evals@2.8.2
Arize AX onboarding — instrument your app with tracing via your coding agent
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a consent-gated observability/onboarding tool, not concrete install-time malware. Its broad agent-hook and telemetry capability warrants a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs the CLI, selects an agent, and separately approves agent tracing.
Impact
Prompts, tool commands, and tool output may be exported when the user enables those capture categories.
Mechanism
Global skill installation and consent-gated agent telemetry hooks.
AI rationale
This is a consent-gated observability/onboarding tool, not concrete install-time malware. Its broad agent-hook and telemetry capability warrants a warning.
Evidence
package.jsoncli.jsanalytics.jsonboarding-prompt.mdvendor/coding_harness_tracing-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whltrack-event.mjs~/.arize/onboarding~/.arize/harness
Network endpoints3
www.google-analytics.com/mp/collectraw.githubusercontent.com/Arize-ai/coding-harness-tracing/main/install.shotlp.arize.com/v1/traces
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- User-launched CLI installs Arize skills globally for the selected coding agent.
- Bundled prompt offers machine-wide agent tracing that captures prompts, tool commands, and tool output.
- Inspected bundled harness wheel sends configured OTLP spans to Arize/Phoenix endpoints.
Evidence against
- postinstall only prints an informational message.
- Agent tracing requires a separate explicit user yes and discloses home/settings writes.
- No install-time mutation, credential harvesting, or hidden execution found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node -e "console.log('Arize evals installed — run: npx evals')"
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node -e "console.log('Arize evals installed — run: npx evals')"
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgbin.jsView file
15//
L16: // MIN_MAJOR tracks ink's own `engines.node`, and package.json's `engines` field
L17: // must say the same thing; test/cli.test.js asserts they agree.
...
L23: if (!Number.isInteger(major) || major < MIN_MAJOR) {
L24: const shell = process.platform === 'win32'
L25: ? 'irm https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/evals/start.ps1 | iex'
L26: : 'bash <(curl -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/evals/start.sh)';
High
Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
Findings
3 High6 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobvendor/python_dotenv-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperstart.ps1
MediumShips Compressed Blobvendor/python_dotenv-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNested Archive Needs Inspectionvendor/python_dotenv-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to evals@2.8.2.
See all versions of evals for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of evals@2.8.2 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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