ft-scout@8.0.2
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AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a high-risk autonomous agent rather than a confirmed malicious package: its risky actions require explicit CLI use and there are no npm lifecycle hooks. Warn users because its broad desktop control and external transmission abilities create material abuse and prompt-injection risk.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs scout agent with a goal that invokes app control or screen analysis.
Impact
The agent could modify workspace files, send external messages, or disclose visible screen content if directed or manipulated by untrusted input.
Mechanism
LLM-directed desktop automation, email sending, and screenshot analysis.
AI rationale
This is a high-risk autonomous agent rather than a confirmed malicious package: its risky actions require explicit CLI use and there are no npm lifecycle hooks. Warn users because its broad desktop control and external transmission abilities create material abuse and prompt-injection risk.
Evidence
bin/src/index.jsbin/src/engine/agentEngine.jsbin/src/engine/appControl.jsbin/src/commands/signup.jsbin/src/utils/email.js.env
Network endpoints2
mail.google.comgenerativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The user-invoked agent offers autonomous shell-command execution and automatic retention of edits.
- Its agent instructions require desktop takeover and can automate mail delivery.
- The agent dispatches app-control actions directly to its OS automation layer.
- Email automation locks input and sends Gmail with Ctrl+Enter.
- Screen images can be encoded and submitted to a configured vision-model provider.
- Signup automatically invokes a welcome-email sender that reads the current directory’s environment file.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The dangerous functions are reached through explicit CLI agent, signup, or update actions rather than package installation.
- The update routine asks for confirmation before running a global npm installation.
- No source path inspected showed hidden payload extraction, self-dependency, or automatic credential upload to an attacker-controlled host.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
Source & flagged code
16 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
3 Critical11 High4 Medium5 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationbin/src/utils/email.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitybin/src/utils/email.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/src/engine/agentEngine.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
HighRemote Agent Bridgebin/src/engine/agentEngine.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
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ft-scout@8.0.2.
See all versions of ft-scout for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of ft-scout@8.0.2 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.
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