ft-scout@5.0.8
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package contains a serious, reachable command-injection flaw in an explicitly started dashboard service. Source inspection does not establish malicious intent or automatic compromise, so it should be warned rather than blocked.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The user runs the dashboard command and a local or cross-origin client posts to /api/cli/exec.
Impact
An attacker able to reach the dashboard can run arbitrary commands with the CLI user's privileges.
Mechanism
Request-controlled shell command execution through an HTTP API.
AI rationale
The package contains a serious, reachable command-injection flaw in an explicitly started dashboard service. Source inspection does not establish malicious intent or automatic compromise, so it should be warned rather than blocked.
Evidence
bin/src/server/server.jsbin/src/index.jsbin/ft.js
Network endpoints1
localhost:9120
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 96.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The dashboard API inserts a request-controlled command string into a shell command and executes it.
- The dashboard enables wildcard cross-origin access without authentication, so a web page can invoke its command endpoint after the user starts it.
- The service is reachable through the explicit dashboard CLI command.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The email utility sends a welcome message only during the signup flow; it does not upload the loaded environment variables.
- The shell-capable dashboard is a declared interactive feature, not an install-time payload.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
14 flaggedbin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.jsView file
1patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 1
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
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
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
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbin/src/commands/agent.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighSecret Patternbin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ft-scout@5.0.8.
See all versions of ft-scout for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of ft-scout@5.0.8 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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