---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.28.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.28.0.md"
package: "beast-agent"
report_status: "published"
title: "beast-agent@0.28.0 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.28.0"
---

# beast-agent@0.28.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 23 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 0.28.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Launching the application automatically retrieves a third-party stealth-browser archive, extracts it under the user's application data, and later executes its binary. The built-in agent can also run PowerShell commands and install remotely supplied skill files.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-01T10:50:49.709Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-01T10:52:00.809Z
- **Download time:** 764 ms
- **Static scan time:** 3060 ms
- **AI review time:** 67275 ms
- **Total time:** 71100 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Launching the application automatically retrieves a third-party stealth-browser archive, extracts it under the user's application data, and later executes its binary. The built-in agent can also run PowerShell commands and install remotely supplied skill files.

- **Trigger:** Launch the Electron application; use agent tools or install a community skill.

- **Impact:** A compromised upstream release URL or unsafe agent input could execute code or modify files on the user's machine.

- **Evidence paths:** src/main.js, src/agent/obscura.js, src/agent/tools.js, src/agent/store.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-01T10:52:00.809Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Automatic unsigned binary bootstrap and agent command execution.

- **Rationale:** The package has a concrete unsafe remote-code bootstrap and broad agent execution capability, so it warrants a warning. Static source inspection did not establish a malicious install hook, self-dependency chain, or confirmed theft behavior.

- **Files touched:** %APPDATA%\\beast\\obscura, beast-obscura.zip, %APPDATA%\\beast\\skills\\\<id\>

- **Network endpoints:** https://github.com/h4ckf0r0day/obscura/releases/latest/download/, raw.githubusercontent.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for:** On application launch, it automatically downloads and installs a third-party stealth browser when absent., The downloaded archive is extracted into the user's application-data directory without a checksum or signature check, then its executable is invoked., The agent exposes PowerShell command execution and can write remotely fetched community skill files to its skills directory.

- **Evidence against:** The install lifecycle only invokes an Electron repair helper; there is no runtime dependency on beast-agent itself., The stealth-browser download is triggered at application runtime, not by npm installation., Risky agent tools have an approval gate when an approval handler is configured., No source evidence established credential harvesting or secret exfiltration.

## 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@0.28.0/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@0.28.0/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@0.28.0/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%

Package source references shell execution.

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/beast-agent.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/obscura.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/src/agent/obscura.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15: const path = require('path');
L16: const https = require('https');
L17: const { execFile, spawn } = require('child_process');
L18: 
...
L24: function obscuraDir() {
L25: const base = process.env.APPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Roaming');
L26: return path.join(base, 'beast', 'obscura');
```

### 12. 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@0.28.0/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');
```

### 13. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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, OBSERVE_MARK } = 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: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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, OBSERVE_MARK } = 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. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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, OBSERVE_MARK } = 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: }
```

### 16. 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@0.28.0/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,
```

### 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 Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/scripts/websearch.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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]
```

### 20. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** eng.traineddata
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/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]
```

### 21. 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.

### 22. 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@0.28.0/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
```

### 23. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** src/agent/obscura.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/beast-agent@0.28.0/src/agent/obscura.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 = 0.879
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:** 0.28.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-01T10:47:30.973Z
- **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:** 74
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 6,510,340 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/beast-agent/v/0.28.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/algokodcom/beast-agent/issues>)