emp-code@0.3.17
⚠ Under reviewEMP CLI - coding agent with full-screen TUI (ink, clickable tool output, mouse, plan mode, markdown, vision) and 18 providers. Runs great on any light PC / weak CPU / old motherboard. Sessions, context, effort, web search, background tasks, revert.
Static Scan Results
scanned 2mo ago · by rust-scannerStatic analysis completed at 0.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 30 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.
Static reason
Automated AI review exhausted its retry budget. This package remains unresolved and must not warn or block users.
Decision evidence
public snapshotBehavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
21 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgbin/emp.jsView file
4try {
L5: const exeName = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'emp-win.exe' : process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'emp-macos' : 'emp-linux';
L6: const exePath = require('path').join(__dirname, '..', 'dist', exeName);
L7: if (require('fs').existsSync(exePath)) {
L8: const { spawn } = require('child_process');
L9: const child = spawn(exePath, process.argv.slice(2), { stdio: 'inherit' });
...
L31:
L32: const VERSION = require('../package.json').version;
L33: const versionMod = require('../lib/version');
...
L39: const msg = err && err.stack || err && err.message || String(err);
L40: try { process.stderr.write(`\n[emp: uncaught] ${msg}\n`); } catch {}
L41:
Findings
4 Critical14 High6 Medium6 Low
CriticalPersistence Backdoorbin/emp.js
CriticalDownload Executelib/tools.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitybin/emp.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/mcp.js
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processbin/emp.js
HighShelllib/tools.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin/emp.js
HighRemote Agent Bridgebin/emp.js
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencebin/emp.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbin/emp.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritybin/emp.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to emp-code@0.3.17.
See all versions of emp-code 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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