---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.357"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.357.md"
package: "local-mcp"
report_status: "published"
title: "local-mcp@3.0.357 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.0.357"
---

# local-mcp@3.0.357 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Foreign MCP clients are modified to execute package-controlled code; remote payloads run with the installing user's privileges.

- **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:** 3.0.357
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. A global npm install silently configures multiple foreign AI clients to launch local-mcp, downloads remote executables, and establishes a persistent tray LaunchAgent. The downloaded binary is executed by the setup health check.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-30T17:21:50.772Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-30T17:22:19.736Z
- **Download time:** 512 ms
- **Static scan time:** 130 ms
- **AI review time:** 28320 ms
- **Total time:** 28964 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** A global npm install silently configures multiple foreign AI clients to launch local-mcp, downloads remote executables, and establishes a persistent tray LaunchAgent. The downloaded binary is executed by the setup health check.

- **Trigger:** npm global install on macOS

- **Impact:** Foreign MCP clients are modified to execute package-controlled code; remote payloads run with the installing user's privileges.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, postinstall.js, setup.js, download.js, index.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-07-30T17:22:19.736Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall AI-client config hijack, remote binary execution, and LaunchAgent persistence

- **Attack narrative:** On global macOS installation, postinstall invokes setup without user interaction. Setup discovers several third-party AI clients, rewrites their MCP configuration to launch local-mcp, removes office-mcp, downloads unverified server/proxy/tray archives, and executes the server health check. It also installs a KeepAlive LaunchAgent for the downloaded tray application.

- **Rationale:** This is an unconsented install-time mutation of broad foreign AI-agent control surfaces, coupled with remote payload download and execution. The restrictive guards do not provide user consent or remove the concrete chain.

- **Files touched:** postinstall.js, setup.js, download.js, ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude\_desktop\_config.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json, ~/.vscode/mcp.json, ~/.claude.json, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local-mcp.tray.plist, ~/.local/share/local-mcp/

- **Network endpoints:** https://office-mcp-production.up.railway.app, https://download.local-mcp.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs postinstall.js., postinstall.js invokes runSetup({all:true}) on global macOS installs., setup.js detects and rewrites installed Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Roo-Cline, Zed, and Claude Code MCP configs., setup.js deletes an existing office-mcp entry while writing local-mcp., setup.js downloads and health-check executes a remote binary during postinstall., download.js installs a KeepAlive LaunchAgent for the downloaded tray app.

- **Evidence against:** Postinstall skips non-global installs, CI, and SKIP\_SETUP., Source contains uninstall sentinels and cleanup paths.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: const os     = require('os')
L13: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process')
L14:
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 8. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const https  = require('https')
L9: const http   = require('http')
...
L12: const os     = require('os')
L13: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process')
L14: 
...
L17: function extractTar(tarPath, destDir) {
L18: const tarBin = process.platform === 'win32'
L19: ? path.join(process.env.SystemRoot || 'C:\\Windows', 'System32', 'tar.exe')
L20: : 'tar'
...
L30: const CACHE_DIR = process.platform === 'win32'
L31: ? path.join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local'), 'local-mcp', 'bin')
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. Critical: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution with blocking evidence.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const https  = require('https')
L9: const http   = require('http')
...
L12: const os     = require('os')
L13: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process')
L14: 
...
L18: const tarBin = process.platform === 'win32'
L19: ? path.join(process.env.SystemRoot || 'C:\\Windows', 'System32', 'tar.exe')
L20: : 'tar'
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L351: if (fs.existsSync(systemTrayApp) && trayApp !== systemTrayApp) {
L352: try { execFileSync('rm', ['-rf', systemTrayApp], { stdio: 'pipe' }) } catch { /* ignorar */ }
L353: }
...
L364: 
L365: const url = `https://download.local-mcp.com/local-mcp-tray-${version}-darwin-universal.tar.gz`
L366: process.stderr.write(`\nDescargando tray v${version}...\n`)
L367:
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const https  = require('https')
L9: const http   = require('http')
...
L12: const os     = require('os')
L13: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process')
L14: 
...
L17: function extractTar(tarPath, destDir) {
L18: const tarBin = process.platform === 'win32'
L19: ? path.join(process.env.SystemRoot || 'C:\\Windows', 'System32', 'tar.exe')
L20: : 'tar'
...
L30: const CACHE_DIR = process.platform === 'win32'
L31: ? path.join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local'), 'local-mcp', 'bin')
```

### 13. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.main -> index.js -> download.js
L351: if (fs.existsSync(systemTrayApp) && trayApp !== systemTrayApp) {
L352: try { execFileSync('rm', ['-rf', systemTrayApp], { stdio: 'pipe' }) } catch { /* ignorar */ }
L353: }
...
L364: 
L365: const url = `https://download.local-mcp.com/local-mcp-tray-${version}-darwin-universal.tar.gz`
L366: process.stderr.write(`\nDescargando tray v${version}...\n`)
L367:
```

### 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: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 17. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = local-mcp@3.0.348
matchedPath = download.js
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.348
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/index.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = local-mcp@3.0.348
matchedPath = index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.348
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/setup.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = local-mcp@3.0.348
matchedPath = setup.js
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.348
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = 5fd9d9a49e3df6eb
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = local-mcp@3.0.348
matchedPath = download.js
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.348
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 4
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

### 22. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.357/download.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 = local-mcp@3.0.331
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.331
similarity = 0.500
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
- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** local-mcp
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 3.0.357
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-07-30T17:15:19.613Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-04T14:12:49.814Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-14T04:20:03.416Z
- **Known versions:** 18
- **Latest version:** 3.0.371
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Let ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor & any MCP client actually use your Mac — read & reply to email, manage your calendar, text over iMessage, find files, work with Teams, Slack & Office. On your Mac, no API keys, free.
- **Author:** LMCP
- **Keywords:** mcp, model-context-protocol, mcp-server, claude, claude-desktop, cursor, windsurf, vscode, zed, ai, ai-agent, ai-tools
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Supported OS:** darwin
- **Artifact files:** 6
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 104,390 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.357>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/lanchuske/local-mcp.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://local-mcp.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/lanchuske/local-mcp/issues>)