--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/indiecorns/v/0.4.6" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/indiecorns/v/0.4.6.md" package: "indiecorns" report_status: "published" title: "indiecorns@0.4.6 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.4.6" --- # indiecorns@0.4.6 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 **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 12 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 0.4.6 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The package discloses runtime telemetry and provides an opt-out, but its events include signed-in users' email and account ID plus project-directory names. This matches the warning-level telemetry rule; the flagged recurring worker setup is explicitly user-triggered. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 97.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-01T22:13:45.907Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-01T22:14:42.249Z - **Download time:** 760 ms - **Static scan time:** 876 ms - **AI review time:** 54705 ms - **Total time:** 56342 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** Default runtime telemetry sends identifying account and project-directory details to PostHog. - **Trigger:** CLI startup and completion or failure for ordinary commands, unless telemetry is disabled. - **Impact:** Analytics events can associate a user's identity and project-directory names with their CLI activity. - **Evidence paths:** indiecorns/bin/indiecorns.mjs - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-01T22:14:42.249Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI captures signed-in user email and ID along with the working-directory name and app-root name. The default analytics host is https://eu.i.posthog.com. - **Rationale:** The package discloses runtime telemetry and provides an opt-out, but its events include signed-in users' email and account ID plus project-directory names. This matches the warning-level telemetry rule; the flagged recurring worker setup is explicitly user-triggered. - **Files touched:** ~/.indiecorns/config.json - **Network endpoints:** https://eu.i.posthog.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Normal CLI startup sends telemetry unless the user has disabled it., For signed-in users, telemetry identifies the user and includes their email and Indiecorns user ID., Telemetry also includes the current directory name and app-root directory name. - **Evidence against:** The README discloses telemetry and provides commands to disable it., Worker persistence is installed only through the explicit \`worker install\` command., Slack and GitHub credentials are used with their respective provider APIs in worker operations. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to indiecorns@0.4.6. - Review the evidence and your use of indiecorns@0.4.6 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. ## Public findings ### 1. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 3. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 4. Medium: Install Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** indiecorns/lib/service.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L3: import { homedir, platform } from 'node:os' L4: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process' L5: const label = 'com.indiecorns.worker' ... L9: const unitQuote = value => '"' + String(value).replace(/%/g, '%%').replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/\$/g, () => '$$') + '"' L10: export function serviceDefinition({ system = platform(), home = homedir(), node = process.execPath, cli, interval = 300, userId, windowsRoot = process.env.SystemRoot ?? 'C:\\Window... L11: if (!cli || !Number.isInteger(interval) || interval < 1) throw new Error('Invalid service configuration') ... L45: content: ` L46: L47: Indiecorns community wor ``` ### 5. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 6. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 83.0% - **Path:** indiecorns/bin/indiecorns.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript package = indiecorns; repositoryIdentity = indiecorns-cli; dependency = posthog-node L684: if (!posthogClientPromise) { L685: posthogClientPromise = import("posthog-node") L686: .then(({ PostHog }) => { ``` ### 7. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** indiecorns/lib/service.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> indiecorns/bin/indiecorns.mjs -> indiecorns/lib/service.mjs L3: import { homedir, platform } from 'node:os' L4: import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process' L5: const label = 'com.indiecorns.worker' ... L9: const unitQuote = value => '"' + String(value).replace(/%/g, '%%').replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/\$/g, () => '$$') + '"' L10: export function serviceDefinition({ system = platform(), home = homedir(), node = process.execPath, cli, interval = 300, userId, windowsRoot = process.env.SystemRoot ?? 'C:\\Window... L11: if (!cli || !Number.isInteger(interval) || interval < 1) throw new Error('Invalid service configuration') ... L45: content: ` L46: