---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.23.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.23.1.md"
package: "modelence"
report_status: "published"
title: "modelence@0.23.1 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.23.1"
---

# modelence@0.23.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 18 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.23.1
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

modelence@0.23.1 is the published Modelence framework: no registry install hooks mutate the consumer, and network plus process use sit on explicit CLI commands and startApp talking to cloud.modelence.com. Scanner exfil labels are first-party setup, deploy, and opt-out app-start telemetry, including a same-vendor Claude plugin write only when setup finds no .claude/settings.json.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 90.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-16T19:34:57.903Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-16T19:38:55.016Z
- **Download time:** 501 ms
- **Static scan time:** 266 ms
- **AI review time:** 236345 ms
- **Total time:** 237113 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:** This is a Modelence Cloud app framework. Scanner hits on network, env, child\_process, and hostname posting match first-party CLI, deploy, and startApp telemetry, not a hidden install-time steal.

- **Trigger:** No malicious trigger. Behavior runs when a user executes modelence CLI commands or calls startApp in their app.

- **Impact:** No confirmed unauthorized secret theft, persistence, or install-time agent hijack.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-16T19:38:55.016Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** First-party cloud CLI, deploy, and product telemetry

- **Rationale:** modelence@0.23.1 is the published Modelence framework: no registry install hooks mutate the consumer, and network plus process use sit on explicit CLI commands and startApp talking to cloud.modelence.com. Scanner exfil labels are first-party setup, deploy, and opt-out app-start telemetry, including a same-vendor Claude plugin write only when setup finds no .claude/settings.json.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 90.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** startApp posts project name, package version, hostname, and environment id to cloud.modelence.com unless MODELENCE\_TRACKING\_ENABLED is false., The modelence CLI talks to cloud.modelence.com for browser login, setup, bundle upload, and deploy., modelence setup may create .claude/settings.json that enables the first-party Modelence Claude Code plugin when that file is missing., The CLI uses execSync for a user post-build command and to launch tsx or node., The prepare script sets git core.hooksPath to .husky two directories up.

- **Evidence against:** No preinstall, install, or postinstall hooks; prepare is monorepo husky config and prepublishOnly only builds., Hosts are first-party Modelence Cloud, docs, GitHub, Google OAuth, and a public disposable-email list., CLI network, env writes, and Claude settings happen only when the user runs modelence commands., Tracking is product telemetry of app identity, not env or secret scraping, and startApp is the trigger rather than install or import., The Claude plugin is the same-vendor github.com/modelence/modelence marketplace and is created only if .claude/settings.json does not already exist., dist/index.js only re-exports errors and time helpers and does not start tracking or spawn processes.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to modelence@0.23.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of modelence@0.23.1 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@0.23.1/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}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import O,{join,dirname}from'path';import {parse}from'dotenv...
L3: `);}var $=".claude",w=join($,"settings.json"),D="modelence@modelence",I={modelence:{source:{source:"github",repo:"modelence/modelence"}}};async function ne(){let e=join(process.cwd...
```

### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: `),console.log("  npm install   (if you haven't already)"),console.log(`  npm run dev   (starts the app)
L9: `));}catch(t){console.error(`Setup failed: ${t instanceof Error?t.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var ae=z$1.object({serverDir:z$1.string(),serverEntry:z$1.string(),po...
L10: //# 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@0.23.1/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}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import O,{join,dirname}from'path';import {parse}from'dotenv...
L3: `);}var $=".claude",w=join($,"settings.json"),D="modelence@modelence",I={modelence:{source:{source:"github",repo:"modelence/modelence"}}};async function ne(){let e=join(process.cwd...
L4: `),console.log(`Enabled the Modelence Claude Code plugin in ${w}`);}catch(o){console.warn(`Failed to create ${w}:`,o);}return}try{let n=JSON.parse(t)?.enabledPlugins?.[D];n!==!0&&c...
L5: `);if(await promises.writeFile(t,i.trim()+`
```

### 9. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/bin/modelence.js>)

Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Source sends the broad process environment to a literal external destination.
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {Command}from'commander';import {readFileSync,promises,createWriteStream}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import O,{join,dirname}from'path';import {parse}from'dotenv...
L3: `);}var $=".claude",w=join($,"settings.json"),D="modelence@modelence",I={modelence:{source:{source:"github",repo:"modelence/modelence"}}};async function ne(){let e=join(process.cwd...
L4: `),console.log(`Enabled the Modelence Claude Code plugin in ${w}`);}catch(o){console.warn(`Failed to create ${w}:`,o);}return}try{let n=JSON.parse(t)?.enabledPlugins?.[D];n!==!0&&c...
L5: `);if(await promises.writeFile(t,i.trim()+`
...
L8: `),console.log("  npm install   (if you haven't already)"),console.log(`  npm
```

### 10. High: Host Fingerprint Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-LCXJNLNK.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/chunk-LCXJNLNK.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import {t as t$1}from'./chunk-KFTT3M45.js';import {a,b,c,d,q,r,s,t,u,m,n,e,z as z$2,l,k as k$1,o,j,p,v as v$1,A,B,C,D,f as f$1,E,x as x$1,w as w$1,g as g$1,H,F as F$1,G as G$1}from...
L2: `).map(i=>i.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(i=>i.length>0),r$1=new Date,n=500;for(let i=0;i<o.length;i+=n){let s=o.slice(i,i+n);try{await r.insertMany(s.map(a=>({domain:a,addedAt:r$1}...
...
L6: <p>If you did not request this, please ignore this email.</p>
L7: `}var zr={locale:"en",strength:2};async function Wr(e){let t=await s.findOne({token:e,expiresAt:{$gt:new Date}});if(!t)throw new Error("Invalid or expired verification token");let ...
L8: <p>Hi,</p>
...
L23: ${e.type}
L24: ${e.window}`}function nn(){return [{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.minutes(15),limit:20},{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",windo
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/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}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import O,{join,dirname}from'path';import {parse}from'dotenv...
L3: `);}var $=".claude",w=join($,"settings.json"),D="modelence@modelence",I={modelence:{source:{source:"github",repo:"modelence/modelence"}}};async function ne(){let e=join(process.cwd...
...
L8: `),console.log("  npm install   (if you haven't already)"),console.log(`  npm run dev   (starts the app)
L9: `));}catch(t){console.error(`Setup failed: ${t instanceof Error?t.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var ae=z$1.object({serverDir:z$1.string(),serverEntry:z$1.string(),po...
L10: //# sourceMappingURL=modelence.js.map
```

### 12. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/chunk-LCXJNLNK.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/chunk-LCXJNLNK.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 {t as t$1}from'./chunk-KFTT3M45.js';import {a,b,c,d,q,r,s,t,u,m,n,e,z as z$2,l,k as k$1,o,j,p,v as v$1,A,B,C,D,f as f$1,E,x as x$1,w as w$1,g as g$1,H,F as F$1,G as G$1}from...
L2: `).map(i=>i.trim().toLowerCase()).filter(i=>i.length>0),r$1=new Date,n=500;for(let i=0;i<o.length;i+=n){let s=o.slice(i,i+n);try{await r.insertMany(s.map(a=>({domain:a,addedAt:r$1}...
...
L6: <p>If you did not request this, please ignore this email.</p>
L7: `}var zr={locale:"en",strength:2};async function Wr(e){let t=await s.findOne({token:e,expiresAt:{$gt:new Date}});if(!t)throw new Error("Invalid or expired verification token");let ...
L8: <p>Hi,</p>
...
L23: ${e.type}
L24: ${e.window}`}function nn(){return [{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",window:a$1.minutes(15),limit:20},{bucket:"signup",type:"ip",windo
```

### 13. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/bin/modelence.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: manifest.bin -> dist/bin/modelence.js
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: import {Command}from'commander';import {readFileSync,promises,createWriteStream}from'fs';import {fileURLToPath}from'url';import O,{join,dirname}from'path';import {parse}from'dotenv...
L3: `);}var $=".claude",w=join($,"settings.json"),D="modelence@modelence",I={modelence:{source:{source:"github",repo:"modelence/modelence"}}};async function ne(){let e=join(process.cwd...
...
L8: `),console.log("  npm install   (if you haven't already)"),console.log(`  npm run dev   (starts the app)
L9: `));}catch(t){console.error(`Setup failed: ${t instanceof Error?t.message:"Unknown error"}`),process.exit(1);}}var ae=z$1.object({serverDir:z$1.string(),serverEntry:z$1.string(),po...
L10: //#
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. 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.

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

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 18. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/bin/modelence.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/modelence@0.23.1/dist/bin/modelence.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 = modelence@0.25.1
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9kZWxlbmNl:0.25.1
similarity = 0.625
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 21
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 3
- **Development dependencies:** 21
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 24

### 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)
- 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)
- 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:** 0.23.1
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-08-28T11:21:00.169Z
- **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
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 62
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,335,558 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/modelence/v/0.23.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/modelence/modelence>)
- [Homepage](<https://modelence.com/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/modelence/modelence/issues>)
