---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/first-tree-staging/v/0.5.20-staging.1146.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/first-tree-staging/v/0.5.20-staging.1146.1.md"
package: "first-tree-staging"
report_status: "published"
title: "first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.5.20-staging.1146.1"
---

# first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 0.5.20-staging.1146.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. An explicit CLI setup command can install a First Tree-owned coding-agent plugin and SessionStart hook. The npm postinstall does not perform this setup.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-11T05:08:33.351Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-11T05:09:59.861Z
- **Download time:** 502 ms
- **Static scan time:** 14569 ms
- **AI review time:** 71438 ms
- **Total time:** 86510 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** An explicit CLI setup command can install a First Tree-owned coding-agent plugin and SessionStart hook. The npm postinstall does not perform this setup.

- **Trigger:** User runs \`first-tree-staging context enable\` and confirms or passes \`--yes\`.

- **Impact:** The plugin can start First Tree Context integration in future agent sessions after user-authorized setup.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/cli/index.mjs, dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs, context-integration/codex/plugins/first-tree-context/hooks/hooks.json, context-integration/claude-code/plugins/first-tree-context/hooks/hooks.json

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-11T05:09:59.861Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** First-party Codex/Claude plugin installation with a managed session hook.

- **Rationale:** No concrete malicious chain was found. The first-party agent-extension lifecycle capability is material enough to warn, but its setup is explicitly user-invoked and consent-gated.

- **Files touched:** context-integration/codex/plugins/first-tree-context/hooks/hooks.json, context-integration/claude-code/plugins/first-tree-context/hooks/hooks.json, dist/cli/index.mjs, scripts/prune-codex-runtime-binary.mjs, scripts/prune-claude-runtime-binary.mjs, scripts/prune-claude-sdk-deps.mjs

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 94.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** dist/cli/index.mjs: \`context enable\` installs a First Tree plugin into Codex/Claude user scope., context-integration/\*/hooks/hooks.json registers a SessionStart command hook., dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs runs managed agent processes with configured MCP/env payloads.

- **Evidence against:** package.json postinstall only invokes three guarded dependency-pruning scripts., scripts/prune-\*.mjs act only for global installs and delete listed bundled SDK dependencies., Context setup requires explicit \`context enable\`, plan validation, and confirmation/\`--yes\`., No source evidence of install-time network access, credential harvesting, or exfiltration.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/prune-codex-runtime-binary.mjs && node scripts/prune-claude-runtime-binary.mjs && node scripts/prune-claude-sdk-deps.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/prune-codex-runtime-binary.mjs && node scripts/prune-claude-runtime-binary.mjs && node scripts/prune-claude-sdk-deps.mjs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/cli/index.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: import { chmodSync, closeSync, cpSync, existsSync, lstatSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, openSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, realpathSync, renameSync, rmSync, statSync, unlinkSync, w...
L10: import { execFileSync, spawn } from "node:child_process";
L11: import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/cli/index.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7791: print.line("  If you need to restart the inline daemon:\n");
L7792: print.line(`    stop the PowerShell running \`${channelConfig.binName} daemon start\` with Ctrl+C,\n`);
L7793: print.line(`    then run \`${channelConfig.binName} daemon start\` again.\n\n`);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 8. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

### 12. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation.
catch (error) {
				options.log?.(`managed skills lock cleanup failed: ${error instanceof error ? error.message.slice(0, 300) : string(error)}`);
			}
		}
	});
}
function freezeresult(resourceconfigversion, result) {
	return object.freeze({
		ok: result.failures.length === 0,
		resourceconfigversion,
		installed: object.freeze([...result.installed]),
		skipped: object.freeze([...result.skipped]),
		removed: object.freeze([...result.removed]),
		teamskills: object.freeze([...result.teamskills]),
		failures: object.freeze([...result.failures]),
		staleteamsnapshot: result.staleteamsnapshot
	});
}
function processmutexkey(workspace) {
	try {
		return realpathsync(resolve(workspace)
```

### 13. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.exports -> dist/index.mjs -> dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

### 14. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.exports -> dist/index.mjs -> dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.exports -> dist/index.mjs -> dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
L18: import { accessSync, appendFileSync, chmodSync, closeSync, constants, createReadStream, createWriteStream, existsSync, fchmodSync, fstatSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, lstatSync, mkdirS...
L19: import * as http from "node:http";
L20: import * as https from "node:https";
...
L22: import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
L23: import { execFile, execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L24: import * as util$2 from "node:util";
...
L65: *
L66: * @private
L67: * @param {Error} err
...
L883: for (var i = 0; i < flen;) {
L884: if (f.charCodeAt(i) === 37 && i + 1 < flen) {
L885: lastPos = lastPos > -1 ? lastPos : 0;
```

### 16. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L95197: /**
L95198: * Validate an npm install spec (the part after `@` in `<pkg>@<spec>`). We
L95199: * accept either a known dist-tag string (`latest`, `alpha`, …) or an exact
...
L95202: * want to forward an attacker-controlled shell metacharacter from a
L95203: * (compromised) server welcome frame straight into `spawn`. spawn() already
L95204: * argv-escapes, but a `--registry=...` style spec would still be
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 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:** dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/first-tree-staging@0.5.20-staging.1146.1/dist/connect-token-sR8FLcZI.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 17
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 10
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 17

### Published dependency entries
- @antfu/utils ^9.3.0 (Dependency)
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.3.187 (Dependency)
- @botiverse/kimi-code-sdk 0.26.0-botiverse.2 (Dependency)
- @inquirer/prompts ^8.3.0 (Dependency)
- @openai/codex-sdk ^0.144.1 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency)
- ejs ^6.0.1 (Dependency)
- fs-native-extensions ^1.5.0 (Dependency)
- gray-matter ^4.0.3 (Dependency)
- jose ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- mdast-util-from-markdown ^2.0.3 (Dependency)
- semver ^7.6.3 (Dependency)
- smol-toml ^1.6.1 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.20.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.8.3 (Dependency)
- yazl ^3.3.1 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.0.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** first-tree-staging
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.5.20-staging.1146.1
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-11T02:43:37.330Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T04:58:13.635Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-18T10:49:23.830Z
- **Known versions:** 113
- **Latest version:** 0.5.22-staging.1202.1
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** First Tree — unified CLI for Context Tree onboarding, agent management, and team messaging. (Source-tree dev build; CI rewrites \`name\` and \`bin\` for prod / staging publishes — see docs/local-dev-isolation.md.)
- **Maintainers:** dev-unispark.ai
- **Keywords:** agents, cli, context-tree, first-tree, github, collaboration
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.13.0
- **Artifact files:** 832
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 17,554,986 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/first-tree-staging/v/0.5.20-staging.1146.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/agent-team-foundation/first-tree>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/agent-team-foundation/first-tree#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/agent-team-foundation/first-tree/issues>)
