---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/moflo/v/4.11.4"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/moflo/v/4.11.4.md"
package: "moflo"
report_status: "published"
title: "moflo@4.11.4 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "4.11.4"
---

# moflo@4.11.4 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 27 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 4.11.4
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

Static analysis flagged 27 finding(s) at 97.0% 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
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-11T16:13:59.668Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-11T16:14:05.093Z
- **Download time:** 520 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4903 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 5425 ms

## Security analysis

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

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/prune-native-binaries.mjs && node scripts/post-install-notice.mjs && node scripts/post-install-bootstrap.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/prune-native-binaries.mjs && node scripts/post-install-notice.mjs && node scripts/post-install-bootstrap.mjs
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

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

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. Critical: Critical Secret
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/guidance/manifest-validator.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/guidance/manifest-validator.js>)

Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = private_key_rsa
severity = critical
line = 702
matchedText = params: ...' },
```

### 6. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/generate-code-map.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/generate-code-map.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L30: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
L31: import { execSync, execFileSync, spawn } from 'child_process';
L32: import { memoryDbPath, MOFLO_DIR, findProjectRoot } from './lib/moflo-paths.mjs';
```

### 7. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/hooks.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/hooks.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L3: * Cross-platform Claude Code hook runner
L4: * Works on Windows (cmd/powershell) and Linux/WSL (bash)
L5: *
```

### 8. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2043: { type: 'must-match-pattern', value: 'escape|validate|regex|filter', severity: 'major' },
L2044: { type: 'must-not-contain', value: 'eval(', severity: 'critical' },
L2045: ],
```

### 9. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/run-migrations.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/run-migrations.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L61: try {
L62: const mod = await import(url);
L63: if (mod && typeof mod.run === 'function' && typeof mod.name === 'string') {
```

### 10. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** bin/lib/file-sync.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/lib/file-sync.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: /**
L2: * Shared file-sync helper for the launcher (#854 §3) and the postinstall
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

### 13. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/services/daemon-service.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/services/daemon-service.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L8: * - Linux:   systemd --user unit in ~/.config/systemd/user/
L9: * - Windows: Task Scheduler ONLOGON trigger via schtasks
L10: */
...
L14: import { homedir } from 'os';
L15: import { execSync } from 'child_process';
L16: import { locateMofloCliBin } from './moflo-require.js';
...
L31: const resolvedRoot = resolve(projectRoot);
L32: const platform = process.platform;
L33: if (platform === 'darwin') {
...
L93: const slug = projectRootSlug(projectRoot);
L94: return join(homedir(), 'Library', 'LaunchAgents', `${PLIST_LABEL}.${slug}.plist`);
L95: }
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/update/executor.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/update/executor.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L62: // Execute npm install
L63: const installCmd = `npm install ${update.package}@${update.latestVersion} --save-exact`;
L64: execSync(installCmd, {
L65: encoding: 'utf-8',
```

### 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: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/gate.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/gate.cjs>)

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 = moflo@4.11.1
matchedPath = bin/gate.cjs
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9mbG8:4.11.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/index-tests.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/index-tests.mjs>)

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 = moflo@4.11.1
matchedPath = bin/index-tests.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9mbG8:4.11.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/generate-code-map.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/generate-code-map.mjs>)

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 = moflo@4.11.1
matchedPath = bin/generate-code-map.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9mbG8:4.11.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/hooks.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/hooks.mjs>)

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 = moflo@4.11.1
matchedPath = bin/hooks.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9mbG8:4.11.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** bin/index-all.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/bin/index-all.mjs>)

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 = moflo@4.11.1
matchedPath = bin/index-all.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:bW9mbG8:4.11.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js>)

Hardcoded password in dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 1284
matchedText = { type: ...' },
```

### 25. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js>)

Hardcoded password in dist/src/cli/guidance/analyzer.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 2067
matchedText = { type: ...' },
```

### 26. Critical: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/src/cli/guidance/manifest-validator.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/dist/src/cli/guidance/manifest-validator.js>)

RSA private key in dist/src/cli/guidance/manifest-validator.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = private_key_rsa
severity = critical
line = 702
matchedText = params: ...' },
```

### 27. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** .claude/agents/core/reviewer.md
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/moflo@4.11.4/.claude/agents/core/reviewer.md>)

Hardcoded password in .claude/agents/core/reviewer.md

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```markdown
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 81
matchedText = console....rd);
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 8
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 2
- **Development dependencies:** 8
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 10

### Published dependency entries
- @anush008/tokenizers ^0.6.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- js-yaml ^5.2.0 (Dependency)
- lru-cache ^11.3.5 (Dependency)
- onnxruntime-node ^1.27.0 (Dependency)
- semver ^7.7.4 (Dependency)
- tar ^7.5.16 (Dependency)
- valibot ^1.3.1 (Dependency)
- imapflow ^1.0.0 (PeerDependency)
- mailparser ^3.0.0 (PeerDependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** moflo
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.11.4
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-11T16:12:51.422Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T14:56:00.924Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-13T22:58:18.338Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 4.12.9
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** MoFlo — AI agent orchestration for Claude Code. A standalone, opinionated toolkit with semantic memory, learned routing, gates, spells, and the /flo issue-execution skill.
- **Author:** Eric Swann
- **Maintainers:** ericswann
- **Keywords:** moflo, claude, claude-code, anthropic, ai-agents, agent-orchestration, mcp, model-context-protocol, cli, developer-tools, workflow, orchestration
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 758
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,338,027 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/moflo/v/4.11.4>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/eric-cielo/moflo>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/eric-cielo/moflo#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/eric-cielo/moflo/issues>)