--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/iclavue/v/11.0.12" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/iclavue/v/11.0.12.md" package: "iclavue" report_status: "published" title: "iclavue@11.0.12 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "11.0.12" --- # iclavue@11.0.12 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Blocked & quarantined** — A compromised or substituted download can execute arbitrary code as the CLI user. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution - **Selected version:** 11.0.12 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) On Windows first runtime launch, the CLI fetches a remote native pager, writes it under its config directory, and makes it executable without integrity verification. Runtime telemetry is also sent to the package vendor endpoint. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Started:** 2026-08-10T06:04:19.154Z - **Finished:** 2026-08-10T06:06:07.719Z - **Download time:** 1264 ms - **Static scan time:** 3977 ms - **AI review time:** 103323 ms - **Total time:** 108565 ms ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** On Windows first runtime launch, the CLI fetches a remote native pager, writes it under its config directory, and makes it executable without integrity verification. Runtime telemetry is also sent to the package vendor endpoint. - **Trigger:** User runs the CLI on Windows without a cached native pager. - **Impact:** A compromised or substituted download can execute arbitrary code as the CLI user. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs, dist/cli.js, dist/native/manifest.json - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-08-10T06:06:07.719Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Unverified remote native-binary download and execution path - **Attack narrative:** The package’s runtime pager bootstrap downloads a platform executable from a vendor-controlled URL, saves it in the user configuration area, and marks it executable. The source shows no signature or digest check, while allowing the download URL to be overridden by an environment variable. This is a concrete remote payload delivery and execution chain, activated by ordinary CLI use on Windows. - **Rationale:** The harmless postinstall chmod does not mitigate the runtime unverified executable-fetch path. This creates a concrete remote-code-execution surface rather than a merely suspicious primitive. - **Files touched:** dist/cli.js, scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs, dist/native/manifest.json - **Network endpoints:** https://www.clavue.com/downloads/native/, https://www.clavue.com/api/event\_logging/batch ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Recommended action:** publish\_block - **Intent class:** Malware - **False-positive risk:** Low - **Evidence for:** dist/cli.js downloads a Windows native executable at first CLI launch., The download is written to the Clavue config native cache and chmodded executable., Download URL defaults to https://www.clavue.com/downloads/native/ and permits an environment URL override., No hash or signature verification appears in ensureNativePagerBinary., dist/cli.js posts first-party telemetry to https://www.clavue.com/api/event\_logging/batch. - **Evidence against:** package.json postinstall only chmods bundled clavue-pager files., scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs performs no network access or foreign agent-config write., Provider API credentials are used for configured provider requests, not shown sent to an unrelated endpoint. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs ``` ### 2. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/mao-command.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L4: var __create=Object.create;var __defProp=Object.defineProperty;var __getOwnPropDesc=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var __getOwnPropNames=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var __getProtoO... L5: GFS4: `),console.error(m)},"debug"));fs6[gracefulQueue]||(queue=global[gracefulQueue]||[],publishQueue(fs6,queue),fs6.close=(function(fs$close){function close(fd,cb){return fs$clos... L6: `,"utf8"),process4.platform!=="win32")try{fs.chmodSync(filePath,384)}catch{}}__name(defaultWriteJsonFile,"defaultWriteJsonFile");function defaultSafeReadFile(filePath){try{return f... ``` ### 5. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% Package source references shell execution. ### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. ### 7. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 8. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 9. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L75: `)===-1){debug3("have not received end of HTTP headers yet..."),read();return}let firstLine=buffered.toString("ascii",0,buffered.indexOf(`\r L76: `)),statusCode=+firstLine.split(" ")[1];debug3("got proxy server response: %o",firstLine),resolve9({statusCode,buffered})}__name(ondata,"ondata"),socket.on("error",onerror),socket.... L77: `;proxy.auth&&(headers["Proxy-Authorization"]=`Basic ${Buffer.from(proxy.auth).toString("base64")}`);let{host,port,secureEndpoint}=opts;isDefaultPort(port,secureEndpoint)||(host+=`... ... L79: `);let{statusCode,buffered}=yield proxyResponsePromise;if(statusCode===200){if(req.once("socket",resume2),opts.secureEndpoint){debug3("Upgrading socket connection to TLS");let serv... L80: `,CRLF_BYTES=textEncoder.encode(CRLF),CRLF_BYTES_COUNT=2,FormDataPart=class{st ``` ### 11. Critical: Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: // clavue v11.0.12 openai-responses-adapter (built from source) L4: var __create=Object.create;var __defProp=Object.defineProperty;var __getOwnPropDesc=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var __getOwnPropNames=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var __getProtoO... L5: /* [wrapped with `+details+`] */ ... L22: `)+source+`return __p L23: }`;var result2=attempt_default(function(){return Function(importsKeys,sourceURL+"return "+source).apply(void 0,importsValues)});if(result2.source=source,isError_default(result2))th... L24: `):[]}};_LineDecoder_buffer=new WeakMap,_LineDecoder_carriageReturnIndex=new WeakMap;LineDecoder.NEWLINE_CHARS=new Set([` ... L61: new Anthropic({ apiKey, dangerouslyAllowBrowser: true }); L62: `);this.baseURL=options.baseURL,this.timeout=options.timeout??_a.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,this.lo ``` ### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L75: `)===-1){debug3("have not received end of HTTP headers yet..."),read();return}let firstLine=buffered.toString("ascii",0,buffered.indexOf(`\r L76: `)),statusCode=+firstLine.split(" ")[1];debug3("got proxy server response: %o",firstLine),resolve9({statusCode,buffered})}__name(ondata,"ondata"),socket.on("error",onerror),socket.... L77: `;proxy.auth&&(headers["Proxy-Authorization"]=`Basic ${Buffer.from(proxy.auth).toString("base64")}`);let{host,port,secureEndpoint}=opts;isDefaultPort(port,secureEndpoint)||(host+=`... L78: `;let proxyResponsePromise=parse_proxy_response_1.default(socket);socket.write(`${payload}\r L79: `);let{statusCode,buffered}=yield proxyResponsePromise;if(statusCode===200){if(req.once("socket",resume2),opts.secureEndpoint){debug3("Upgrading socket connection to TLS");l ``` ### 13. High: Cloud Metadata Access - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: // clavue v11.0.12 openai-responses-adapter (built from source) L4: var __create=Object.create;var __defProp=Object.defineProperty;var __getOwnPropDesc=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var __getOwnPropNames=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var __getProtoO... L5: /* [wrapped with `+details+`] */ ... L22: `)+source+`return __p L23: }`;var result2=attempt_default(function(){return Function(importsKeys,sourceURL+"return "+source).apply(void 0,importsValues)});if(result2.source=source,isError_default(result2))th... L24: `):[]}};_LineDecoder_buffer=new WeakMap,_LineDecoder_carriageReturnIndex=new WeakMap;LineDecoder.NEWLINE_CHARS=new Set([` ... L61: new Anthropic({ apiKey, dangerouslyAllowBrowser: true }); L62: `);this.baseURL=options.baseURL,this.timeout=options.timeout??_a.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,this.lo ``` ### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 15. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 16. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/native/clavue-pager-darwin-x64 - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = dist/native/clavue-pager-darwin-x64 kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 4944360 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** install.sh - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```shell path = install.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 6629 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 18. Medium: Oversized Source File - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = dist/cli.js kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 18848621 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 19. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 80.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript path = dist/cli.js kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint sizeBytes = 18848621 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 20. 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. ### 21. Low: No License - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package manifest does not declare a clear license. ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 14 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 54 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 14 ### Published dependency entries - @anthropic-ai/sandbox-runtime ^0.0.49 (Dependency) - @openai/codex 0.118.0 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/api ^1.9.1 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/api-logs ^0.214.0 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/core ^2.6.1 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/resources ^2.6.1 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/sdk-logs ^0.214.0 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/sdk-metrics ^2.6.1 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base ^2.6.1 (Dependency) - @opentelemetry/semantic-conventions ^1.40.0 (Dependency) - ajv ^8.18.0 (Dependency) - better-sqlite3 ^13.0.1 (Dependency) - lru-cache ^11.3.0 (Dependency) - qrcode ^1.5.4 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** iclavue - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 11.0.12 - **Version published:** 2026-08-05T15:42:26.328Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T07:23:45.730Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-08-14T11:20:42.228Z - **Known versions:** 72 - **Latest version:** 11.2.3 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Clavue: execution-first AI coding CLI with direct repo tools, provider routing, native workflows, MCP integration, and long-session recovery - **Keywords:** iclavue, clavue, ai-coding-cli, coding-agent, agentic-coding, terminal-ai, developer-tools, execution-first, repo-tools, mcp, provider-routing, provider-profiles - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 4988 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 100,253,696 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()