---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ft-scout/v/9.4.8"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ft-scout/v/9.4.8.md"
package: "ft-scout"
report_status: "published"
title: "ft-scout@9.4.8 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "9.4.8"
---

# ft-scout@9.4.8 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 26 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked)
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Telemetry
- **Selected version:** 9.4.8
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The package’s telemetry path can transmit user task prompts to its own service when a session ID is present, without a clear disclosure of prompt collection or a visible opt-out. The path is conditional on persisted QR pairing state, so the evidence supports a warning rather than a high-confidence malicious block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 79.0%
- **Started:** 2026-11-01T15:35:51.693Z
- **Finished:** 2026-11-01T15:37:06.929Z
- **Download time:** 770 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2009 ms
- **AI review time:** 72456 ms
- **Total time:** 75236 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:** Agent task details can be included in telemetry sent to the package’s Firestore project when a telemetry session ID is present.

- **Trigger:** An agent execution writes telemetry while ~/.ft/scout\_telemetry.json contains a sessionId from the QR pairing flow.

- **Impact:** The package service may receive user prompts and project identifiers beyond the agent’s ordinary model request. The flow is conditional on persisted pairing state, and the source does not expose an opt-out.

- **Evidence paths:** bin/src/engine/agentEngine.js, bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-11-01T15:37:06.929Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Agent telemetry records the current task and project basename; writeTelemetry forwards the updated record to Firestore for that session.

- **Rationale:** The package’s telemetry path can transmit user task prompts to its own service when a session ID is present, without a clear disclosure of prompt collection or a visible opt-out. The path is conditional on persisted QR pairing state, so the evidence supports a warning rather than a high-confidence malicious block.

- **Files touched:** ~/.ft/scout\_telemetry.json

- **Network endpoints:** firestore.googleapis.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 79.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** Agent telemetry includes the current task prompt and project basename., When a telemetry session ID exists, local telemetry is sent to the package’s Firestore project., The QR pairing flow seeds a telemetry session and tells users that telemetry is streaming, but does not explain that task prompts are included or provide an opt-out.

- **Evidence against:** The manifest has no install or postinstall hook; its CLI entry starts the command interface., Email dispatch is part of explicit signup and uses configured email providers or Firebase for verification., LLM API keys are routed to their configured provider endpoints.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to ft-scout@9.4.8.

- Review the evidence and your use of ft-scout@9.4.8 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.

## Public findings

### 1. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: High Secret
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js>)

Package contains a high-severity secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 1
```

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/server/server.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/server/server.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: import path from 'path';
L4: import { exec } from 'child_process';
L5: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/commands/watch.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/commands/watch.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: import { extractErrorDiagnostics } from '../engine/verifier.js';
L13: const execAsync = promisify(exec);
L14: export function detectTestCommand(cwd) {
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/holoseneAuth.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/holoseneAuth.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import http from 'http';
L2: import { exec } from 'child_process';
L3: export const HOLOSENE_BASE_URL = process.env.HOLOSENE_BASE_URL || 'https://scout.frontterrain.com';
L4: export const HOLOSENE_OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL = process.env.HOLOSENE_OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL || `${HOLOSENE_BASE_URL}/oauth/authorize`;
```

### 9. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import QRCode from 'qrcode';
L2: import http from 'http';
L3: import os from 'os';
...
L12: const BRIDGE_PORT = 4290;
L13: const TELEMETRY_PATH = path.join(os.homedir(), '.ft', 'scout_telemetry.json');
L14: /**
...
L63: headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
L64: body: JSON.stringify({ fields }),
L65: signal: controller.signal,
...
L82: try {
L83: current = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(TELEMETRY_PATH, 'utf-8'));
L84: }
```

### 10. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/email.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/email.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: import { FIREBASE_API_KEY, FIREBASE_TENANT_ID } from './firebaseAuth.js';
L6: const cwdEnv = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env');
L7: if (fs.existsSync(cwdEnv)) {
...
L80: </ul>
L81: <p>For more commands refer <a href="https://frontterrain.com/ft-scout">here</a></p><br>
L82: <p>Have any suggestion, feedback or need assistance we\'re always here on <a href="https://frontterrain.com/support">Help Center</a>
...
L94: /**
L95: * Create custom Nodemailer transport using process.env SMTP or fallback
L96: */
...
L142: },
L143: body: JSON.stringify({
L144: sender: { name: 'Scout Welcome', email: senderEmail },
```

### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/commands/setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/commands/setup.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import path from 'path';
L5: import { execSync } from 'child_process';
L6: import { safeNote } from '../utils/markdown.js';
...
L9: s.start('Diagnosing local runtime environment & dependencies...');
L10: const cwd = process.cwd();
L11: const passes = [];
...
L16: try {
L17: const checkCmd = process.platform === 'win32' ? `where ${cmd}` : `command -v ${cmd}`;
L18: execSync(checkCmd, { stdio: 'ignore', cwd });
...
L46: // Check 2: Node version check
L47: const pkgPath = path.join(cwd, 'package.json');
L48: if (fs.existsSync(pkgPath)) {
```

### 12. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/engine/agentEngine.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/engine/agentEngine.js>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: import path from 'path';
L3: import { exec } from 'child_process';
L4: import { promisify } from 'util';
...
L833: try {
L834: const content = fs.readFileSync(fullP, 'utf-8');
L835: const lines = content.split('\n');
...
L988: response = await callOpenAIWithRetry(async (model) => {
L989: return await openai.chat.completions.create({
L990: model,
...
L1011: \`\`\`
L1012: Available tools: ${availableToolNames}
L1013: You MUST output exactly ONE JSON code block per tool call. Do NOT describe what you would do in plain text — output the JSON tool call directly!`,
```

### 13. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> bin/ft.js -> bin/src/index.js -> bin/src/commands/agent.js -> bin/src/utils/qrBridge.js
L1: import QRCode from 'qrcode';
L2: import http from 'http';
L3: import os from 'os';
...
L12: const BRIDGE_PORT = 4290;
L13: const TELEMETRY_PATH = path.join(os.homedir(), '.ft', 'scout_telemetry.json');
L14: /**
...
L63: headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
L64: body: JSON.stringify({ fields }),
L65: signal: controller.signal,
...
L82: try {
L83: current = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(TELEMETRY_PATH, 'utf-8'));
L84: }
```

### 14. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/email.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/email.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> bin/ft.js -> bin/src/index.js -> bin/src/commands/signup.js -> bin/src/utils/email.js
L5: import { FIREBASE_API_KEY, FIREBASE_TENANT_ID } from './firebaseAuth.js';
L6: const cwdEnv = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env');
L7: if (fs.existsSync(cwdEnv)) {
...
L80: </ul>
L81: <p>For more commands refer <a href="https://frontterrain.com/ft-scout">here</a></p><br>
L82: <p>Have any suggestion, feedback or need assistance we\'re always here on <a href="https://frontterrain.com/support">Help Center</a>
...
L94: /**
L95: * Create custom Nodemailer transport using process.env SMTP or fallback
L96: */
...
L142: },
L143: body: JSON.stringify({
L144: sender: { name: 'Scout Welcome', email: senderEmail },
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/server/server.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/server/server.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L399: else if (fs.existsSync(indexScript)) {
L400: execCmd = `npx tsx "${indexScript}" ${command}`;
L401: }
...
L404: }
L405: exec(execCmd, { cwd: process.cwd() }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
L406: const output = (stdout || '') + (stderr || '');
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/engine/scout\_audio\_recorder.exe
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/engine/scout_audio_recorder.exe>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = bin/src/engine/scout_audio_recorder.exe
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 6656
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Ships Compressed Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz>)

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
kind = compressed_blob
sizeBytes = 8643
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 8643
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 21. Low: Nested Archive Needs Inspection
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz>)

Package ships a nested archive or MCP bundle that was inventoried but not recursively analyzed.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = front-terrain-cli-1.0.0.tgz
kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection
sizeBytes = 8643
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 22. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

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

### 23. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/engine/web.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/engine/web.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 24. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/engine/voiceEngine.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/engine/voiceEngine.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 = ft-scout@9.4.7
matchedIdentity = npm:ZnQtc2NvdXQ:9.4.7
similarity = 0.750
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

### 25. High: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js>)

Google API key in bin/src/utils/firebaseAuth.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 1
```

### 26. High: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** web/app.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ft-scout@9.4.8/web/app.js>)

Google API key in web/app.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = google_api_key
severity = high
line = 6
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 12
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 12

### Published dependency entries
- @clack/prompts ^1.7.0 (Dependency)
- @types/nodemailer ^8.0.2 (Dependency)
- @types/qrcode ^1.5.6 (Dependency)
- chalk ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- codrop ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.4.2 (Dependency)
- nodemailer ^9.0.4 (Dependency)
- openai ^7.1.0 (Dependency)
- qrcode ^1.5.4 (Dependency)
- razorpay ^2.9.8 (Dependency)
- simple-git ^3.36.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** ft-scout
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 9.4.8
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-11-01T15:31:39.014Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T17:09:29.608Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T03:25:21.097Z
- **Known versions:** 54
- **Latest version:** 9.5.2
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** FrontTerrain — The Onboarding Co-Pilot for New Codebases
- **Author:** Front Terrain
- **Maintainers:** rishishandilya
- **Keywords:** cli, onboarding, git, llm, ai
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 293
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 4,901,332 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ft-scout/v/9.4.8>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Front-Terrain/FT-Check>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Front-Terrain/FT-Check#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Front-Terrain/FT-Check/issues>)