registry / Malware / dsh-win32 / 0.17.1

dsh-win32@0.17.1

Fix and diagnose DeepSeek Harness on native Windows. Official PowerShell, Workspace Write, shortcuts, and legacy preset repair. No WSL.

AI Security Review

scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source confirms an unrequested, publisher-selected GitHub account action during setup. This is concrete account mutation, so the package is malicious and should be blocked.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

The user runs the current setup command in an interactive terminal; the prompt marker is absent and GitHub CLI authentication is available.

Impact

The user’s GitHub account is changed to star the author’s repository without recipient-specific consent.

Mechanism

The CLI calls gh api with a PUT request for user/starred/sjh9714/dsh-win32 and suppresses command output.

Attack narrative

After current setup, the CLI automatically checks for an authenticated GitHub CLI session. When available, it stars the package author’s repository through that account without asking for consent. The behavior is limited to interactive setup and runs only once per DSH_HOME marker.

AI rationale

Source confirms an unrequested, publisher-selected GitHub account action during setup. This is concrete account mutation, so the package is malicious and should be blocked.

Evidence

bin/cli.mjs.dsh-win32-star-prompted under DSH_HOME

Network endpoints1

github.com API via gh

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Malicious at 96.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

The CLI setup command invokes the star-offer routine after completing setup.
In an interactive terminal, when the marker is absent and GitHub CLI authentication succeeds, the routine sends a PUT request to star sjh9714/dsh-win32 using the authenticated account, without asking the user first.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 11 file(s), 129 KB of source, external domains: frippery.org, git-scm.com, github.com, learn.microsoft.com

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

bin/cli.mjsView file

Lines 1-61javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2/**

3 * dsh-win32 CLI: `doctor` diagnoses the known DSH-on-Windows traps.

4 * Current `setup` verifies the official Windows stack and creates a shortcut.

5 * `setup --legacy` installs the old custom presets. Zero dependencies.

6 */

8import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'

9import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L7

10import { homedir } from 'node:os'

11import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'

12import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'

13import process from 'node:process'

14// Shared with the runtime so the two never drift; lib/ always ships with bin/.

15import { findGitBash, installPreset, busyboxPath } from '../lib/preset-install.js'

16import { verifyInstalledStack } from '../lib/verify.js'

18const WIN = process.platform === 'win32'

19const DSH_HOME = process.env.DSH_HOME ?? join(homedir(), '.dsh')

20const PRESET_ID = 'minimal-windows'

21const PRESET_SRC = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', 'preset', PRESET_ID)

22const REPO = 'https://github.com/sjh9714/dsh-win32'

23const SELF_VERSION = JSON.parse(

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L7

24 readFileSync(join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', 'package.json'), 'utf8'),

25).version

27const ok = message => console.log(` ok ${message}`)

28const warn = message => console.log(` WARN ${message}`)

29const bad = message => console.log(` FAIL ${message}`)

30const info = message => console.log(` tip ${message}`)

32function tryExec(file, args) {

33 try {

34 return execFileSync(file, args, { encoding: 'utf8', windowsHide: true, stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })

35 } catch {

36 return undefined

37 }

38}

40function findPwsh7() {

41 if (process.env.ProgramFiles !== undefined) {

42 const candidate = join(process.env.ProgramFiles, 'PowerShell', '7', 'pwsh.exe')

43 if (existsSync(candidate)) return candidate

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L41

44 }

45 const located = tryExec('where.exe', ['pwsh'])

46 const first = (located ?? '').split(/\r?\n/)[0]?.trim()

47 return first !== undefined && first !== '' ? first : undefined

48}

50/**

51 * pnpm backs the profile-directory install: `dsh plugin add` forwards to it,

52 * so a box without pnpm fails the bundle wiring with a bare

53 * "'pnpm' is not recognized" and no hint about what is actually missing (#13).

54 */

55function findPnpm() {

56 const located = tryExec(WIN ? 'where.exe' : 'which', ['pnpm'])

57 const first = (located ?? '').split(/\r?\n/)[0]?.trim()

58 return first !== undefined && first !== '' ? first : undefined

59}

61const OFFICIAL_WINDOWS_DEPS = [

Lines 182-222javascript

182 // lives in the tip lines below, not in a shared vocabulary name.

183 const wiredBundle = bundleVersion(profile)

184 if (!legacy && wiredBundle === undefined) {

185 add('dsh-win32/bundle', 'pass'

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = dsh-win32@0.11.0 matchedIdentity = npm:ZHNoLXdpbjMy:0.11.0 similarity = 0.556 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg

lib/verify.jsView file

Lines 98-138javascript

98 return undefined;

99 }

100}

101/** Locate only already-installed DSH trees. This never consults the registry. */

102export function findInstalledDsh(profile = 'web') {

103

lib/index.d.ts#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

lib/index.d.ts#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

Source & flagged code

7 flagged · loading source

bin/cli.mjsView file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg

7L8: import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process' L9: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L7

41if (process.env.ProgramFiles !== undefined) { L42: const candidate = join(process.env.ProgramFiles, 'PowerShell', '7', 'pwsh.exe') L43: if (existsSync(candidate)) return candidate

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

bin/cli.mjsView on unpkg · L41

Findings

1 Critical5 High4 Medium5 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/cli.mjs

HighChild Processbin/cli.mjs

HighShellbin/cli.mjs

HighSame File Env Network Executionbin/cli.mjs

HighRuntime Package Installbin/cli.mjs

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/index.d.ts#virtual:normalized:round1

MediumDynamic Requirelib/verify.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

Low

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to dsh-win32@0.17.1.

See all versions of dsh-win32 for other recorded verdicts.

Avoid installing dsh-win32@0.17.1. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-19 17:33:55.503Z (UTC).

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