droid@0.250.0
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AI Security Review
scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected lifecycle source is consistent with installing and selecting a platform-specific CLI binary, and it shows no confirmed attack behavior. Several relevant optional binary dependency snapshots are unresolved, so a clean verdict is not supported by this inspection.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Package installation runs the postinstall hook; a missing optional binary triggers the download fallback.
Impact
The native executable’s behavior is unknown from the inspected snapshot; no malicious effect is established by the available source.
Mechanism
The installer retrieves a platform binary package from the npm registry, extracts its executable, and may run it with a version-check argument.
AI rationale
The inspected lifecycle source is consistent with installing and selecting a platform-specific CLI binary, and it shows no confirmed attack behavior. Several relevant optional binary dependency snapshots are unresolved, so a clean verdict is not supported by this inspection.
Evidence
package.jsoninstall.jsplatform.js
Network endpoints1
registry.npmjs.org/${encodedName}
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 88.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- The postinstall hook selects a platform-specific optional binary package, but the supplied snapshots for relevant native packages are unresolved.
- If an optional binary is missing, the installer fetches its npm tarball and later executes the binary to check its version.
Evidence against
- The manifest pins platform-specific optional packages to this release, and the installer’s fallback fetch uses the npm registry.
- The inspected installer code shows no separate persistence, credential collection, or unrelated destination.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node install.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg9scripts.postinstall = node install.js
Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native executable, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution.
L9: *
L10: * Based on esbuild's approach: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/pull/1621
L11: * and Sentry's guide: https://sentry.engineering/blog/publishing-binaries-on-npm
L12: *
...
L19: const path = require('path');
L20: const https = require('https');
L21: const zlib = require('zlib');
...
L27: getBinaryName,
L28: getBinaryPath,
L29: detectAVX2Support,
...
L50:
L51: function validateBinaryVersion(binaryPath) {
High
Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L9•scripts.postinstall = node install.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
Findings
6 High4 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processinstall.js
HighShellinstall.js
HighSame File Env Network Executioninstall.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighUnverified Remote Native Payload Installpackage.json
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedinstall.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to droid@0.250.0.
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