chromatic@18.13.5
Automate visual testing across browsers. Gather UI feedback. Versioned documentation.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe root import is a small browser-environment check, while the Node entry points expose the Chromatic CLI. The flagged network, environment, and process capabilities appear in the CLI’s build workflow and communicate with Chromatic’s configured service; no concrete malicious behavior was identified.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The browser helper runs when imported or called; the CLI runs when a user invokes its executable.
Impact
No unrelated data collection, credential exfiltration, or unrequested account action was identified in the inspected paths.
Mechanism
The helper checks browser markers. The CLI communicates with Chromatic’s service for build workflows and supports disabling runtime analytics.
AI rationale
The root import is a small browser-environment check, while the Node entry points expose the Chromatic CLI. The flagged network, environment, and process capabilities appear in the CLI’s build workflow and communicate with Chromatic’s configured service; no concrete malicious behavior was identified.
Network endpoints1
index.chromatic.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 86.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package’s root import exports a browser helper; the Node CLI is a separate export and its executable is invoked as a command.
- The root helper only checks the browser user agent and URL for Chromatic markers.
- The CLI’s default GraphQL endpoint is Chromatic’s index service, and its runtime analytics can be disabled with environment variables.
Evidence against
- The CLI includes network, environment, and subprocess capabilities, but the inspected code ties them to Chromatic build and project workflows.
- No install lifecycle scripts are present in the inspected package manifest.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
11 flaggeddist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.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`),t=require(`./v1-BUm1ZgBQ.cjs`),n=require(`./icons-BshdA1Sq.cjs`),r=require(`./meow-Ch9Klnn9.cjs`),i=require(`./noPackageJson-DdrtVHZE.cjs`),...
L4: `+Error().stack):t&&console.log(`RxJS: Back to a better error behavior. Thank you. <3`),t=e},get [redacted](){return t}}})),ie=e.t((e=>{Object.defineProp...
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.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`),t=require(`./v1-BUm1ZgBQ.cjs`),n=require(`./icons-BshdA1Sq.cjs`),r=require(`./meow-Ch9Klnn9.cjs`),i=require(`./noPackageJson-DdrtVHZE.cjs`),...
L4: `+Error().stack):t&&console.log(`RxJS: Back to a better error behavior. Thank you. <3`),t=e},get [redacted](){return t}}})),ie=e.t((e=>{Object.defineProp...
L5: `+e.map(function(e,t){return t+1+`) `+e.toString()}).join(`
L6: `):``,this.name=`UnsubscriptionError`,this.errors=e,this}return e.prototype=Object.create(Error.prototype),e})()})),W=e.t((e=>{Object.defineProperty(e,`__esModule`,{value:!0});var ...
L7: `],[`r`
High
Same File Env Network Execution
A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.
Findings
3 Critical7 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/v1-BUm1ZgBQ.cjs
CriticalManifest Confusionpackage.json
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/meow-Ch9Klnn9.cjs
HighChild Processdist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.cjs
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.cjs
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.cjs
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.cjs
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/node-src-Ckq9dTqj.cjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/v1-BUm1ZgBQ.cjs
MediumDynamic Requiredist/node.cjs
MediumNetwork
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to chromatic@18.13.5.
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