create-zuplo-api@7.13.5
Create Zuplo API with one command
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install hook and the inspected telemetry payload contains usage metadata rather than credentials or project contents. Its default-on telemetry is not disclosed in the README, so this warrants a warning.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Running the create-zuplo-api CLI; telemetry is skipped when ZUPLO_DO_NOT_TRACK is set.
Impact
Reports usage and environment metadata to an analytics service without disclosure in the README.
Mechanism
The CLI posts a random persistent distinct ID, package-manager metadata, and selected CLI option values to app.posthog.com.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook and the inspected telemetry payload contains usage metadata rather than credentials or project contents. Its default-on telemetry is not disclosed in the README, so this warrants a warning.
Evidence
dist/index.js
Network endpoints1
app.posthog.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 96.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI sends a default-on usage event to app.posthog.com and can disable it with ZUPLO_DO_NOT_TRACK.
- The event includes a persistent random distinct ID and usage flags such as selected package manager, template, and install options; no file contents or credentials appear in the payload.
- The README contains no analytics or telemetry disclosure.
Evidence against
- The manifest declares no install or other lifecycle scripts.
- Telemetry is limited in the inspected call to package-manager/runtime metadata, an anonymous ID, and CLI option flags.
- The CLI reads a Zuplo access token for requests to the Zuplo developer API, matching the token’s service.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
8 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: (()=>{var t={7213:(t,u,p)=>{"use strict";Object.defineProperty(u,"__esModule",{value:true});u.createFileSystemAdapter=u.FILE_SYSTEM_ADAPTER=void 0;const m=p(9896);u.FILE_SYSTEM_ADA...
L3: || (${w} == "string" && ${g} && ${g} == +${g})`).assign(E,(0,b._)`+${g}`);return;case"integer":m.elseIf((0,b._)`${w} === "boolean" || ${g} === null
L4: || (${w} === "string" && ${g} && ${g} == +${g} && !(${g} % 1))`).assign(E,(0,b._)`+${g}`);return;case"boolean":m.elseIf((0,b._)`${g} === "false" || ${g} === 0 || ${g} === null`).as...
L5: || ${w} === "boolean" || ${g} === null`).assign(E,(0,b._)`[${g}]`)}}}function assignParentData({gen:t,parentData:u,parentDataProperty:p},m){t.if((0,b._)`${u} !== undefined`,(()=>t....
L6: missingProperty: ${g},
L7: depsCount: ${u},
L8: deps: ${
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L11Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/index.js
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: (()=>{var t={7213:(t,u,p)=>{"use strict";Object.defineProperty(u,"__esModule",{value:true});u.createFileSystemAdapter=u.FILE_SYSTEM_ADAPTER=void 0;const m=p(9896);u.FILE_SYSTEM_ADA...
L3: || (${w} == "string" && ${g} && ${g} == +${g})`).assign(E,(0,b._)`+${g}`);return;case"integer":m.elseIf((0,b._)`${w} === "boolean" || ${g} === null
L4: || (${w} === "string" && ${g} && ${g} == +${g} && !(${g} % 1))`).assign(E,(0,b._)`+${g}`);return;case"boolean":m.elseIf((0,b._)`${g} === "false" || ${g} === 0 || ${g} === null`).as...
L5: || ${w} === "boolean" || ${g} === null`).assign(E,(0,b._)`[${g}]`)}}}function assignParentData({gen:t,parentData:u,parentDataProperty:p},m){t.if((0,b._)`${u} !== undefined`,(()=>t....
L6: m
Findings
2 Critical6 High3 Medium4 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighEvaldist/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to create-zuplo-api@7.13.5.
See all versions of create-zuplo-api for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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