---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.21.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.21.0.md"
package: "modelence"
report_status: "published"
title: "modelence@0.21.0 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.21.0"
---

# modelence@0.21.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Install Hook Abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.21.0
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

This is not concrete malware, but the install-time Git configuration mutation is an unconsented project-level side effect and warrants a warning. Telemetry is package-aligned but default-on and transmits host identity metadata.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 89.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-31T11:31:05.133Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-31T11:31:53.244Z
- **Download time:** 511 ms
- **Static scan time:** 117 ms
- **AI review time:** 47482 ms
- **Total time:** 48111 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:** The prepare lifecycle hook mutates the enclosing repository's Git hooks configuration. At application startup, telemetry posts project name and local hostname to the configured Modelence endpoint, defaulting to Modelence Cloud.

- **Trigger:** Package prepare lifecycle; application startApp runtime initialization

- **Impact:** Repository hook behavior changes; host and project metadata disclosure to the configured service

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js, dist/bin/modelence.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-07-31T11:31:53.244Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Git hook configuration mutation and default-on telemetry

- **Rationale:** This is not concrete malware, but the install-time Git configuration mutation is an unconsented project-level side effect and warrants a warning. Telemetry is package-aligned but default-on and transmits host identity metadata.

- **Files touched:** package.json, dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js, dist/bin/modelence.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://cloud.modelence.com/api/track/app-start, https://cloud.modelence.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 89.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** package.json prepare changes Git core.hooksPath after cd ../.., dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js sends hostname and project name to Modelence Cloud by default, Telemetry runs from startApp initialization and ignores failures, dist/bin/modelence.js deploy uploads a user project bundle after explicit deploy command

- **Evidence against:** No preinstall, install, or postinstall hook, CLI shell commands are limited to explicit build/dev/start flows, Cloud endpoints and bundle upload are Modelence product functions, No eval, Function constructor, or hidden remote-code loader found

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to modelence@0.21.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of modelence@0.21.0 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: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {Command}from'commander';import {readFileSync,promises,createWriteStream,writeFileSync}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import N,{dirname,join}from'path';import {par...
L3: `);await promises.writeFile(o,i.trim()+`
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: `);await promises.writeFile(o,i.trim()+`
L4: `),console.log(`Successfully configured ${C} file`);}catch(o){console.error(`Setup failed: ${o instanceof Error?o.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var X=z.object({serve...
L5: //# sourceMappingURL=modelence.js.map
```

### 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. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {Command}from'commander';import {readFileSync,promises,createWriteStream,writeFileSync}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import N,{dirname,join}from'path';import {par...
L3: `);await promises.writeFile(o,i.trim()+`
L4: `),console.log(`Successfully configured ${C} file`);}catch(o){console.error(`Setup failed: ${o instanceof Error?o.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var X=z.object({serve...
L5: //# sourceMappingURL=modelence.js.map
```

### 9. High: Host Fingerprint Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js>)

Source collects local host identity data and sends it to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import {s as s$1}from'./chunk-KZZYA5HP.js';import {a,b as b$1,c,o,p,q,r,k as k$1,l,j as j$1,w as w$1,i,m,h,n,s,x,y,z as z$2,A as A$1,d as d$1,B as B$1,u,t,e as e$1,E as E$1,C,D}fro...
L2: `).map(i=>i.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(i=>i.length>0),r=new Date,n=500;for(let i=0;i<o.length;i+=n){let s=o.slice(i,i+n);try{await p.insertMany(s.map(a=>({domain:a,addedAt:r})));...
...
L15: ${e.type}
L16: ${e.window}`}function cr(){return [{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.minutes(15),limit:20},{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.days(1),limit:200},{bucket:"signupAttempt",type...
L17: [Output truncated - exceeded size limit]`:d;await ce.upsertOne({version:s},{$set:{version:s,status:"completed",description:a,output:f,appliedAt:new Date}}),j$2(`Migration v${s} com...
...
L24: 
L25: Rename your
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {Command}from'commander';import {readFileSync,promises,createWriteStream,writeFileSync}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import N,{dirname,join}from'path';import {par...
L3: `);await promises.writeFile(o,i.trim()+`
L4: `),console.log(`Successfully configured ${C} file`);}catch(o){console.error(`Setup failed: ${o instanceof Error?o.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var X=z.object({serve...
L5: //# sourceMappingURL=modelence.js.map
```

### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/chunk-3SGMDISS.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import {s as s$1}from'./chunk-KZZYA5HP.js';import {a,b as b$1,c,o,p,q,r,k as k$1,l,j as j$1,w as w$1,i,m,h,n,s,x,y,z as z$2,A as A$1,d as d$1,B as B$1,u,t,e as e$1,E as E$1,C,D}fro...
L2: `).map(i=>i.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(i=>i.length>0),r=new Date,n=500;for(let i=0;i<o.length;i+=n){let s=o.slice(i,i+n);try{await p.insertMany(s.map(a=>({domain:a,addedAt:r})));...
...
L15: ${e.type}
L16: ${e.window}`}function cr(){return [{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.minutes(15),limit:20},{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.days(1),limit:200},{bucket:"signupAttempt",type...
L17: [Output truncated - exceeded size limit]`:d;await ce.upsertOne({version:s},{$set:{version:s,status:"completed",description:a,output:f,appliedAt:new Date}}),j$2(`Migration v${s} com...
...
L24: 
L25: Rename your
```

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

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

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

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 16. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/client.d.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/client.d.ts>)

Hardcoded password in dist/client.d.ts

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 320
matchedText = * await ... });
```

### 17. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/client.d.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/client.d.ts>)

Hardcoded password in dist/client.d.ts

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 321
matchedText = * await ... });
```

### 18. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/client.d.ts
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.21.0/dist/client.d.ts>)

Hardcoded password in dist/client.d.ts

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```typescript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 343
matchedText = * await ... });
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 24
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 22
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @socket.io/mongo-adapter ^0.4.0 (Dependency)
- @vitejs/plugin-react ^4.3.4 (Dependency)
- archiver ^7.0.1 (Dependency)
- bcrypt ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^12.0.0 (Dependency)
- cookie-parser ^1.4.7 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16.4.5 (Dependency)
- elastic-apm-node ^4.15.0 (Dependency)
- express ^4.21.0 (Dependency)
- fs-extra ^11.2.0 (Dependency)
- jiti ^2.4.2 (Dependency)
- mongodb ^6.8.1 (Dependency)
- open ^10.1.0 (Dependency)
- socket.io ^4.8.1 (Dependency)
- socket.io-client ^4.8.1 (Dependency)
- tsup ^8.3.6 (Dependency)
- tsx ^4.19.3 (Dependency)
- typescript ^5.7.2 (Dependency)
- vite ^6.0.3 (Dependency)
- vite-plugin-eslint ^1.8.1 (Dependency)
- winston ^3.15.0 (Dependency)
- winston-elasticsearch ^0.19.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^3.23.8 (Dependency)
- zustand ^5.0.2 (Dependency)
- @tanstack/react-query \>=5.0.0 (PeerDependency)
- react \>=18.0.0 (PeerDependency)
- react-dom \>=18.0.0 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** modelence
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.21.0
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-06-30T10:29:14.839Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-31T11:31:53.244Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T09:15:01.293Z
- **Known versions:** 18
- **Latest version:** 0.29.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** The Node.js Framework for Real-Time MongoDB Apps
- **Author:** Modelence
- **Maintainers:** modelence
- **Artifact files:** 61
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 819,389 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.21.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/modelence/modelence>)
- [Homepage](<https://modelence.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/modelence/modelence/issues>)
