create-pmos@0.416.0
Scaffold the PMOS portable kit — run the PMOS product-management workflow (initiative → lane-fit spec → contract → build → three gates, with work-type lanes for features, research, maintenance, incidents, and content) entirely inside your own repo, with a
AI Security Review
scanned 10d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe explicitly invoked scaffolder performs first-party agent configuration that can enable a plugin for later sessions, leaving a guarded agent capability risk. Inspected credential-related test code verifies rejection of a file containing a sample secret.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The user runs the scaffolding command without --no-mod.
Impact
The repository is configured to offer and enable the cockpit plugin, which can affect later Claude Code sessions after project trust.
Mechanism
The command merges a local marketplace entry and enabled plugin entry into .claude/settings.json when those keys are absent.
AI rationale
The explicitly invoked scaffolder performs first-party agent configuration that can enable a plugin for later sessions, leaving a guarded agent capability risk. Inspected credential-related test code verifies rejection of a file containing a sample secret.
Evidence
bin/create-pmos.jsbin/cockpit-install.jspayload/mods/pmos-cockpit/.claude-plugin/plugin.json.claude/settings.json
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Running the scaffolder calls the mod setup unless the user passes --no-mod.
- The setup adds the package’s first-party cockpit plugin to the repository’s Claude settings and enables it when that key is absent.
- The plugin is described as checking PMOS skills and guarding merge actions and ledgers.
- The share test writes a sample secret and verifies the share endpoint refuses the file.
- The tool.check hook proceeds only after the host allows a call, then classifies it using the event’s tool and input.
- The file viewer fetches JSON and text using same-origin credentials.
- classifyTool examines the event’s tool name and recognizes MCP merge operations.
- formatStatus receives repository and initiative status fields and cleans the repository value for display.
Evidence against
- The configuration change occurs through the explicitly invoked scaffolding command; the source also provides a --no-mod option.
- The inspected share test demonstrates secret-file rejection rather than credential transfer.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcess
Source & flagged code
12 flaggedworkspace/premium-viewer-share-test.jsView file
61patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 61
Medium
Secret Pattern
Package contains a possible secret pattern.
workspace/premium-viewer-share-test.jsView on unpkg · L61bin/create-pmos.jsView file
23const path = require('path');
L24: const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
L25:
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
bin/create-pmos.jsView on unpkg · L23181const probe = process.platform === 'win32' ? `where ${cmd}` : `command -v ${cmd}`;
L182: try { return spawnSync(probe, { stdio: 'ignore', shell: true }).status === 0; }
L183: catch { return false; }
High
Shell
Package source references shell execution.
bin/create-pmos.jsFindings
2 Critical6 High6 Medium5 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationpayload/mods/pmos-cockpit/hooks/register.tsx
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltaworkspace/briefing-premium-board-test.js
HighChild Processbin/create-pmos.js
HighShellbin/create-pmos.js
HighSame File Env Network Executionworkspace/premium-chat-chart-tab-test.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationworkspace/server.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationbin/create-pmos.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbin/create-pmos.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumSecret Patternworkspace/premium-viewer-share-test.js
MediumDynamic Requirebin/create-pmos.js
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to create-pmos@0.416.0.
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