---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/brokre/v/0.2.26"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/brokre/v/0.2.26.md"
package: "brokre"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "brokre@0.2.26 npm security report"
verdict: "scan_failed"
version: "0.2.26"
---

# brokre@0.2.26 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 12 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.2.26
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

Static analysis completed at 0.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 12 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 0.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-19T17:54:28.472Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-19T17:54:29.212Z
- **Download time:** 504 ms
- **Static scan time:** 235 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 740 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to brokre@0.2.26.

- Review the evidence and your use of brokre@0.2.26 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/brokre@0.2.26/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node setup-mcp.js
```

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 5. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/brokre@0.2.26/index.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: 
L10: const { spawn, execFileSync } = require('child_process');
L11: const fs = require('fs');
L12: const http = require('http');
L13: const https = require('https');
...
L17: 
L18: const { version: PKG_VERSION } = require('./package.json');
L19: const REPO = 'Furowu/brokre';
...
L45: */
L46: function isLauncherScript(binPath, platform = process.platform) {
L47: if (!binPath) return false;
...
L69: });
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/brokre@0.2.26/index.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: 
L10: const { spawn, execFileSync } = require('child_process');
L11: const fs = require('fs');
L12: const http = require('http');
L13: const https = require('https');
...
L17: 
L18: const { version: PKG_VERSION } = require('./package.json');
L19: const REPO = 'Furowu/brokre';
...
L45: */
L46: function isLauncherScript(binPath, platform = process.platform) {
L47: if (!binPath) return false;
...
L69: });
```

### 8. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** setup-mcp.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/brokre@0.2.26/setup-mcp.js>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L142: function writeJsonFile(filePath, data) {
L143: fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
L144: if (pathExists(filePath)) {
L145: const backup = `${filePath}.brokre.bak`;
L146: fs.copyFileSync(filePath, backup);
L147: }
L148: fs.writeFileSync(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)}\n`, { mode: 0o600 });
L149: }
L150: 
L151: function mergeMcpServers(data, serversKey, entry, options = {}) {
L152: const next = data && typeof data === 'object' ? { ...data } : {};
...
L208: function isClaudeCodeInstalled() {
```

### 9. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/brokre@0.2.26/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.main -> index.js
L9: 
L10: const { spawn, execFileSync } = require('child_process');
L11: const fs = require('fs');
L12: const http = require('http');
L13: const https = require('https');
...
L17: 
L18: const { version: PKG_VERSION } = require('./package.json');
L19: const REPO = 'Furowu/brokre';
...
L45: */
L46: function isLauncherScript(binPath, platform = process.platform) {
L47: if (!binPath) return false;
...
L69: });
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 12. 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.

## 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:** brokre
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.2.26
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-18T14:29:34.282Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-05T06:42:58.043Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T23:04:37.691Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 0.2.36
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** MCP launcher for brokre — local credential broker for Cursor, Claude Code, Kimi Code, Trae, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, ChatClaw, and other MCP clients
- **Author:** brokre contributors
- **Maintainers:** furowu
- **Keywords:** mcp, model-context-protocol, brokre, credentials, ssh, security, cursor, claude
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 4
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 56,491 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/brokre/v/0.2.26>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Furowu/brokre>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Furowu/brokre#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Furowu/brokre/issues>)
