---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.386"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.386.md"
package: "local-mcp"
report_status: "published"
title: "local-mcp@3.0.386 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.0.386"
---

# local-mcp@3.0.386 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — The package can replace an existing MCP server, cause AI clients to execute its downloaded runtime, and persist a tray process across logins.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Install Hook Abuse
- **Selected version:** 3.0.386
- **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: malicious; recommendation: publish block. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

A global npm install automatically reconfigures detected AI clients to launch this package. It also downloads backend-directed native code and creates a persistent macOS tray service.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 98.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-12T17:43:26.750Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-12T17:44:27.975Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 502 ms
- **AI review time:** 60211 ms
- **Total time:** 61225 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:** A global npm install automatically reconfigures detected AI clients to launch this package. It also downloads backend-directed native code and creates a persistent macOS tray service.

- **Trigger:** Installing the package globally with npm, unless CI or SKIP\_SETUP is set.

- **Impact:** The package can replace an existing MCP server, cause AI clients to execute its downloaded runtime, and persist a tray process across logins.

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

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-12T17:44:27.975Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Automatic MCP configuration mutation, unsigned remote native payload installation, and LaunchAgent persistence.

- **Attack narrative:** A global install invokes runSetup without an explicit setup command. It detects several unrelated AI clients, writes a launcher for local-mcp into their MCP configuration, and removes an office-mcp entry. Setup retrieves runtime metadata from the backend, accepts an HTTP(S) artifact URL from that response, extracts the archive, and the entrypoint executes the installed binary. On macOS it also writes a KeepAlive LaunchAgent. This creates an unconsented install-time path from npm installation to broad AI-agent control-surface changes, remote native payload execution, and persistence.

- **Rationale:** The automatic global postinstall performs broad foreign AI-client configuration mutation and installs backend-directed native code without integrity verification. Its persistence mechanism compounds the install-hook abuse into a concrete malicious supply-chain path.

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

- **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:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for block:** A global-install postinstall hook automatically runs setup for every detected client., Setup writes a local-mcp MCP entry into detected Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and Roo-Cline configuration files., The config merge deletes an existing office-mcp server entry., The installer obtains a backend-selected archive URL, extracts it, and later executes the resulting native binary without a checksum or signature requirement., On macOS it installs a persistent LaunchAgent that runs at login and stays alive.

- **Evidence against:** The hook exits for non-global installs, CI, and SKIP\_SETUP., The source contains no runtime dependency on local-mcp itself., Most network calls use fixed package-branded hosts, but the runtime archive URL can be supplied by the backend.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to local-mcp@3.0.386.

- Avoid installing local-mcp@3.0.386. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## 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@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/download.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L60: // Only the win32 ladder reads/writes it: it's the side of the probe that can
L61: // come up empty on a real machine (wmic gone, PowerShell blocked by policy),
L62: // 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@3.0.386/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\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/download.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
L7: 
L8: const https  = require("https")
L9: const http   = require("http")
...
L12: const os     = require("os")
L13: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require("child_process")
L14: 
L15: // On Windows, Git-Bash"s tar interprets \"C:...\" paths as \"host:path\" (SSH syntax).\n// Use the native Windows tar.exe from System32 instead, which handles Win32 paths correctl...
L16: // the caller would otherwise mask as "not yet available" (#1256).
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/setup.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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 = {
```

### 12. High: Unverified Remote Native Payload Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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
Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern.
```

### 16. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/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@3.0.386/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.

### 22. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** download.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/download.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** setup.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/local-mcp@3.0.386/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@3.0.380
matchedPath = setup.js
matchedIdentity = npm:bG9jYWwtbWNw:3.0.380
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## 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:** 3.0.386
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-09-10T05:10:48.084Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-04T14:12:49.814Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-06T20:59:43.097Z
- **Known versions:** 37
- **Latest version:** 3.0.419
- **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:** 141,231 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/local-mcp/v/3.0.386>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/colibird-ai/local-mcp.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://local-mcp.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/colibird-ai/local-mcp/issues>)