---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/janex-agent/v/1.0.39"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/janex-agent/v/1.0.39.md"
package: "janex-agent"
report_status: "published"
title: "janex-agent@1.0.39 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.39"
---

# janex-agent@1.0.39 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Arbitrary code execution and user-home/runtime mutation under the installing user.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 1.0.39
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

npm installation automatically fetches and executes an unpinned remote shell script. This grants the remote response code execution during dependency installation.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 96.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-09T10:59:59.474Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-09T11:00:46.105Z
- **Download time:** 1757 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5132 ms
- **AI review time:** 39741 ms
- **Total time:** 46631 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** npm installation automatically fetches and executes an unpinned remote shell script. This grants the remote response code execution during dependency installation.

- **Trigger:** npm install / postinstall

- **Impact:** Arbitrary code execution and user-home/runtime mutation under the installing user.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.mjs, bin/janex.js, dist/tools/McpManage.js, dist/mcp/McpRegistry.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-09T11:00:46.105Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Remote shell-pipeline execution

- **Attack narrative:** The manifest invokes scripts/postinstall.mjs on every install. On systems without Bun, it runs a downloaded shell script directly through bash with no version pin, checksum, or user confirmation. A compromised or changed remote installer therefore executes arbitrary code during npm installation; the launcher repeats this behavior when run.

- **Rationale:** The install hook contains a concrete unconsented remote-code-execution chain, not merely a dormant capability. Its apparent runtime-bootstrap purpose does not mitigate execution of mutable remote content at install time.

- **Files touched:** scripts/postinstall.mjs, node\_modules/@opentui/react/chunk-fm0c65gm.js, ~/.bun

- **Network endpoints:** https://bun.sh/install

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 96.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs postinstall automatically., scripts/postinstall.mjs executes curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash., Postinstall also rewrites a dependency file under node\_modules., bin/janex.js repeats unpinned runtime download/execution.

- **Evidence against:** No credential-harvesting or exfiltration path was found in inspected lifecycle code., MCP configuration writes are limited to ~/.janex, not foreign agent configs.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/tools/tempmail/TempMail.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/dist/tools/tempmail/TempMail.js>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 5
matchedText = password...23';
```

### 6. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
L5: import { spawn, spawnSync, execSync } from 'child_process';
L6: import os from 'os';
```

### 7. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L87: ? spawnSync(
L88: 'powershell.exe',
L89: [
```

### 8. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L105: function nodeHasFfi(bin) {
L106: const probe = spawnSync(bin, ['-e', 'require("node:ffi")'], {
L107: stdio: 'ignore',
```

### 9. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/tools/captcha/FuncaptchaSolver.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/dist/tools/captcha/FuncaptchaSolver.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14: */
L15: import { createHash, createCipheriv, createDecipheriv, randomBytes } from 'crypto';
L16: import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
...
L19: import { loadConfig } from '../../agent/Config.js';
L20: import { request as undiciRequest, ProxyAgent } from 'undici';
L21: // ─── MurmurHash3 x64-128 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
...
L292: PK: p.ua.includes('Mac OS') ? 'MacIntel' : 'Win32',
L293: CFP: 'canvas winding:yes~canvas fp:data:image/png;base64,' + randomBytes(128).toString('base64'),
L294: FR: false,
...
L677: catch { }
L678: const imgPath = join(homedir(), `.janex-funcaptcha-wave-${wave}.png`);
L679: writeFileSync(imgPath, imgBuffer);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 13. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L82: function installBun() {
L83: if (process.env.janex_SKIP_RUNTIME_BOOTSTRAP === '1') return undefined;
L84: log('Bun runtime not found — installing Bun for the terminal renderer...');
...
L86: process.platform === 'win32'
L87: ? spawnSync(
L88: 'powershell.exe',
...
L97: )
L98: : spawnSync('bash', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash'], {
L99: stdio: 'inherit',
```

### 14. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
L5: import { spawn, spawnSync, execSync } from 'child_process';
L6: import os from 'os';
L7: 
L8: const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L9: const rootDir = join(__dirname, '..');
L10: const dist = join(rootDir, 'dist', 'index.js');
L11: const janex_HOME = process.env.janex_STATE_HOME || join(os.homedir(), '.janex');
L12: const MANAGED_NODE_DIR = join(janex_HOME, 'node');
...
L46: if (result.status !== 0) return { major: 0, minor: 0, patch: 0 };
L47: return parseVersion(result.stdout || result.stderr);
L48: }
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** bin/janex.cmd
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/bin/janex.cmd>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = bin/janex.cmd
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 1684
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** skills/research/social-researching/assets/claude-code-rap.mp3
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/skills/research/social-researching/assets/claude-code-rap.mp3>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = skills/research/social-researching/assets/claude-code-rap.mp3
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 2354231
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. High: Payload In Excluded Dir
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** skills/skill-comply/tests/test\_parser.py
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/skills/skill-comply/tests/test_parser.py>)

Package hides binary, compressed, or executable-looking payloads in test/fixture/hidden paths.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```python
path = skills/skill-comply/tests/test_parser.py
kind = payload_in_excluded_dir
sizeBytes = 3230
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. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli/App.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/janex-agent@1.0.39/dist/cli/App.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = janex-agent@1.0.22
matchedIdentity = npm:amFuZXgtYWdlbnQ:1.0.22
similarity = 0.800
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare
- **Dependencies:** 54
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 17
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 54

### Published dependency entries
- @ai-sdk/anthropic ^4.0.29 (Dependency)
- @ai-sdk/openai ^4.0.29 (Dependency)
- @anthropic-ai/sdk 0.35.0 (Dependency)
- @fastify/cors 11.2.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.30.0 (Dependency)
- @opentui/core 0.5.0 (Dependency)
- @opentui/react 0.5.0 (Dependency)
- @types/sql.js 1.4.11 (Dependency)
- ai ^7.0.51 (Dependency)
- axios 1.19.0 (Dependency)
- blessed 0.1.81 (Dependency)
- boxen 7.1.1 (Dependency)
- chalk 5.6.2 (Dependency)
- cheerio 1.2.0 (Dependency)
- chokidar 3.6.0 (Dependency)
- cloakbrowser 0.3.31 (Dependency)
- commander 12.1.0 (Dependency)
- conf 13.1.0 (Dependency)
- dockerode ^5.0.1 (Dependency)
- enquirer 2.4.1 (Dependency)
- exceljs ^4.4.0 (Dependency)
- fastify 5.8.5 (Dependency)
- figlet 1.11.4 (Dependency)
- fs-extra 11.4.0 (Dependency)
- glob 10.5.0 (Dependency)
- googleapis ^174.0.0 (Dependency)
- gradient-string 2.0.2 (Dependency)
- ink 5.2.1 (Dependency)
- ink-text-input 6.0.0 (Dependency)
- inquirer 9.3.8 (Dependency)
- js-tiktoken 1.0.21 (Dependency)
- js-yaml 4.3.1 (Dependency)
- marked 15.0.12 (Dependency)
- marked-terminal 7.3.0 (Dependency)
- mmdb-lib 3.0.2 (Dependency)
- node-cron 4.5.0 (Dependency)
- nodemailer ^9.0.4 (Dependency)
- openai 4.104.0 (Dependency)
- ora 8.2.0 (Dependency)
- pdf-parse 1.1.4 (Dependency)
- playwright-core 1.60.0 (Dependency)
- qrcode 1.5.4 (Dependency)
- react 19.2.7 (Dependency)
- react-reconciler 0.33.0 (Dependency)
- sharp ^0.35.3 (Dependency)
- sql.js 1.14.1 (Dependency)
- systeminformation 5.31.7 (Dependency)
- telegraf 4.16.3 (Dependency)
- terminal-link 3.0.0 (Dependency)
- whois 2.16.2 (Dependency)
- ws 8.21.0 (Dependency)
- yaml 2.9.0 (Dependency)
- zod 3.25.76 (Dependency)
- zod-to-json-schema 3.25.2 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** janex-agent
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.39
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-05T08:51:13.583Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-04T12:45:50.551Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-09T19:10:44.964Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 1.0.39
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Autonomous Multi-Agent AI Workspace in your terminal. Codes, researches, and executes real tasks with 40+ tools and 280+ skills
- **Author:** Janex
- **Keywords:** ai, agent, automation, terminal, multi-agent, browser, captcha, ctf, research
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0, python: \>=3.9
- **Artifact files:** 1708
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 26,228,250 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/janex-agent/v/1.0.39>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/JaneHax/JanexAgent.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/JaneHax/JanexAgent#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/JaneHax/JanexAgent/issues>)