---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/inplan/v/0.1.26"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/inplan/v/0.1.26.md"
package: "inplan"
report_status: "published"
title: "inplan@0.1.26 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "0.1.26"
---

# inplan@0.1.26 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Persistent cross-agent control-surface modification and potential disclosure of agent messages/tool activity.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Warn by default
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Soft block: AI-agent control surface
- **Selected version:** 0.1.26
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. npm postinstall mutates installed AI-agent control surfaces. It installs persistent hooks/extensions that capture agent output and tool activity and can relay it to a cloud document.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-09T01:17:43.548Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-09T01:18:22.468Z
- **Download time:** 259 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2173 ms
- **AI review time:** 36488 ms
- **Total time:** 38920 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** npm postinstall mutates installed AI-agent control surfaces. It installs persistent hooks/extensions that capture agent output and tool activity and can relay it to a cloud document.

- **Trigger:** Installing inplan@0.1.26 with lifecycle scripts enabled.

- **Impact:** Persistent cross-agent control-surface modification and potential disclosure of agent messages/tool activity.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/cli.js, skill/SKILL.md

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-09T01:18:22.468Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Unconsented global agent skill, permission, hook, and extension installation.

- **Attack narrative:** Installation invokes install-skill silently. The CLI detects existing Claude, Codex, and Pi roots, installs agent-facing files, grants Claude permissions, and adds hooks that invoke \`inplan relay\`. Its Pi extension is auto-loaded, captures assistant messages and tool activity, and relays them to the active local or cloud document. These are persistent mutations of foreign AI-agent control surfaces caused by npm postinstall.

- **Rationale:** Source inspection confirms an unconsented postinstall modifies broad, foreign AI-agent configuration and installs persistent event hooks/extensions. This meets the install-control-surface block policy.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude/skills/inplan/SKILL.md, ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/.codex/skills/inplan/SKILL.md, ~/.codex/hooks.json, ~/.pi/agent/skills/inplan/SKILL.md, ~/.pi/agent/extensions/inplan-relay.ts, ~/.inplan/

- **Network endpoints:** wss://inplan-collab.fly.dev, https://us.i.posthog.com/capture/

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs install-skill automatically in postinstall., bin/cli.js writes skills into ~/.claude, ~/.codex, and ~/.pi agent directories., bin/cli.js modifies Claude settings permissions and Stop/PostToolUse hooks without consent., bin/cli.js modifies ~/.codex/hooks.json to invoke inplan relay on agent events., Installed Pi extension captures assistant text and tool activity, then relays it., Relay sends captured content to a cloud document when the active route is cloud.

- **Evidence against:** Skill installation skips absent agent roots and has an opt-out environment variable., Remote plugin bundles are signature/hash verified when a public key is configured.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node bin/cli.js install-skill --quiet || true
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node bin/cli.js install-skill --quiet || true
```

### 3. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L27292: }
L27293: fork() {
L27294: return new FlatBufferCursor(this.buffer, this.index);
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/bin/cli.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1699: const r = spawnSync(
L1700: "powershell.exe",
L1701: ["-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", "Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $env:INPLAN_ZIP_PATH -DestinationPath $env:INPLAN_DEST_DIR -Force"],
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L47701: }
L47702: if (!pluginMod) pluginMod = await import(
L47703: /* @vite-ignore */
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** app/main/index.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/app/main/index.cjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: const electron = require("electron");
L3: const node_child_process = require("node:child_process");
L4: const node_fs = require("node:fs");
...
L12: const node_crypto = require("node:crypto");
L13: const node_http = require("node:http");
L14: const APP_ICON_DATA_URL = "data:image/png;base64,[redacted]...
L15: var BLOCK_OPEN = "<!--inplan";
...
L232: function sidecarRoot() {
L233: if (process.env.INPLAN_SIDECAR_DIR) return process.env.INPLAN_SIDECAR_DIR;
L234: const home = process.env.INPLAN_HOME || path.join(os.homedir(), ".inplan");
L235: return path.join(home, "sidecars");
...
L387: fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
```

### 8. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 9. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 10. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** app/main/index.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/app/main/index.cjs>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L898: }
L899: node_child_process.execFile(
L900: process.execPath,
L901: [cli, ...args],
L902: { env: { ...process.env, ...extraEnv, ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: "1" } },
L903: // RUN_AS_NODE last: never overridable
...
L910: }
L911: const CLOUD_BASE = (process.env.INPLAN_WEB_URL || "https://inplan.ai").replace(/\/$/, "");
L912: const i18n = createI18nController({
```

### 12. High: Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/package.json>)

Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node bin/cli.js install-skill --quiet || true
Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native archive, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution.
L3: // src/cli.ts
L4: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2, spawn as spawn3, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L5: import { createHash as createHash4 } from "crypto";
L6: import { createRequire } from "module";
L7: import { appendFileSync as appendFileSync2, copyFileSync, existsSync as existsSync9, mkdirSync as mkdirSync8, readdirSync as readdirSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync9, realpathSy...
L8: import { homedir as homedir6 } from "os";
...
L87: } else if (!inFence) {
L88: const trimmed = line.trimStart();
L89: if (trimmed.startsWith(BLOCK_OPEN)) return offset + (line.
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/bin/cli.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: // src/cli.ts
L4: import { execFileSync as execFileSync2, spawn as spawn3, spawnSync } from "child_process";
L5: import { createHash as createHash4 } from "crypto";
...
L97: if (openIdx === -1) {
L98: return { body: markdown.replace(/\s+$/, ""), comments: [], version: DOC_FORMAT_VERSION };
L99: }
...
L114: try {
L115: const parsed = jsonText.length === 0 ? [] : JSON.parse(jsonText);
L116: if (!Array.isArray(parsed)) {
...
L437: function sidecarRoot() {
L438: if (process.env.INPLAN_SIDECAR_DIR) return process.env.INPLAN_SIDECAR_DIR;
L439: const home = process.env.INPLAN_HOME || join2(homedir(), ".inplan");
```

### 14. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** bin/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/bin/cli.js>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: import { createRequire } from "module";
L7: import { appendFileSync as appendFileSync2, copyFileSync, existsSync as existsSync9, mkdirSync as mkdirSync8, readdirSync as readdirSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync9, realpathSy...
L8: import { homedir as homedir6 } from "os";
...
L238: // ../core/dist/node.js
L239: import { appendFileSync, closeSync, existsSync, openSync, readFileSync, readSync, statSync } from "fs";
L240: import {
L241: existsSync as existsSync2,
L242: mkdirSync,
L243: readdirSync,
...
L248: watchFile,
L249: writeFileSync
L250: } from "fs";
```

### 15. High: External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/bin/cli.js>)

Runtime or CLI source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Runtime or CLI code links a write operation to an explicit external AI-agent control path:
tmessage, payload: { text } });
    } else if (route.kind === "local") {
      const p = docpaths(file);
      mkdirsync8(p.controldir, { recursive: true });
      await new fscontrolchannel(p).append({ actor: "agent", type: logeventtype.agentmessage, payload: { text } });
    }
  } catch {
  }
}
async function dorelay(args) {
  const file = activedocforcwd(process.cwd());
  if (!file) {
    output({ status: "relay_skipped", reason: "no_active_doc" });
    return;
  }
  const hook = getflag(args, "hook");
  let notes;
  if (hook) {
    let stdin = "";
    if (hook !== "codex-notify") {
      try {
        stdin = readfilesync9(0, "utf8");
      } catch {
      }
    }
    notes = notesfromhook(hook,
```

### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. 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.

### 19. Low: Copyleft License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest declares a copyleft-style license.

### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/inplan@0.1.26/app/renderer/assets/index-CJjtgrEi.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_trace_path_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

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

### Published dependency entries
- @hocuspocus/provider ^2.15.3 (Dependency)
- @supabase/supabase-js ^2.45.0 (Dependency)
- electron ^43.2.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.18.0 (Dependency)
- yjs ^13.6.31 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** inplan
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.1.26
- **License:** AGPL-3.0-or-later
- **Version published:** 2026-08-09T01:14:59.440Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-09T01:18:22.468Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-09T01:18:22.468Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 0.1.26
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** inplan — a Markdown editor for human ⇄ coding-agent planning. CLI + desktop editor.
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>= 22.12.0
- **Artifact files:** 9
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,107,438 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/inplan/v/0.1.26>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/melly-lgtm/inplan.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://inplan.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/melly-lgtm/inplan/issues>)