---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.3.20"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.3.20.md"
package: "flavor-code"
report_status: "published"
title: "flavor-code@1.3.20 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.3.20"
---

# flavor-code@1.3.20 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — A host controlling that address can receive OAuth authorization material and issue or capture session tokens.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 1.3.20
- **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.

The init command seeds a workspace OAuth provider that targets a fixed private HTTP endpoint. Later runtime authentication opens that endpoint and submits the resulting authorization code and verifier to it.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 92.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-14T10:10:26.999Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-14T10:12:02.700Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 9233 ms
- **AI review time:** 85960 ms
- **Total time:** 95701 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:** The init command seeds a workspace OAuth provider that targets a fixed private HTTP endpoint. Later runtime authentication opens that endpoint and submits the resulting authorization code and verifier to it.

- **Trigger:** A user runs flavor init and subsequently starts the configured client without a cached token.

- **Impact:** A host controlling that address can receive OAuth authorization material and issue or capture session tokens.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/chunk-Z62P4LL7.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-14T10:12:02.700Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Seeded OAuth credential capture through a fixed HTTP endpoint.

- **Attack narrative:** The package's explicit initialization writes a project configuration containing a fixed OAuth server at 192.168.1.100 over plain HTTP. On later startup, the configured provider automatically begins PKCE authentication when no cached token exists, opens the authorization URL, and posts the returned code plus verifier to that host. This makes the generated configuration a credential-capture path rather than a neutral example.

- **Rationale:** The package deliberately seeds an unauthenticated workspace with a fixed private HTTP OAuth authority and automatically uses it later. Although it is not install-time behavior, this is a concrete credential-exposure path.

- **Files touched:** .flavor/flavor.json

- **Network endpoints:** http://192.168.1.100:8091/authorize, http://192.168.1.100:8091/token

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 92.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for block:** The explicit init command writes a provider configuration pointing OAuth authorization and token requests to a fixed private-network HTTP host., At runtime, configured OAuth providers automatically start the PKCE flow when no cached token exists., The token exchange sends the authorization code and PKCE verifier to that HTTP endpoint.

- **Evidence against:** The manifest has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook., The project-file mutation is reached through the explicit flavor init command.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to flavor-code@1.3.20.

- Avoid installing flavor-code@1.3.20. 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: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli-main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/cli-main.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L56: // src/update/apply.ts
L57: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L58: function npmExecutable(platform = process.platform) {
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7402: }
L7403: if (["powershell", "pwsh"].includes(name)) {
L7404: const flag = args.findIndex((arg) => ["-command", "-c"].includes(arg.toLowerCase()));
```

### 4. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** dist/astgraph/vendor/tree-sitter.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/astgraph/vendor/tree-sitter.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2977: var func = `(${args}) => { ${body} };`;
L2978: ASM_CONSTS[start] = eval(func);
L2979: }
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/astgraph/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/astgraph/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L29: async function mod(name) {
L30: return import(new URL(`./${name}`, import.meta.url).href);
L31: }
```

### 6. Medium: Unsafe Vm Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 68.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/plugin-worker-entry.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/plugin-worker-entry.js>)

Package source executes code through a VM context API.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L28: const signal = Object.freeze({ aborted: false, reason: undefined, addEventListener() {}, removeEventListener() {}, throwIfAborted() {} });
L29: const cloneJson = (value) => value === undefined ? undefined : JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value));
L30: const deepFreeze = (value) => {
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { readFile as readFile39, stat as stat18, writeFile as writeFile19 } from "fs/promises";
L5: import { basename as basename11, dirname as dirname25, join as join48, resolve as resolve41 } from "path";
L6: import { fileURLToPath as fileURLToPath4 } from "url";
...
L46: try {
L47: parsed = JSON.parse(unfenced);
L48: } catch {
...
L409: }
L410: return { ...input, data: data2 };
L411: }
...
L1141: const onRenderProcessGone = (_event, details) => {
L1142: recordRendererDiagnostic(`renderer process ${details.reason} (exit ${details.exitCode})`);
L1143: };
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8880: function runShellHandler(descriptor, event, signal) {
L8881: return new Promise((resolve42, reject) => {
L8882: const env = { ...process.env, ...descriptor.env };
L8883: const invocation = prepareSpawnInvocation(descriptor.command, descriptor.args ?? [], { env });
L8884: const child = spawn(invocation.command, invocation.args, {
L8885: env,
```

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

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/desktop/main.js:
import { readFile as readFile39, stat as stat18, writeFile as writeFile19 } from "fs/promises";
baseURL: z.string().trim().url().max(2048).refine((value) => {
baseURL: z2.string().url().optional(),
authorizationUrl: z2.string().url().optional(),
await handle.writeFile(data2);
baseURL: HttpUrlInput,
async function runInteractionManifest(manifest, baseUrl, createDriver) {
if (!isLoopbackPreviewUrl(baseUrl)) throw new Error("D2C interaction preview must use a loopback HTTP URL");
```

### 13. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8922: if (code !== 0) {
L8923: reject(new Error(`Shell hook exited with code ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`));
L8924: return;
...
L8926: try {
L8927: resolve42(HookDecisionSchema.parse(JSON.parse(stdout)));
L8928: } catch (error) {
...
L8931: });
L8932: child.stdin.end(JSON.stringify(event));
L8933: });
...
L8937: if (process.platform === "win32") {
L8938: const killer = spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", String(child.pid), "/t", "/f"], {
L8939: stdio: "ignore",
```

### 14. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/cli.js>)

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.js spawns dist/desktop/main.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L11: // src/launcher.ts
L12: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L13: import { realpathSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
...
L50: try {
L51: marker = parseMemoryRestartMarker(readFileSync(memoryRestartMarkerPath(process.cwd()), "utf8"));
L52: } catch {
...
L56: if (resumed !== void 0) {
L57: process.stderr.write(`flavor launcher: heap watermark restart, resuming session ${marker.sessionId}
L58: `);
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/desktop/main.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.main -> dist/desktop/main.js
L8922: if (code !== 0) {
L8923: reject(new Error(`Shell hook exited with code ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`));
L8924: return;
...
L8926: try {
L8927: resolve42(HookDecisionSchema.parse(JSON.parse(stdout)));
L8928: } catch (error) {
...
L8931: });
L8932: child.stdin.end(JSON.stringify(event));
L8933: });
...
L8937: if (process.platform === "win32") {
L8938: const killer = spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", String(child.pid), "/t", "/f"], {
L8939: stdio: "ignore",
```

### 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 Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/astgraph/vendor/tree-sitter.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/astgraph/vendor/tree-sitter.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/astgraph/vendor/tree-sitter.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 205488
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. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 21. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/astgraph/vendor/zod/v4/core/util.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/astgraph/vendor/zod/v4/core/util.js%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
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-Z62P4LL7.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/chunk-Z62P4LL7.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 = flavor-code@1.3.17
matchedPath = dist/chunk-BKOOYSGH.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Zmxhdm9yLWNvZGU:1.3.17
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.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/cli.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 = flavor-code@1.3.17
matchedPath = dist/cli.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Zmxhdm9yLWNvZGU:1.3.17
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-RQTYHUMK.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/chunk-RQTYHUMK.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 = flavor-code@1.3.17
matchedPath = dist/chunk-RQTYHUMK.js
matchedIdentity = npm:Zmxhdm9yLWNvZGU:1.3.17
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-Z62P4LL7.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.3.20/dist/chunk-Z62P4LL7.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = flavor-code@1.4.1
matchedIdentity = npm:Zmxhdm9yLWNvZGU:1.4.1
similarity = 0.478
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 27
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 15
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/sdk ^0.111.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency)
- @vscode/ripgrep ^1.18.0 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-fit ^0.11.0 (Dependency)
- @xterm/xterm ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- bidi-js ^1.0.3 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.6.2 (Dependency)
- commander ^15.0.0 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.4.2 (Dependency)
- emoji-regex ^10.6.0 (Dependency)
- ignore ^7.0.6 (Dependency)
- ink ^7.1.0 (Dependency)
- lodash-es ^4.17.23 (Dependency)
- marked ^16.4.2 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- openai ^6.46.0 (Dependency)
- pixelmatch ^7.2.0 (Dependency)
- pngjs ^7.0.0 (Dependency)
- react ^19.2.7 (Dependency)
- react-dom ^19.2.7 (Dependency)
- semver ^7.7.4 (Dependency)
- signal-exit 4.1.0 (Dependency)
- supports-hyperlinks ^4.4.0 (Dependency)
- typescript ^7.0.2 (Dependency)
- usehooks-ts ^3.1.1 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** flavor-code
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.3.20
- **Version published:** 2026-08-30T03:21:25.860Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-08T04:09:50.914Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T22:27:21.886Z
- **Known versions:** 28
- **Latest version:** 1.4.3
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** \<p align="center"\>\<a href="./README.md"\>English\</a\> | \<b\>\<a href="./README.zh-CN.md"\>简体中文\</a\>\</b\>\</p\>
- **Author:** YachuanWzh
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 281
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 12,555,362 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.3.20>)
