chromatic@18.13.0
Automate visual testing across browsers. Gather UI feedback. Versioned documentation.
AI Security Review
scanned 19d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiSource inspection found no install hook or concrete malicious behavior. The scanner’s Unicode and execution indicators map to bundled HTML entity data and ordinary CLI support code, so the package is clean.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The CLI runs when a user invokes it; the `init` setup behavior runs through its command.
Impact
No malicious effect or confirmed attack surface was established.
Mechanism
The inspected code configures the Chromatic CLI, parses proxy responses, updates the project’s command script, and uses bundled parsing, process, and error-reporting utilities.
AI rationale
Source inspection found no install hook or concrete malicious behavior. The scanner’s Unicode and execution indicators map to bundled HTML entity data and ordinary CLI support code, so the package is clean.
Evidence
package.jsondist/bin.cjsdist/init-C_N3lYVs.cjsdist/getStorybookProjectRoot-O89Y0GBJ.cjsdist/node-src-BHhlnM6L.cjsdist/projectFiles-bOvpT5VH.cjsdist/build-ccmfIWhA.cjsdist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjsdist/v1-DZDxqSOl.cjs
Network endpoints1
index.chromatic.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 84.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes the browser helper, Node API, and CLI; inspection found no install lifecycle hook.
- The `init` command adds only a `chromatic` script to the selected project manifest.
- Runtime configuration uses the Chromatic project token and the Chromatic index service.
- The flagged project-root bundle code parses proxy response headers and rejects malformed headers.
- The flagged Unicode matches are HTML entity names and values in bundled parsing data.
- The subprocess wrapper runs parsed commands, while the Sentry bundle captures errors only when a client is configured.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggeddist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjsView file
2!function(){try{var e="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof global?global:"undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:"undefined"!=typeof self?self:{},n=(new e.Error)...
L3: const e=require(`./chunk-gGpyby2o.cjs`);let t=require(`node:util`),n=require(`node:child_process`),r=require(`node:fs`),i=require(`node:os`),a=require(`node:path`);a=e.a(a,1);let o...
L4: `?(--i,a+=1):e===`u`&&t[a+2]===`{`?a=t.indexOf(`}`,a+3):a+=De[e]??1}}let a=r===e.length;return a||n.push(e.slice(r)),{nextTokens:n,leadingWhitespaces:i,trailingWhitespaces:a}},Ee=n...
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjsView on unpkg · L22!function(){try{var e="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof global?global:"undefined"!=typeof globalThis?globalThis:"undefined"!=typeof self?self:{},n=(new e.Error)...
L3: const e=require(`./chunk-gGpyby2o.cjs`);let t=require(`node:util`),n=require(`node:child_process`),r=require(`node:fs`),i=require(`node:os`),a=require(`node:path`);a=e.a(a,1);let o...
L4: `?(--i,a+=1):e===`u`&&t[a+2]===`{`?a=t.indexOf(`}`,a+3):a+=De[e]??1}}let a=r===e.length;return a||n.push(e.slice(r)),{nextTokens:n,leadingWhitespaces:i,trailingWhitespaces:a}},Ee=n...
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjsView on unpkg · L2Findings
2 Critical7 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/projectFiles-bOvpT5VH.cjs
CriticalManifest Confusionpackage.json
HighChild Processdist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjs
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/node-src-BHhlnM6L.cjs
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/node-src-BHhlnM6L.cjs
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/node-src-BHhlnM6L.cjs
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/node-src-BHhlnM6L.cjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/projectFiles-bOvpT5VH.cjs
MediumDynamic Requiredist/execa-CoW7oosm.cjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to chromatic@18.13.0.
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