ft-scout@9.4.3
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scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe remote-instruction-to-shell chain is a concrete dangerous capability with insufficient safeguards. It is user-invoked and has no install hook, so the evidence does not establish malware intent.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs the agent command with a goal containing an external URL.
Impact
A malicious remote instruction page could cause unintended commands or workspace changes during an agent session.
Mechanism
The agent fetches the URL, treats its content as instructions, and passes commands to a shell execution helper.
AI rationale
The remote-instruction-to-shell chain is a concrete dangerous capability with insufficient safeguards. It is user-invoked and has no install hook, so the evidence does not establish malware intent.
Evidence
bin/src/index.jsbin/src/engine/agentEngine.jsbin/src/engine/verifier.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package exposes an explicitly invoked autonomous agent command that can execute shell commands.
- The agent instructs itself to fetch any HTTP or HTTPS URL supplied in a goal and to execute the fetched instructions.
- Fetched commands reach a shell execution sink in the current workspace.
- The manifest contains no automatic install lifecycle hook.
Evidence against
- Activation requires the user to run the agent command and provide a goal.
- No automatic install-time execution was identified.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
19 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
4 Critical12 High5 Medium5 Low
CriticalHardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltrationbin/src/utils/qrBridge.js
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationbin/src/utils/email.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitybin/src/utils/qrBridge.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
HighSame File Env Network Executionbin/src/utils/holoseneAuth.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitybin/src/commands/setup.js
HighRemote Agent Bridgebin/src/engine/agentEngine.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ft-scout@9.4.3.
See all versions of ft-scout for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of ft-scout@9.4.3 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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