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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/helixbox-connect/v/1.0.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/helixbox-connect/v/1.0.1.md"
package: "helixbox-connect"
report_status: "published"
title: "helixbox-connect@1.0.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.1"
---

# helixbox-connect@1.0.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.1
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12793 confirms this npm version as malicious. The \`helixbox-connect\` bin opens a WebSocket to the hardcoded relay \`wss://helixbox-relay.onrender.com\` and dispatches messages from the peer into local execution primitives on the installer's host. A \`terminal.input\` handler forwards peer-supplied bytes directly into the stdin of a spawned interactive shell (\`/bin/bash -i\` on Unix, \`powershell.exe\` on Windows), giving the remote party full command execution under...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

The \`helixbox-connect\` bin opens a WebSocket to the hardcoded relay \`wss://helixbox-relay.onrender.com\` and dispatches messages from the peer into local execution primitives on the installer's host. A \`terminal.input\` handler forwards peer-supplied bytes directly into the stdin of a spawned interactive shell (\`/bin/bash -i\` on Unix, \`powershell.exe\` on Windows), giving the remote party full command execution under the running user. \`fs.read\`/\`fs.write\`/\`fs.ls\`/\`fs.stat\` handlers accept absolute paths from the peer without confinement (resolvePath returns the path as-is; an in-source comment states the app can browse and edit anywhere on the machine), enabling arbitrary read and overwrite of files including SSH keys, shell RCs, and credential stores. An \`ai.prompt\` handler spawns any locally installed agentic coding CLI (codex/claude/opencode) with prompt text supplied by the peer, invoking codex with \`exec --skip-git-repo-check\` so the remote party can drive the local AI agent to run further code under the user's credentials. dist/plain/agent.js issues POST/fetch to \`https://helixbox-relay.onrender.com\` for session control. Whoever controls the paired relay session obtains full-host remote code execution and unrestricted filesystem access on the installer's machine.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2

### Published dependency entries
- qrcode-terminal ^0.12.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.18.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** helixbox-connect
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-19T12:23:24.851Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-19T15:08:32.840Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T14:55:09.083Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.0.4
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Helixbox agent — run on your computer, pair your phone by QR, and code remotely (files, terminal, git, AI, browser preview) over one WebSocket.
- **Author:** bannu773
- **Maintainers:** hemanth773
- **Keywords:** helixbox, remote, cli, mobile-ide, terminal, websocket
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 9
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 47,395 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/helixbox-connect/v/1.0.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/bannu773/helixbox-flutter>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/bannu773/helixbox-flutter#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/bannu773/helixbox-flutter/issues>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12793>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/helixbox-connect/v/1.0.1>)