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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-mastra/v/1.30.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-mastra/v/1.30.0.md"
package: "create-mastra"
report_status: "published"
title: "create-mastra@1.30.0 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.30.0"
---

# create-mastra@1.30.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 1.30.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

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.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

This is not malicious install-hook abuse because the manifest has no lifecycle script and the action requires running the CLI. The default agent-skills mutation and telemetry are meaningful but bounded, so a warning is appropriate.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-15T15:14:13.231Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-15T15:15:10.076Z
- **Download time:** 501 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1346 ms
- **AI review time:** 54997 ms
- **Total time:** 56845 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:** Running the create CLI can install Mastra skills for detected AI coding agents in the newly generated project. It also sends default CLI telemetry; no install-time package hook or confirmed secret exfiltration was found.

- **Trigger:** A user runs create-mastra with skills enabled, which is the default.

- **Impact:** An explicit scaffold command can alter the generated project's agent-skill configuration and disclose device and command metadata.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-15T15:15:10.076Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** External skills installation and default telemetry collection.

- **Rationale:** This is not malicious install-hook abuse because the manifest has no lifecycle script and the action requires running the CLI. The default agent-skills mutation and telemetry are meaningful but bounded, so a warning is appropriate.

- **Files touched:** .mastra/analytics.json

- **Network endpoints:** https://us.posthog.com, https://platform.mastra.ai

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The user-invoked create command detects installed coding agents and automatically runs an external skills installer in the new project., Skills installation is enabled by default for the create command., Telemetry is enabled by default and reports a persistent identifier, hostname, operating-system details, and command metadata to PostHog.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook., The executable is a CLI bin; the risky actions occur only when the user runs the create command., The inspected credential and platform flows use Mastra endpoints and are tied to interactive observability setup; no credential theft or command-output exfiltration was found.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to create-mastra@1.30.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of create-mastra@1.30.0 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: import fsPromises__default, { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, chmod } from 'node:fs/promises';
L9: import require$$0, { execFileSync, ChildProcess, execFile, spawnSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L10: import { createServer } from 'node:http';
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import require$$4, { styleText, debuglog, stripVTControlCharacters, inspect, promisify, callbackify, aborted } from 'node:util';
L12: import process$2, { stdout, stdin, platform, hrtime, execPath, execArgv } from 'node:process';
L13: import * as l from 'node:readline';
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15245: try {
L15246: await execa(packageManager || getPackageManager(), ["install"], {
L15247: cwd: projectPath,
...
L15257: }
L15258: const TEMPLATES_API_URL = process.env.MASTRA_TEMPLATES_API_URL || "https://mastra.ai/api/templates.json";
L15259: async function loadTemplates() {
```

### 8. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: import fsPromises__default, { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, chmod } from 'node:fs/promises';
L9: import require$$0, { execFileSync, ChildProcess, execFile, spawnSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L10: import { createServer } from 'node:http';
L11: import require$$4, { styleText, debuglog, stripVTControlCharacters, inspect, promisify, callbackify, aborted } from 'node:util';
L12: import process$2, { stdout, stdin, platform, hrtime, execPath, execArgv } from 'node:process';
L13: import * as l from 'node:readline';
...
L86: // with no body, we should not to set Content-Type
L87: serializedBody === void 0 || // if serialized body is FormData; browser will correctly set Content-Type & boundary expression
L88: serializedBody instanceof FormData ? {} : {
...
L214: if (parseAs === "json" &
```

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
import fs, { readFileSync, statSync, appendFileSync, writeFileSync, createWriteStream, createReadStream, existsSync, mkdirSync, constants as constants$2 } from 'node:fs';
import fsPromises__default, { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, chmod } from 'node:fs/promises';
import * as l from 'node:readline';
import l__default from 'node:readline';
baseUrl = "",
baseUrl = removeTrailingSlash(baseUrl);
baseUrl: localBaseUrl,
let finalBaseUrl = baseUrl;
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L10337: // If `subprocess.stdin` is destroyed before being fully written to, it is considered aborted and should throw an error.
L10338: // This can happen for example when user called `subprocess.stdin.destroy()` before `subprocess.stdin.end()`.
L10339: // However, Node.js calls `subprocess.stdin.destroy()` on exit for cleanup purposes.
L10340: // https://github.[redacted]child_process.js#L278
L10341: // This is normal and should not throw an error.
...
L10346: // The only way to detect this is to spy on `subprocess.stdin._destroy()` by wrapping it.
L10347: // If `subprocess.exitCode` or `subprocess.signalCode` is set, it means `.destroy()` is being called by Node.js itself.
L10348: const handleStdinDestroy = (stream, {originalStreams: [originalStdin], subprocess}) => {
```

### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: import fsPromises__default, { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, chmod } from 'node:fs/promises';
L9: import require$$0, { execFileSync, ChildProcess, execFile, spawnSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L10: import { createServer } from 'node:http';
L11: import require$$4, { styleText, debuglog, stripVTControlCharacters, inspect, promisify, callbackify, aborted } from 'node:util';
L12: import process$2, { stdout, stdin, platform, hrtime, execPath, execArgv } from 'node:process';
L13: import * as l from 'node:readline';
...
L86: // with no body, we should not to set Content-Type
L87: serializedBody === void 0 || // if serialized body is FormData; browser will correctly set Content-Type & boundary expression
L88: serializedBody instanceof FormData ? {} : {
...
L214: if (parseAs === "json" &
```

### 12. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.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 -> dist/index.js
L8: import fsPromises__default, { readFile, mkdir, writeFile, chmod } from 'node:fs/promises';
L9: import require$$0, { execFileSync, ChildProcess, execFile, spawnSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L10: import { createServer } from 'node:http';
L11: import require$$4, { styleText, debuglog, stripVTControlCharacters, inspect, promisify, callbackify, aborted } from 'node:util';
L12: import process$2, { stdout, stdin, platform, hrtime, execPath, execArgv } from 'node:process';
L13: import * as l from 'node:readline';
...
L86: // with no body, we should not to set Content-Type
L87: serializedBody === void 0 || // if serialized body is FormData; browser will correctly set Content-Type & boundary expression
L88: serializedBody instanc
```

### 13. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/create-mastra@1.30.0/dist/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.js
L10337: // If `subprocess.stdin` is destroyed before being fully written to, it is considered aborted and should throw an error.
L10338: // This can happen for example when user called `subprocess.stdin.destroy()` before `subprocess.stdin.end()`.
L10339: // However, Node.js calls `subprocess.stdin.destroy()` on exit for cleanup purposes.
L10340: // https://github.[redacted]child_process.js#L278
L10341: // This is normal and should not throw an error.
...
L10346: // The only way to detect this is to spy on `subprocess.stdin._destroy()` by wrapping it.
L10347: // If `subprocess.exitCode` or `subprocess.signalCode` is set, it means `.destroy()` is being called by Node.js itself.
L10348: const handleStdinDestro
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 15. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. 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:** No

- **Dependencies:** 3
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 13
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 3

### Published dependency entries
- commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency)
- posthog-node ^5.46.1 (Dependency)
- tinyexec ^1.1.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** create-mastra
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.30.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-15T09:20:57.351Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-16T04:40:57.389Z
- **Known versions:** 27
- **Latest version:** 1.34.2
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Create Mastra apps with one command
- **Maintainers:** abhiaiyer, smthomas, rase-, calcsam, nikaiyer, tylerbarnes, wardpeet
- **Keywords:** mastra, create, cli, starter, boilerplate, template, init, generator, scaffold, ai, llm, llms
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.13.0
- **Artifact files:** 7
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,704,025 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/create-mastra/v/1.30.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra>)
- [Homepage](<https://mastra.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/mastra-ai/mastra/issues>)