---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.4.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.4.2.md"
package: "flavor-code"
report_status: "published"
title: "flavor-code@1.4.2 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.4.2"
---

# flavor-code@1.4.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 19 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.4.2
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Source inspection did not confirm the scanner's credential-forwarding, command-output exfiltration, or agent-control claims. The reviewed excerpts show normal application behavior and no concrete attack chain.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 78.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-07T22:26:41.920Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-07T22:27:18.340Z
- **Download time:** 255 ms
- **Static scan time:** 9126 ms
- **AI review time:** 27038 ms
- **Total time:** 36420 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:** No concrete attack surface was identified in the inspected source excerpts. The cited network and process activity is consistent with application operations, and the flagged instruction-file locations do not establish agent configuration mutation.

- **Trigger:** No malicious trigger was established; the inspected code is reached through normal application or CLI use.

- **Impact:** No malicious impact was established from the inspected source.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-07T22:27:18.340Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The inspected excerpts show provider request headers, process execution support, and workspace instruction filename handling without evidence of unrelated credential forwarding, exfiltration, or unconsented control-surface writes.

- **Rationale:** Source inspection did not confirm the scanner's credential-forwarding, command-output exfiltration, or agent-control claims. The reviewed excerpts show normal application behavior and no concrete attack chain.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 78.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its listed build script is a development command., The flagged chunk lists project instruction filenames as data; the excerpt does not show a write or configuration mutation., The desktop bundle lists instruction filenames and defines a workspace instruction reader; the cited excerpt does not establish foreign agent configuration changes., The CLI main entrypoint imports package-local RPC and tracing modules., The CLI launcher uses child-process support, but that alone does not establish harmful execution., The added chunk's excerpt shows debug-gated error logging and a usage-file path, not network transmission., Provider API keys are placed in request headers for provider requests; the excerpt does not show forwarding to an unrelated fixed recipient., The desktop helper runs a named executable with argument arrays; this excerpt does not establish command-output exfiltration.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to flavor-code@1.4.2.

- Review the evidence and your use of flavor-code@1.4.2 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.

## 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@1.4.2/dist/cli-main.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L59: // src/update/apply.ts
L60: import { spawn } from "child_process";
L61: 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@1.4.2/dist/desktop/main.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7657: }
L7658: if (["powershell", "pwsh"].includes(name)) {
L7659: const flag = args.findIndex((arg) => ["-command", "-c"].includes(arg.toLowerCase()));
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/preload.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/dist/desktop/preload.cjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: // src/desktop/preload.ts
L4: var import_electron = require("electron");
L5:
```

### 5. 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@1.4.2/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) => {
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/dist/desktop/main.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { readFile as readFile41, stat as stat20, writeFile as writeFile19 } from "fs/promises";
L5: import { basename as basename12, dirname as dirname23, join as join51, resolve as resolve43 } from "path";
L6: import { fileURLToPath as fileURLToPath3 } from "url";
...
L46: try {
L47: parsed = JSON.parse(unfenced);
L48: } catch {
...
L413: }
L414: return { ...input, data: data2 };
L415: }
...
L1145: const onRenderProcessGone = (_event, details) => {
L1146: recordRendererDiagnostic(`renderer process ${details.reason} (exit ${details.exitCode})`);
L1147: };
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. 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@1.4.2/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
L9213: function runShellHandler(descriptor, event, signal) {
L9214: return new Promise((resolve44, reject) => {
L9215: const env = { ...process.env, ...descriptor.env };
L9216: const invocation = prepareSpawnInvocation(descriptor.command, descriptor.args ?? [], { env });
L9217: const child = spawn(invocation.command, invocation.args, {
L9218: env,
```

### 11. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/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 readFile41, stat as stat20, 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");
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/desktop/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/dist/desktop/main.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9255: if (code !== 0) {
L9256: reject(new Error(`Shell hook exited with code ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`));
L9257: return;
...
L9259: try {
L9260: resolve44(HookDecisionSchema.parse(JSON.parse(stdout)));
L9261: } catch (error) {
...
L9264: });
L9265: child.stdin.end(JSON.stringify(event));
L9266: });
...
L9270: if (process.platform === "win32") {
L9271: const killer = spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", String(child.pid), "/t", "/f"], {
L9272: stdio: "ignore",
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/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 { mkdirSync, realpathSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "fs";
...
L77: for (; ; ) {
L78: const profileDirectory = join(process.cwd(), ".flavor", "tmp");
L79: mkdirSync(profileDirectory, { recursive: true });
...
L85: } else {
L86: process.stderr.write(`flavor launcher: retained allocation profile ${profilePath}
L87: `);
...
L113: stdio: "inherit",
L114: env: { ...process.env, NODE_ENV: "production" }
L115: });
```

### 14. 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@1.4.2/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
L9255: if (code !== 0) {
L9256: reject(new Error(`Shell hook exited with code ${code}: ${stderr.trim()}`));
L9257: return;
...
L9259: try {
L9260: resolve44(HookDecisionSchema.parse(JSON.parse(stdout)));
L9261: } catch (error) {
...
L9264: });
L9265: child.stdin.end(JSON.stringify(event));
L9266: });
...
L9270: if (process.platform === "win32") {
L9271: const killer = spawn("taskkill", ["/pid", String(child.pid), "/t", "/f"], {
L9272: stdio: "ignore",
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

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

### 18. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 19. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-B23V72YR.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/flavor-code@1.4.2/dist/chunk-B23V72YR.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 = 0.913
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:** 1.4.2
- **Version published:** 2026-09-17T15:59:30.781Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-08T04:09:50.914Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-21T06:51:48.970Z
- **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
- **Maintainers:** yachuanwzh
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 175
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 5,628,880 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/flavor-code/v/1.4.2>)
