---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.374"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.374.md"
package: "local-mcp"
report_status: "published"
title: "local-mcp@3.0.374 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.0.374"
---

# local-mcp@3.0.374 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Detected AI clients gain an automatically configured local MCP server without an explicit setup command.

- **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:** 3.0.374
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. A global npm postinstall automatically configures detected third-party AI clients to launch local-mcp. It downloads executable archives and, on macOS, installs a persistent tray LaunchAgent.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 98.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-22T21:05:55.738Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-22T21:06:50.476Z
- **Download time:** 501 ms
- **Static scan time:** 437 ms
- **AI review time:** 53799 ms
- **Total time:** 54738 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** A global npm postinstall automatically configures detected third-party AI clients to launch local-mcp. It downloads executable archives and, on macOS, installs a persistent tray LaunchAgent.

- **Trigger:** npm install -g local-mcp

- **Impact:** Detected AI clients gain an automatically configured local MCP server without an explicit setup command.

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

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-22T21:06:50.476Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall MCP-config mutation, remote binary installation, and LaunchAgent persistence

- **Attack narrative:** On global installation, the lifecycle hook calls setup with all clients enabled. Setup detects installed AI clients and injects a local-mcp launcher into their configuration, including removing an office-mcp entry in one config format. The same path obtains executable archives from remote endpoints; macOS additionally writes a LaunchAgent configured to start and remain alive. These are unconsented install-time mutations of foreign AI-agent control surfaces.

- **Rationale:** This meets the blocking policy: a postinstall hook automatically mutates detected third-party AI-client MCP configurations. Remote executable installation and persistent LaunchAgent setup increase the impact. Product guard normalized a concrete AI-agent control hijack publish\_block to the blockable dangerous-capability shape.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json, ~/.vscode/mcp.json, ~/.local/share/local-mcp/bin, ~/Applications/LocalMCPTray.app, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local-mcp.tray.plist

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

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 98.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** postinstall runs setup automatically on global npm install., Setup force-selects detected AI clients and writes their MCP config entries., The install path downloads and extracts a remotely selected executable archive., macOS setup installs a persistent LaunchAgent with RunAtLoad and KeepAlive.

- **Evidence against:** Postinstall exits for non-global installs, CI, or SKIP\_SETUP., Config writes target detected clients and preserve parse-invalid configs.

## 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@3.0.374/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@3.0.374/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@3.0.374/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%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/download.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L56: // Only the win32 ladder reads/writes it: it's the side of the probe that can
L57: // come up empty on a real machine (wmic gone, PowerShell blocked by policy),
L58: // and consulting the same file the go-server already wrote/reads is what lets
```

### 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@3.0.374/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'
...
L39: const CACHE_DIR = process.platform === 'win32'
L40: ? 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@3.0.374/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@3.0.374/download.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L544: if (fs.existsSync(systemTrayApp) && trayApp !== systemTrayApp) {
L545: try { execFileSync('rm', ['-rf', systemTrayApp], { stdio: 'pipe' }) } catch { /* ignorar */ }
L546: }
...
L557: 
L558: const url = `https://download.local-mcp.com/local-mcp-tray-${version}-darwin-universal.tar.gz`
L559: process.stderr.write(`\nDescargando tray v${version}...\n`)
L560:
```

### 12. High: Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/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 postinstall.js
Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native archive, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution.
L7: *   local-mcp setup          → configura todos los clientes detectados
L8: *   local-mcp setup --all    → configura todos sin preguntar
L9: */
...
L13: const os   = require('os')
L14: const { execSync, execFileSync } = require('child_process')
L15: const download = require('./download')
...
L69: '  # curl telemetry — no Node dependency, fire-and-forget',
L70: `  curl -sf --max-time 3 -X POST "https://${BACKEND_HOST}/install-event" \\`,
L71: '    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\',
L72: '    -d "{\\\"stage\\\":\\\"node_too_old\\\",\\\"version\\\":\\\"$NODE_VER\\\"}" &>/dev/null &',
L73: '  pr
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/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'
...
L39: const CACHE_DIR = process.platform === 'win32'
L40: ? path.join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local'), 'local-mcp', 'bin')
```

### 14. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/setup.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
L45: // Write a .cmd wrapper that Claude Desktop can execute
L46: fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true })
L47: const cmdPath = path.join(cacheDir, 'lmcp-launch.cmd')
...
L52: const script = `@echo off\r\n"${npxAbsPath}" -y local-mcp@latest\r\n`
L53: fs.writeFileSync(cmdPath, script)
L54: return cmdPath
...
L59: try {
L60: fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true })
L61: const launcherPath = path.join(cacheDir, 'lmcp-launch.sh')
...
L77: ].join('\n') + '\n'
L78: fs.writeFileSync(launcherPath, script, { mode: 0o755 })
L79: return launcherPath
```

### 15. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/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
L544: if (fs.existsSync(systemTrayApp) && trayApp !== systemTrayApp) {
L545: try { execFileSync('rm', ['-rf', systemTrayApp], { stdio: 'pipe' }) } catch { /* ignorar */ }
L546: }
...
L557: 
L558: const url = `https://download.local-mcp.com/local-mcp-tray-${version}-darwin-universal.tar.gz`
L559: process.stderr.write(`\nDescargando tray v${version}...\n`)
L560:
```

### 16. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/setup.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: scripts.postinstall -> postinstall.js -> setup.js
L1026: if (!content.includes('local-mcp-server') && !content.includes('Local MCP')) return
L1027: process.stderr.write('\n  Migrating legacy server LaunchAgent to tray supervision...\n')
L1028: // launchctl unload kills the running process AND prevents it from restarting
L1029: try { execFileSync('launchctl', ['unload', plistPath], { stdio: 'pipe' }) } catch { /* may already be unloaded */ }
L1030: try { fs.unlinkSync(plistPath) } catch { /* non-fatal */ }
...
L1040: try {
L1041: const https = require('https')
L1042: const payload = {
```

### 17. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** download.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.374/download.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.main -> index.js -> download.js
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'
...
L39: const CACHE_DIR = process.platform === 'win32'
L40: ? path.join(process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local'), 'local-mcp', 'bin')
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 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.

## 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:** 3.0.374
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-08-22T19:20:22.676Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-04T14:12:49.814Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-22T21:06:50.476Z
- **Known versions:** 20
- **Latest version:** 3.0.374
- **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, linux, win32
- **Artifact files:** 6
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 135,051 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.374>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/lanchuske/local-mcp.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://local-mcp.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/lanchuske/local-mcp/issues>)