---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/iclavue/v/11.1.7"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/iclavue/v/11.1.7.md"
package: "iclavue"
report_status: "published"
title: "iclavue@11.1.7 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "11.1.7"
---

# iclavue@11.1.7 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 22 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 11.1.7
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

On first interactive Windows use, the CLI may fetch a native pager into its Clavue cache. The fetched executable lacks visible integrity verification, creating a remote-payload execution risk, but no concrete malicious exfiltration or install-time foreign control-surface mutation was found.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-10T06:12:23.609Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-10T06:13:50.158Z
- **Download time:** 1774 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4050 ms
- **AI review time:** 80723 ms
- **Total time:** 86549 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** On first interactive Windows use, the CLI may fetch a native pager into its Clavue cache. The fetched executable lacks visible integrity verification, creating a remote-payload execution risk, but no concrete malicious exfiltration or install-time foreign control-surface mutation was found.

- **Trigger:** Interactive CLI launch on Windows, or CLAVUE\_FORCE\_NATIVE\_DOWNLOAD=1.

- **Impact:** A compromised download endpoint could supply arbitrary code under the invoking user's account.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs, dist/clavue.js, dist/cli.js, dist/openai-responses-adapter.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-10T06:13:50.158Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** Downloads and later launches an unsigned/unverified native UI binary.

- **Rationale:** No concrete malicious chain was established, so blocking is not justified. The unverified runtime binary download is a real dangerous capability that merits a warning.

- **Files touched:** scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs, dist/clavue.js, dist/cli.js, ~/.clavue/native/clavue-pager-\<platform\>-\<arch\>

- **Network endpoints:** https://www.clavue.com/downloads/native

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** dist/cli.js downloads a platform-native pager at runtime and executes it later., The download has no visible checksum or signature verification., Launcher exposes broad aliases: agent, ai, chat.

- **Evidence against:** scripts/postinstall-pager.mjs only chmods package-local pager files; it makes no network request., Runtime download is limited to Windows unless CLAVUE\_FORCE\_NATIVE\_DOWNLOAD=1 and uses a Clavue URL., Credential references in dist/openai-responses-adapter.js implement configured API-client authentication; no covert harvesting path was confirmed.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/package.json>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/mao-command.js>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/openai-responses-adapter.js>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/openai-responses-adapter.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: // clavue v11.1.7 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.log
```

### 12. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/openai-responses-adapter.js>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/openai-responses-adapter.js>)

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: // clavue v11.1.7 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.log
```

### 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](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/native/clavue-pager-darwin-x64>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/native/clavue-pager-darwin-x64
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 5072144
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** install.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/install.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = install.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 6630
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/cli.js>)

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 = 16616073
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/cli.js>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/cli.js
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 16616073
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.

### 22. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/openai-responses-adapter.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/iclavue@11.1.7/dist/openai-responses-adapter.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_path_work_budget_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

## 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:** 11.1.7
- **Version published:** 2026-08-09T04:46:42.384Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T07:23:45.730Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-24T03:41:36.620Z
- **Known versions:** 77
- **Latest version:** 11.3.5
- **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
- **Maintainers:** miounet
- **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:** 98,478,177 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/iclavue/v/11.1.7>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/mycode699/clavue>)
- [Homepage](<https://www.clavue.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/mycode699/clavue/issues>)
