dsh-win32@0.17.7
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-aiSource confirms an automatic, unprompted authenticated account action targeting the package author's repository. This concrete behavior supports blocking even though the setup command itself is user-invoked.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
The user invokes either setup mode and the setup flow completes outside CI.
Impact
The user's GitHub account is changed without recipient-specific consent.
Mechanism
The helper records an affirmative marker automatically, checks for GitHub CLI authentication, then sends a repository-star request.
Attack narrative
After setup completes, the CLI calls a helper that records an affirmative answer without prompting. If GitHub CLI authentication is available, it uses that account to star the author's repository. Invoking setup does not itself authorize this separate account change.
AI rationale
Source confirms an automatic, unprompted authenticated account action targeting the package author's repository. This concrete behavior supports blocking even though the setup command itself is user-invoked.
Evidence
bin/cli.mjsbin/setup-consent.mjsDSH_HOME/.dsh-win32-star-prompted
Network endpoints1
github.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 97.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- The setup command runs either the current or legacy setup flow.
- Both setup flows call the star helper automatically when setup completes.
- Outside CI, the helper proceeds directly to the star operation without asking the user.
- On first use, it records an affirmative answer itself before checking GitHub authentication.
- When GitHub authentication is available, it sends a request to star the package author's repository.
Evidence against
- The account change is conditional on an authenticated GitHub CLI account being available.
- The setup command is explicitly invoked by the user, but the repository star is a separate account action.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 flagged · loading sourcebin/setup-consent.mjsView file
1import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
L2: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
bin/setup-consent.mjsView on unpkg · L1bin/cli.mjsView file
•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 unpkg42if (process.env.ProgramFiles !== undefined) {
L43: const candidate = join(process.env.ProgramFiles, 'PowerShell', '7', 'pwsh.exe')
L44: if (existsSync(candidate)) return candidate
High
Shell
Package source references shell execution.
Findings
1 Critical5 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/cli.mjs
HighChild Processbin/setup-consent.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 Requirebin/cli.mjs
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@0.17.7.
See all versions of dsh-win32 for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing dsh-win32@0.17.7. 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.
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