---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mobbdev/v/1.5.17"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mobbdev/v/1.5.17.md"
package: "mobbdev"
report_status: "published"
title: "mobbdev@1.5.17 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.5.17"
---

# mobbdev@1.5.17 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 1.5.17
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-31T07:15:58.068Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-31T07:18:28.885Z
- **Download time:** 521 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4329 ms
- **AI review time:** 145966 ms
- **Total time:** 150817 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Postinstall downloads a named third-party binary. A separately invoked Claude Code setup command installs a persistent hook that can start a latest-version daemon and process transcript data.

- **Trigger:** npm installation downloads the scanner binary; explicit claude-code-install-hook setup enables the agent hook.

- **Impact:** A user who enables the hook permits persistent processing and upload of AI interaction artifacts; later daemon launches can resolve a newer package release.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, src/post\_install/cx\_install.mjs, dist/index.mjs, dist/args/commands/upload\_ai\_blame.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-31T07:18:28.885Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Lifecycle binary download and user-invoked agent hook with latest-version daemon spawning.

- **Rationale:** The risky agent behavior is gated behind an explicit authenticated CLI command, so the automatic-install abuse threshold is not met. The persistent latest-version daemon path and AI artifact handling remain a meaningful dangerous capability.

- **Files touched:** node\_modules/.bin/cx, ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/.mobbdev/daemon.pid

- **Network endpoints:** github.com, api.mobb.ai

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** The install hook downloads and extracts a Checkmarx executable during npm postinstall., An explicit Claude Code command writes a PostToolUse hook into the user configuration., The installed hook can spawn a detached daemon through npx using mobbdev@latest., The daemon processes Claude Code transcripts and the package uploads AI prompt and inference artifacts.

- **Evidence against:** The agent-hook installation path is an explicit CLI command and requires authentication., The postinstall downloader targets a named Checkmarx release rather than an opaque payload., No install lifecycle code writes AI-agent settings or starts the transcript daemon.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node ./src/post_install/cx_install.mjs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. Critical: Critical Secret
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** .env
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/.env>)

Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
patternName = blocked_file
severity = critical
blockedFile = .env
redactedSecretContext =
secretLikeLines = 5
L4: GITLAB_API_TOKEN=<redacted:0 empty>
L5: GITHUB_API_TOKEN=<redacted:0 empty>
L6: ADO_TEST_ACCESS_TOKEN=<redacted:0 empty>
L7: HASURA_ACCESS_KEY=<redacted:0 empty>
L10: DD_RUM_TOKEN=<redacted:35 token-like>
```

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13319: // src/utils/computerName.ts
L13320: import { execSync } from "child_process";
L13321: import os from "os";
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L20166: // src/features/claude_code/daemon-check-shim.tmpl.js
L20167: var daemon_check_shim_tmpl_default = "// Mobb daemon shim \u2014 checks if daemon is alive, spawns if dead.\n// Auto-generated by mobbdev CLI. Do not edit.\nvar fs = require('fs')\...
L20168:
```

### 6. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11229: try {
L11230: const getImportMetaUrl = new Function("return import.meta.url");
L11231: const importMetaUrl = getImportMetaUrl();
```

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4345: const buildPath = "../../../../../[redacted]";
L4346: module = await import(buildPath);
L4347: } catch (e) {
```

### 8. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L118: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiBamboo"] = "CI_BAMBOO";
L119: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiCircleci"] = "CI_CIRCLECI";
L120: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiGithub"] = "CI_GITHUB";
...
L378: patch
L379: patchOriginalEncodingBase64
L380: questions {
...
L1143: query getFixWithAnswers($fixId: uuid!, $userInput: [QuestionAnswer!]!) {
L1144: fixData: getFix(fixId: $fixId, userInput: $userInput, loadAnswers: false) {
L1145: __typename
...
L1743: const { url } = sourceCodeFile.signedFile;
L1744: const sourceCodeRes = await fetch(url).catch(() => null);
L1745: if (!sourceCodeRes?.ok) {
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.mjs:
fs2.writeFileSync(gitignorePath, updatedContent, "utf8");
appBaseUrl,
return `${appBaseUrl}/organization/${organizationId}/project/${projectId}/report/${analysisId}/fix/${fixId}`;
appBaseUrl,
return `${appBaseUrl}/organization/${organizationId}/project/${projectId}/report/${analysisId}/issue/${issueId}`;
appBaseUrl,
appBaseUrl,
appBaseUrl,
```

### 13. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L118: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiBamboo"] = "CI_BAMBOO";
L119: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiCircleci"] = "CI_CIRCLECI";
L120: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiGithub"] = "CI_GITHUB";
...
L378: patch
L379: patchOriginalEncodingBase64
L380: questions {
...
L1143: query getFixWithAnswers($fixId: uuid!, $userInput: [QuestionAnswer!]!) {
L1144: fixData: getFix(fixId: $fixId, userInput: $userInput, loadAnswers: false) {
L1145: __typename
...
L1743: const { url } = sourceCodeFile.signedFile;
L1744: const sourceCodeRes = await fetch(url).catch(() => null);
L1745: if (!sourceCodeRes?.ok) {
```

### 14. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L118: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiBamboo"] = "CI_BAMBOO";
L119: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiCircleci"] = "CI_CIRCLECI";
L120: Scan_Source_Enum2["CiGithub"] = "CI_GITHUB";
...
L378: patch
L379: patchOriginalEncodingBase64
L380: questions {
...
L1143: query getFixWithAnswers($fixId: uuid!, $userInput: [QuestionAnswer!]!) {
L1144: fixData: getFix(fixId: $fixId, userInput: $userInput, loadAnswers: false) {
L1145: __typename
...
L1743: const { url } = sourceCodeFile.signedFile;
L1744: const sourceCodeRes = await fetch(url).catch(() => null);
L1745: if (!sourceCodeRes?.ok) {
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L20166: // src/features/claude_code/daemon-check-shim.tmpl.js
L20167: var daemon_check_shim_tmpl_default = "// Mobb daemon shim \u2014 checks if daemon is alive, spawns if dead.\n// Auto-generated by mobbdev CLI. Do not edit.\nvar fs = require('fs')\...
L20168:
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. 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.

### 19. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/hash\_search/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/hash_search/index.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 2
```

### 20. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/mobbdev@1.5.17/dist/index.mjs>)

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 = mobbdev@1.5.3
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9iYmRldg:1.5.3
similarity = 0.714
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:** 56
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 41
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 56

### Published dependency entries
- @gitbeaker/requester-utils 43.8.0 (Dependency)
- @gitbeaker/rest 43.8.0 (Dependency)
- @grpc/grpc-js 1.14.4 (Dependency)
- @grpc/proto-loader 0.8.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.29.0 (Dependency)
- @octokit/core 5.2.0 (Dependency)
- @octokit/request-error 5.1.1 (Dependency)
- @openredaction/openredaction 1.0.4 (Dependency)
- adm-zip 0.5.18 (Dependency)
- axios 1.18.1 (Dependency)
- azure-devops-node-api 15.1.2 (Dependency)
- bitbucket 2.12.0 (Dependency)
- chalk 5.6.2 (Dependency)
- chalk-animation 2.0.3 (Dependency)
- configstore 7.1.0 (Dependency)
- cross-fetch 4.1.0 (Dependency)
- debug 4.4.3 (Dependency)
- dotenv 16.6.1 (Dependency)
- extract-zip 2.0.1 (Dependency)
- fs-extra 11.3.6 (Dependency)
- globby 14.1.0 (Dependency)
- graphql 16.14.0 (Dependency)
- graphql-request 6.1.0 (Dependency)
- graphql-ws 5.16.2 (Dependency)
- hash-wasm 4.12.0 (Dependency)
- http-proxy-agent 7.0.2 (Dependency)
- https-proxy-agent 7.0.6 (Dependency)
- ignore 7.0.5 (Dependency)
- inquirer 9.3.8 (Dependency)
- isomorphic-ws 5.0.0 (Dependency)
- istextorbinary 9.5.0 (Dependency)
- jsonc-parser 3.3.1 (Dependency)
- libsodium-wrappers 0.7.15 (Dependency)
- multimatch 7.0.0 (Dependency)
- nanospinner 1.1.0 (Dependency)
- node-fetch 3.3.2 (Dependency)
- node-stream-zip 1.15.0 (Dependency)
- octokit 3.2.1 (Dependency)
- open 8.4.2 (Dependency)
- p-limit 3.1.0 (Dependency)
- parse-diff 0.11.1 (Dependency)
- pino 9.7.0 (Dependency)
- sax 1.6.0 (Dependency)
- semver 7.8.5 (Dependency)
- shell-quote 1.9.0 (Dependency)
- simple-git 3.36.0 (Dependency)
- snyk 1.1305.2 (Dependency)
- tar 7.5.21 (Dependency)
- tmp 0.2.7 (Dependency)
- tmp-promise 3.0.3 (Dependency)
- undici 6.28.0 (Dependency)
- uuid 11.1.1 (Dependency)
- ws 8.21.0 (Dependency)
- xml2js 0.6.2 (Dependency)
- yargs 17.7.2 (Dependency)
- zod 4.4.3 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** mobbdev
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.5.17
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-31T07:07:31.780Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T03:54:15.814Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-31T16:53:13.897Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 1.5.18
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Automated secure code remediation tool
- **Maintainers:** devopsmobb, joanthanmobb, kirill89
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.20.0
- **Artifact files:** 33
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,674,750 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mobbdev/v/1.5.17>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/mobb-dev/bugsy>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/mobb-dev/bugsy#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/mobb-dev/bugsy/issues>)