---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mlclaw"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mlclaw/v/0.11.3.md"
package: "mlclaw"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "mlclaw@0.11.3 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.11.3"
---

# mlclaw@0.11.3 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 16 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.11.3
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis flagged 16 finding(s) at 93.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-07T22:47:44.540Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-07T22:47:49.504Z
- **Download time:** 514 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5153 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 4964 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to mlclaw@0.11.3.

- Review the evidence and your use of mlclaw@0.11.3 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/hf-state-sync.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/hf-state-sync.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4947: // src/hf-state-sync/archive.ts
L4948: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
L4949: import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2056: }
L2057: const execArgv = process5.execArgv ?? [];
L2058: if (execArgv.includes("-e") || execArgv.includes("--eval") || execArgv.includes("-p") || execArgv.includes("--print")) {
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. Critical: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9595: // src/mlclaw/hf-cli.ts
L9596: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L9597: import fs10, { constants as fsConstants } from "node:fs/promises";
...
L9599: import path11 from "node:path";
L9600: var HF_CLI_INSTALL_URL = "https://hf.co/cli/install.sh";
L9601: var HF_ACCOUNT_CREATE_URL = "https://huggingface.co/join";
L9602: var HF_CLI_INSTALL_COMMAND = `curl -LsSf ${HF_CLI_INSTALL_URL} | bash`;
L9603: function createSystemHfCli(env = process.env) {
L9604: return {
```

### 9. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw.mjs>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/mlclaw.mjs spawns dist/hf-state-sync.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L47: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L48: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L49: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1203: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L1204: var childProcess = __require("node:child_process");
L1205: var path16 = __require("node:path");
...
L1253: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1254: writeOut: (str) => process5.stdout.write(str),
L1255: writeErr: (str) => process5.stderr.write(str),
...
L1295: * @returns {Command[]}
L1296: * @private
L1297: */
```

### 10. High: Spawned Bundled Service Listener
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 78.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw.mjs>)

Source launches a detached bundled service that exposes a broad-bound HTTP listener.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Detached bundled service listener: dist/mlclaw.mjs spawns dist/mlclaw-space-runtime.js; helper exposes a broad-bound HTTP listener.
L47: * Constructs the CommanderError class
L48: * @param {number} exitCode suggested exit code which could be used with process.exit
L49: * @param {string} code an id string representing the error
...
L1203: var EventEmitter = __require("node:events").EventEmitter;
L1204: var childProcess = __require("node:child_process");
L1205: var path16 = __require("node:path");
...
L1253: this._outputConfiguration = {
L1254: writeOut: (str) => process5.stdout.write(str),
L1255: writeErr: (str) => process5.stderr.write(str),
...
L1295: * @returns {Command[]}
L1296: * @private
L1297: */
```

### 11. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw.mjs>)

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.bin -> dist/mlclaw.mjs
Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern.
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 14. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** mlclaw.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/mlclaw.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = mlclaw.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 3428
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. 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.

### 16. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/mlclaw-space-runtime.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mlclaw@0.11.3/dist/mlclaw-space-runtime.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 = mlclaw@0.8.0
matchedIdentity = npm:bWxjbGF3:0.8.0
similarity = 0.816
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 11
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 20
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 11

### Published dependency entries
- @clack/prompts ^1.4.0 (Dependency)
- @huggingface/splitmix64-wasm ^0.0.1 (Dependency)
- @huggingface/xetchunk-wasm ^0.0.6 (Dependency)
- commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency)
- hono ^4.12.28 (Dependency)
- lucide-react ^0.468.0 (Dependency)
- openclaw-unyolo 0.7.0 (Dependency)
- react ^19.2.7 (Dependency)
- react-dom ^19.2.7 (Dependency)
- skillflag ^0.2.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^3.24.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** mlclaw
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.11.3
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-07T10:50:31.522Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T13:13:49.459Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-17T10:25:04.461Z
- **Known versions:** 21
- **Latest version:** 0.12.8
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** \<p align="center"\> \<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huggingface/mlclaw/main/assets/mlclaw.svg" alt="ML Claw" width="180"\> \</p\>
- **Maintainers:** osolmaz
- **Artifact files:** 98
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 3,003,715 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mlclaw/v/0.11.3>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/huggingface/mlclaw>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/huggingface/mlclaw#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/huggingface/mlclaw/issues>)
