gitxelectron@1.3.9
An elegant, completely silent auto-syncing Git client. Works as a desktop app and npm CLI tool.
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI’s automatic execution of AI-generated repair commands is a real, user-triggered dangerous capability. The inspected lifecycle behavior and GitHub authentication flow do not establish a separate concrete attack, so a warning is appropriate.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A user invokes the CLI `push` command and the push fails.
Impact
A returned command can change files or run other commands with the user's privileges.
Mechanism
The CLI sends Git status and the error message to an AI service, then runs returned commands through a shell without approval.
AI rationale
The CLI’s automatic execution of AI-generated repair commands is a real, user-triggered dangerous capability. The inspected lifecycle behavior and GitHub authentication flow do not establish a separate concrete attack, so a warning is appropriate.
Evidence
bin/cli.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 92.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- On a failed CLI push, the program sends the Git status and error message to an AI service for suggested repair commands.
- It executes each returned command through a shell without asking the user to approve it, creating a user-triggered remote command execution risk.
- The package exposes this behavior through its `gitxelectron` CLI; it is conditional on invoking `push` and encountering an error.
Evidence against
- The install hook runs `electron-builder install-app-deps` for non-global installs; inspection found no remote payload download or execution in that hook.
- The Electron app’s inspected GitHub authentication request sends its access token to GitHub’s own API.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node ./bin/preuninstall.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node ./bin/postinstall.js
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgbin/auto-push.jsView file
17const crypto = require('crypto')
L18: const { spawnSync, spawn } = require('child_process')
L19:
High
14
Findings
3 Critical5 High5 Medium5 Low
CriticalHardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltrationout/main/index.js
CriticalDownload Executeout/main/index.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilityout/main/index.js
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processbin/auto-push.js
HighShellbin/postinstall.js
HighRuntime Package Installbin/postinstall.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritybin/postinstall.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumDynamic Requirebin/auto-push.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to gitxelectron@1.3.9.
See all versions of gitxelectron for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of gitxelectron@1.3.9 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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