.5 (Dependency)
- pdf-lib ^1.17.1 (Dependency)
- pdf-parse ^2.4.5 (Dependency)
- pdf-to-img ^6.3.0 (Dependency)
- pdfjs-dist ^5.6.205 (Dependency)
- pdfkit ^0.20.1 (Dependency)
- qrcode ^1.5.4 (Dependency)
- tesseract.js ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.21.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** beast-agent
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.26.4
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-01T08:52:34.092Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-30T20:07:30.652Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-01T19:40:14.768Z
- **Known versions:** 36
- **Latest version:** 1.2.3
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Ultra-fast local agent shell for Windows.
- **Author:** algokodcom
- **Maintainers:** algokod
- **Keywords:** agent, ai, whatsapp, assistant, electron, windows, llm, openai
- **Artifact files:** 72
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 6,468,357 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.26.4>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent/issues>)