---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/engine7/v/7.1.116"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/engine7/v/7.1.116.md"
package: "engine7"
report_status: "published"
title: "engine7@7.1.116 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "7.1.116"
---

# engine7@7.1.116 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — An operator receives a persistent identifier, system and local state-path details, and user-message activity without an opt-in default.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Data Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 7.1.116
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

When the engine runs, it automatically sends persistent host and usage telemetry to an external default endpoint. The endpoint may subsequently redirect reporting to any HTTPS URL.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-29T06:57:45.789Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-29T06:59:20.913Z
- **Download time:** 512 ms
- **Static scan time:** 11378 ms
- **AI review time:** 83233 ms
- **Total time:** 95124 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** When the engine runs, it automatically sends persistent host and usage telemetry to an external default endpoint. The endpoint may subsequently redirect reporting to any HTTPS URL.

- **Trigger:** Starting the engine while reporting has not been explicitly disabled.

- **Impact:** An operator receives a persistent identifier, system and local state-path details, and user-message activity without an opt-in default.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/main.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-29T06:59:20.913Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The startup path creates or reads an installation identity, builds a payload with host and activity metadata, and posts it on a timer.

- **Attack narrative:** The active engine startup path enables reporting by default. It creates a durable installation identity and sends host details, the state-directory path, message counts, and optional contact data to a hard-coded external service. The server response can replace the destination with any HTTPS URL, creating an externally controlled telemetry route. This is a concrete default data-export behavior, although it is not an npm install hook.

- **Rationale:** The package has no install lifecycle hook, but its normal runtime automatically exports host and usage telemetry to an external default recipient and accepts server-directed endpoint changes. This is concrete data exfiltration behavior rather than a merely configurable API client.

- **Files touched:** install-identity.json, report-state.json

- **Network endpoints:** https://www.twinsun.top:8866/api/engine7/report

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 93.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for block:** The runtime report payload contains a persistent installation identifier, operating-system details, state-directory path, and message-activity counts., Reporting selects a hard-coded external endpoint by default and allows a previously received HTTPS report URL to replace it., The reporting client posts the serialized payload to the selected endpoint., Reporting is enabled unless configuration explicitly disables it and is started during engine startup.

- **Evidence against:** The manifest has no npm install lifecycle hook, so the reporting behavior does not run merely from package installation., The agent-related locations only read workspace prompt files; they do not write external agent configuration.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to engine7@7.1.116.

- Avoid installing engine7@7.1.116. 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.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 2. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L389: // src/hooks/executor.ts
L390: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L391: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3105: }
L3106: cachedShell = { shell: "powershell.exe", args: ["-NoProfile", "-Command"] };
L3107: return cachedShell;
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const require=(await import('node:module')).createRequire(import.meta.url)
L2: var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L265: try {
L266: const raw = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8"));
L267: loadHooksFromConfig(raw);
...
L389: // src/hooks/executor.ts
L390: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L391: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L392: function parseHookOutput(stdout) {
L393: const trimmed = stdout.trim();
...
L470: const envVars = {
L471: ...process.env,
L472: CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR: ctx.workspace
...
L474: const command = hook.command;
```

### 7. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 8. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 9. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/cli.mjs>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L36: const url = `${ACCOUNTS_URL[domain]}${REGISTRATION_PATH}`;
L37: const res = await fetch(url, {
L38: method: "POST",
L39: headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
L40: body: new URLSearchParams(body).toString(),
L41: signal: AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
...
L43: if (!res.ok) {
L44: throw new Error(`\u98DE\u4E66\u6CE8\u518C\u63A5\u53E3\u8FD4\u56DE ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
L45: }
...
L189: const timeoutSeconds = options?.timeoutSeconds || 480;
L190: const stateDir = options?.stateDir || path.join(os.homedir?.() || "/tmp", ".engine7");
L191: const onQrCode = options?.onQrCode;
```

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/main.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/main.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/main.mjs:
fs58.writeFileSync(cfgPath, JSON.stringify(raw, null, 2) + "\n", "utf-8");
`Base URL: ${config2.provider.baseUrl}`,
fs3.writeFileSync(dumpPath, [systemStable, systemDynamic].join("\n\n"), "utf-8");
fs3.writeFileSync(path2.join(opts.workspace, ".context-debug.txt"), lines.join("\n") + "\n", "utf-8");
fs7.writeFileSync(outputPath, "", "utf-8");
fs7.writeFileSync(tmp, JSON.stringify(next, null, 2));
fs7.writeFileSync(tmp, JSON.stringify(pendingNotifications, null, 2), "utf8");
if (process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_RETRIES) {
```

### 12. High: Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/cli.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior.
dist/cli.mjs:
feishu: "https://accounts.feishu.cn",
lark: "https://accounts.larksuite.com"
if (redirectHost) currentBaseUrl = `https://${redirectHost}`;
fs.writeFileSync(credFile, JSON.stringify({ accountId, token, baseUrl, userId }, null, 2), "utf8");
ILINK_BASE_URL = "https://ilinkai.weixin.qq.com";
fs42.writeFileSync(cfgPath, JSON.stringify(raw, null, 2) + "\n", "utf-8");
def.baseUrl = "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/paas/v4";
def.baseUrl = "https://token-plan.cn-beijing.maas.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1";
```

### 13. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L265: try {
L266: const raw = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8"));
L267: loadHooksFromConfig(raw);
...
L389: // src/hooks/executor.ts
L390: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L391: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L392: function parseHookOutput(stdout) {
L393: const trimmed = stdout.trim();
...
L470: const envVars = {
L471: ...process.env,
L472: CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR: ctx.workspace
...
L474: const command = hook.command;
```

### 14. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/cli.mjs>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/cli.mjs spawns dist/main.mjs; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L36: const url = `${ACCOUNTS_URL[domain]}${REGISTRATION_PATH}`;
L37: const res = await fetch(url, {
L38: method: "POST",
L39: headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
L40: body: new URLSearchParams(body).toString(),
L41: signal: AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
...
L43: if (!res.ok) {
L44: throw new Error(`\u98DE\u4E66\u6CE8\u518C\u63A5\u53E3\u8FD4\u56DE ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
L45: }
...
L189: const timeoutSeconds = options?.timeoutSeconds || 480;
L190: const stateDir = options?.stateDir || path.join(os.homedir?.() || "/tmp", ".engine7");
L191: const onQrCode = options?.onQrCode;
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/cli.mjs>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> bin/engine7 -> dist/cli.mjs
L36: const url = `${ACCOUNTS_URL[domain]}${REGISTRATION_PATH}`;
L37: const res = await fetch(url, {
L38: method: "POST",
L39: headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
L40: body: new URLSearchParams(body).toString(),
L41: signal: AbortSignal.timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
...
L43: if (!res.ok) {
L44: throw new Error(`\u98DE\u4E66\u6CE8\u518C\u63A5\u53E3\u8FD4\u56DE ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`);
L45: }
...
L189: const timeoutSeconds = options?.timeoutSeconds || 480;
L190: const stateDir = options?.stateDir || path.join(os.homedir?.() || "/tmp", ".engine7");
L191: const onQrCode = options?.onQrCode;
```

### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** bin/engine7.cmd
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/bin/engine7.cmd>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = bin/engine7.cmd
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 42
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** templates/skills/superpowers/brainstorming/scripts/server.cjs\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/templates/skills/superpowers/brainstorming/scripts/server.cjs%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = dist/engine-startup.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/main.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/main.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = dist/main.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/cli.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = dist/cli.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** templates/skills/superpowers/brainstorming/scripts/server.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/templates/skills/superpowers/brainstorming/scripts/server.cjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = [redacted].cjs
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** templates/skills/superpowers/writing-skills/render-graphs.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/templates/skills/superpowers/writing-skills/render-graphs.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = [redacted]-skills/render-graphs.js
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 26. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/engine-startup.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/engine7@7.1.116/dist/engine-startup.mjs>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = a972f95f45faf154
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = engine7@7.1.112
matchedPath = dist/engine-startup.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:ZW5naW5lNw:7.1.112
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 8
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 11
- **Optional dependencies:** 9
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 20

### Published dependency entries
- @larksuiteoapi/node-sdk ^1.66.1 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency)
- chokidar ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- croner ^10.0.1 (Dependency)
- discord.js ^14.26.4 (Dependency)
- https-proxy-agent ^9.1.0 (Dependency)
- qrcode-terminal ^0.12.0 (Dependency)
- sharp ^0.34.5 (Dependency)
- sqlite-vec ^0.1.9 (Dependency)
- turndown ^7.2.4 (Dependency)
- typebox ^1.1.38 (Dependency)
- @discordjs/opus ^0.10.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @engine7/lancedb-intel ^1.0.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @lancedb/lancedb ^0.38.0 (OptionalDependency)
- @node-rs/jieba ^2.0.3 (OptionalDependency)
- sqlite-vec-darwin-arm64 ^0.1.9 (OptionalDependency)
- sqlite-vec-darwin-x64 ^0.1.9 (OptionalDependency)
- sqlite-vec-linux-arm64 ^0.1.9 (OptionalDependency)
- sqlite-vec-linux-x64 ^0.1.9 (OptionalDependency)
- sqlite-vec-windows-x64 ^0.1.9 (OptionalDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** engine7
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 7.1.116
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-09-29T06:56:06.741Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-29T11:07:12.288Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-01T13:16:28.275Z
- **Known versions:** 43
- **Latest version:** 7.1.119
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Engine 7 — 给助手一个家 / A home for your AI assistant
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Supported OS:** win32, linux, darwin
- **Supported CPU:** x64, arm64
- **Artifact files:** 273
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 9,090,846 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/engine7/v/7.1.116>)
