ft-scout@5.0.5
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a concrete, critical remote-code-execution vulnerability in an explicitly launched dashboard, not evidence of an automatic malicious install chain. The package should be warned and fixed before broad use.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The user runs ft/scout dashboard and leaves the local server running.
Impact
Arbitrary commands can run with the CLI user's permissions, allowing project or local-data compromise.
Mechanism
Cross-origin shell command injection through the dashboard API.
AI rationale
This is a concrete, critical remote-code-execution vulnerability in an explicitly launched dashboard, not evidence of an automatic malicious install chain. The package should be warned and fixed before broad use.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/src/server/server.jsprocess.cwd()
Network endpoints1
localhost:9120
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 98.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest exposes the ft/scout CLI, which reaches the dashboard command.
- The dashboard server permits cross-origin requests from any origin.
- Its unauthenticated API accepts a command string and appends it to a shell command executed in the current project directory.
- No install lifecycle hook or self-dependency chain is present.
Evidence against
- The observed behavior is reachable only after a user runs the dashboard CLI command.
- The email code sends user-facing signup and verification messages; it does not send harvested environment values to those endpoints.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
14 flaggedbin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.jsView file
1patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 1
matchedText = export c...lg';
High
High Secret
Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.
bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.jsView on unpkg · L11patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 1
matchedText = export c...lg';
High
Secret Pattern
Google API key in bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.jsView on unpkg · L1bin/src/server/server.jsView file
3import path from 'path';
L4: import { exec } from 'child_process';
L5: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
bin/src/server/server.jsView on unpkg · L3Findings
2 Critical10 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationbin/src/utils/email.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitybin/src/utils/email.js
HighHigh Secretbin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
HighChild Processbin/src/server/server.js
HighShellbin/src/commands/agent.js
HighEntrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwritebin/src/commands/init.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin/src/commands/setup.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationbin/src/utils/email.js
HighRuntime Package Installbin/src/server/server.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobfront-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
HighSecret Patternbin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ft-scout@5.0.5.
See all versions of ft-scout for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of ft-scout@5.0.5 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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