registry / AI-agent capability abuse / grix-connector / 4.7.2

grix-connector@4.7.2

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.

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The source establishes a real persistent self-update chain and an automatic AI-agent permission approval. The observed writes are package-owned rather than a confirmed broad foreign control-surface takeover, so a warning is more proportionate than a block.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Installing the package, then using its Claude integration or automatic rollback path.

Impact

The package can retain a user-level helper, reinstall itself globally, and weaken an AI-agent approval boundary.

Mechanism

Persistent self-updater plus automatic agent permission approval.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/install-guardian.mjsscripts/upgrade-guardian.shdist/scripts/approve-plan-hook.js~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.mjs~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.fallback.mjs~/.grix/bin/upgrade-guardian.sh

Network endpoints1

registry.npmjs.org

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 94.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The install hook copies executable upgrade guardians into the user’s Grix home directory on every installation.
A bundled hook automatically approves Claude’s ExitPlanMode permission event.
The guardian can reinstall a specified version of this same package globally during rollback.

Evidence against

No credential exfiltration or unrelated external-control-surface mutation was confirmed from the inspected lifecycle scripts.
The persistent files are under the package’s own Grix directory.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 473 file(s), 3.09 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, antigravity.google, api.anthropic.com, api.deepseek.com, api.openai.com, api2.cursor.sh, auth.openai.com, brew.sh, chatgpt.com, cli.github.com, cli.kiro.dev, code.kimi.com, codewhisperer.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, curl.se, cursor.com, docs.anthropic.com, fnm.vercel.app, github.com, grix.dhf.pub, grix.internal, kiro.dev, moonshotai.github.io, nodejs.org, opencode.ai, qwen-code-assets.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com, raw.githubusercontent.com, registry.npmjs.org, registry.npmmirror.com, schemas.microsoft.com, www.apple.com, www.npmjs.com

Source & flagged code

26 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 7-47json

7 "bin": {

8 "grix-connector": "dist/grix.js"

9 },

10 "files": [

11 "NOTICE",

12 "LICENSE",

13 "dist",

14 "!dist/**/*.map",

15 "!dist/**/*.d.ts",

16 "!dist/**/*.ts",

17 "openclaw-plugin",

18 "scripts/install-guardian.mjs",

19 "scripts/upgrade-guardian.mjs",

20 "scripts/launcher.mjs",

21 "scripts/analyze-audit-replays.mjs",

22 "scripts/install-guardian.sh",

23 "scripts/upgrade-guardian.sh",

24 "openclaw.plugin.json"

25 ],

26 "scripts": {

27 "postinstall": "node scripts/install-guardian.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L27

28 "prepublishOnly": "npm run build:all",

29 "build": "npm run check:isolation && node -e \"const fs=require('fs'); for(const dir of ['dist/default-skills','dist/kimi-plugins']) fs.rmSync(dir,{recursive:true,force:true})\" && tsc && node -e \"const fs=require('fs'); for(const dir of ['default-skills','kimi-plugins']) fs.cpSync('src/'+dir,'dist/'+dir,{recursive:true,filter:s=>!s.endsWith('.ts')}); fs.cpSync('src/adapter/deepseek-harness/grix-jsonrpc.cordis.yml','dist/adapter/deepseek-harness/grix-jsonrpc.cordis.yml')\" && node scripts/build-dsh-bridge.mjs && node -e \"require('fs').cpSync('src/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.py','dist ...

30 "check:isolation": "node scripts/check-adapter-isolation.mjs",

31 "build:plugin": "node scripts/build-plugin.mjs",

32 "build:all": "npm run build && node scripts/minify-dist.mjs && npm run build:plugin",

33 "dev": "npm run build && node dist/grix.js",

34 "test": "node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run",

35 "test:watch": "node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs",

36 "test:e2e": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e",

37 "test:e2e:smoke": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/smoke.test.ts",

38 "test:e2e:direct-relay": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/direct-relay-live.test.ts",

39 "test:e2e:relay": "node scripts/relay-e2e.mjs",

40 "test:e2e:codex-developer-instructions": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/codex-developer-instructions-protocol.test.ts",

41 "test:e2e:claude-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/claude-audit-replay.test.ts",

42 "test:e2e:codex-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/codex-audit-replay.test.ts",

43 "test:e2e:native-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/native-event-audit-replay.test.ts",

44 "test:e2e:kimi-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/native-event-audit-replay.test.ts -t \"kimi:\"",

45 "test:e2e:kimi-question": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/kimi-acp-features.test.ts -t \"问答卡文本回执\"",

46 "test:e2e:pi-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/pi-audit-replay.test.ts",

47 "test:e2e:reasonix-audit": "RUN_REAL_AGENT_E2E=1 node --experimental-vm-modules node_modules/vitest/vitest.mjs run tests/e2e/reasonix-audit-replay.test.ts",

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openclaw-plugin/index.jsView file

Lines 2292-2332javascript

2292 warn(tag, msg, ...args) {

2293 if (!shouldLog(tag, "warn")) return;

2294 const line = formatLine("warn"

dist/core/mcp/internal-api-server.jsView file

Lines 1-2javascript

1import B from"node:http";import{randomBytes as M}from"node:crypto";import{log as h}from"../log/index.js";import{PHASE1_INVOKE_ACTIONS as C,TOOLS as O,toolCallToInvoke as P}from

dist/core/proxy/crypto/certificate.jsView file

Lines 1-6javascript

1import{createHash as x,createPrivateKey as G,createPublicKey as V,generateKeyPairSync as I,sign as z}from"node:crypto";import{existsSync as b}from"node:fs";import{mkdir as J,readFile as

dist/core/upgrade/upgrade-checker.jsView file

Lines 1-4javascript

1import{closeSync as x,existsSync as m,mkdirSync as F,openSync as me,readFileSync as P,realpathSync as we,renameSync as ve,writeFileSync as ye}from"node:fs";import{join as w,dirname as be}from

dist/core/provider-quota/kiro.jsView file

Lines 1-2javascript

1import{readFile as _}from"node:fs/promises";import{existsSync as m}from"node:fs";import{homedir as h}from"node:os";import{join as u}from"node:path";

dist/core/installer/npm-registry.jsView file

Lines 1-5javascript

1import{execFile as b,execFileSync as C}from"node:child_process";import{existsSync as $,mkdirSync as k}from"node:fs";import{basename as O,dirname as x,join as y}from"node:path"

dist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.jsView file

1Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.js -> dist/adapter/codex/index.js -> dist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.js L1: import{execFileSync as fe}from"node:child_process";import{createInterface as me}from"node:readline";import{EventEmitter as K}from"node:events";import{stat as Z}from"node:fs/promise... L2: \u2026(truncated)`,re=80,tt=120*1e3,it=60*1e3,st=300*1e3,nt=H("GRIX_CODEX_DELTA_COALESCE_MS",1e3),rt=H("GRIX_CODEX_DELTA_COALESCE_CHARS",4096),ot=[{id:"gpt-5.3-codex",displayName:"... L3: `)})}catch{return!1}}getStatus(){return{alive:this.alive,busy:this.currentTurnId!==null||this.compacting,sessions:this.threadId?1:0}}getActiveEventIds(){return this.activeEventId?[...

High

Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration

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

dist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.jsView on unpkg · L1

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/codex/codex-bridge.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.pyView file

•path = dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 21893 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.pyView on unpkg

dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgzView file

•path = dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgz kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 23125 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgzView on unpkg

•path = dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgz kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 23125 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgzView on unpkg

•path = dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgz kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection sizeBytes = 23125 magicHex = [redacted]

Low

Nested Archive Needs Inspection

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

dist/assets/dsh-bridge/grix-dsh-bridge-4.7.2.tgzView on unpkg

dist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/adapter/agy/quota.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/agy/quota.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/agy/quota.jsView on unpkg

dist/adapter/claude/mcp-http-launcher.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/claude/mcp-http-launcher.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/claude/mcp-http-launcher.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/installer/installer.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/installer/installer.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/installer/installer.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/installer/prereq-installer.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/installer/prereq-installer.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/installer/prereq-installer.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/proxy/hermes-profile-relay.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/runtime/spawn.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/runtime/spawn.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/runtime/spawn.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/upgrade/npm-upgrader.jsView file

•matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/upgrade/npm[redacted] matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 48 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/upgrade/npm-upgrader.jsView on unpkg

dist/core/util/cli-probe.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/core/util/cli-probe.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/core/util/cli-probe.jsView on unpkg

dist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/acp/acp-adapter.jsView on unpkg

dist/adapter/claude/model-list.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/claude/model-list.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/claude/model-list.jsView on unpkg

dist/adapter/cursor/cursor-adapter.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = grix-connector@4.6.3 matchedPath = dist/adapter/cursor/cursor-adapter.js matchedIdentity = npm:Z3JpeC1jb25uZWN0b3I:4.6.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/adapter/cursor/cursor-adapter.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

26 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install-guardian.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

openclaw-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 · L2312

3081} L3082: function buildExecApprovalResolveArgv(params) { L3083: const cliArgvPrefix = params.cliArgvPrefix && params.cliArgvPrefix.length > 0 ? params.cliArgvPrefix : resolveOpenClawCliArgvPrefix();

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

openclaw-plugin/index.jsView on unpkg · L3081

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-4.7.2.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@4.7.2.

See all versions of grix-connector for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of grix-connector@4.7.2 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-04 02:20:24.272Z (UTC).

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AI Security Review

Decision evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

Source & flagged code