registry / AI-agent control-surface risk / grix-connector
grix-connector
Connect local AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini, Qwen, DeepSeek, Cursor, OpenCode, Pi, OpenHuman, Reasonix) to the Grix scheduling platform. Also serves as an OpenClaw plugin for Grix channel transport.
This report shows the evidence for grix-connector@4.11.1. 3 of 86 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 4.16.1, is allowed. See all versions.
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package contains an automatic install-time persistence action and a bundled skill that directs agents to install arbitrary remote skill packages over existing skills. The latter establishes a concrete remote payload path rather than ordinary connector configuration.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
npm installation followed by use of the bundled agent skill or a platform-supplied skill-package instruction.
Impact
An attacker controlling a supplied package URL can replace or add executable agent skills without meaningful user review.
Mechanism
Automatic persistence plus agent-directed remote skill installation.
Policy narrative
Installation runs a postinstall hook that persists executable guardian files under the user's Grix directory. The package also carries a Grix Egg skill that instructs an agent to accept a platform skill URL, download and unpack it, then copy every discovered skill into the agent's own skill directory while overwriting existing names. This is an unreviewed remote-code delivery mechanism aimed at AI-agent control surfaces.
AI rationale
The package contains an automatic install-time persistence action and a bundled skill that directs agents to install arbitrary remote skill packages over existing skills. The latter establishes a concrete remote payload path rather than ordinary connector configuration.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/install-guardian.mjsdist/default-skills/grix-egg/SKILL.md~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.mjs~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.fallback.mjs~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.shagent skill directory
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI identified this as a dangerous AI-agent capability at 96.0% confidence with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for policy risk
- The install hook automatically writes executable guardian files into the user's Grix home directory.
- A bundled agent skill directs an agent to download, unpack, and overwrite skills from a supplied URL.
- The skill treats a platform instruction as sufficient authority for self-installation, enabling remote payload delivery into agent skill directories.
Evidence against
- No runtime self-dependency on grix-connector is declared.
- The install hook's direct writes are limited to the package's .grix directory.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
26 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install-guardian.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgopenclaw-plugin/index.jsView file
2312// src/audit/producer/ipc-audit-producer.ts
L2313: import { fork } from "node:child_process";
L2314: import { randomUUID as randomUUID2 } from "node:crypto";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
openclaw-plugin/index.jsView on unpkg · L23123081}
L3082: function buildExecApprovalResolveArgv(params) {
L3083: const cliArgvPrefix = params.cliArgvPrefix && params.cliArgvPrefix.length > 0 ? params.cliArgvPrefix : resolveOpenClawCliArgvPrefix();
High
Findings
21 High6 Medium7 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processopenclaw-plugin/index.js
HighShellopenclaw-plugin/index.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/core/upgrade/upgrade-checker.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/core/provider-quota/kiro.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/core/installer/npm-registry.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobdist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.11.1.tgz
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.js#virtual:normalized:round1
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to grix-connector@4.11.1.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing grix-connector@4.11.1. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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