registry / Staged payload carrier / negotium / 0.3.13

negotium@0.3.13

Install the Negotium multi-agent runtime and CLI with one package

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The automatic remote-binary install merits a warning, despite fixed URLs and digest verification. The scanner's alleged credential redirection/foreign overwrite was not substantiated by inspected source.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Trigger

npm postinstall

Impact

Adds executable browser and shell helper binaries for later runtime use.

Mechanism

verified remote native-binary bootstrap

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsoninstall-browser-rs.mjsinstall-bash-rs.mjsdist/runtime/src/agents/codex-native-multi-agent.tsdist/runtime/src/mcp/vault-http.ts

Network endpoints2

github.com/maestrojeong/browser-rs-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.21github.com/maestrojeong/bash-rs-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.7

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

postinstall automatically runs two downloader scripts.
Installers fetch native executables and write them under the Negotium state directory.
Runtime copies Codex auth/config only into a temporary isolated home before bootstrap.

Evidence against

Downloaded binaries are pinned to fixed GitHub release URLs and SHA-256 hashes.
No source evidence of credential redirection, exfiltration, or foreign agent-config mutation.
Vault HTTP requires HTTPS and rejects credential placeholders in URLs.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 255 file(s), 5.69 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.deepseek.com, github.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 113-153json

113 ],

114 "engines": {

115 "bun": ">=1.2.15"

116 },

117 "repository": {

118 "type": "git",

119 "url": "git+https://github.com/maestrojeong/negotium.git",

120 "directory": "apps/negotium"

121 },

122 "homepage": "https://github.com/maestrojeong/negotium#readme",

123 "bugs": {

124 "url": "https://github.com/maestrojeong/negotium/issues"

125 },

126 "publishConfig": {

127 "access": "public"

128 },

129 "scripts": {

130 "build": "bun ../../scripts/build-negotium-package.ts",

131 "check": "bunx tsc --noEmit",

132 "lint": "biome check",

133 "postinstall": "node install-browser-rs.mjs && node install-bash-rs.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L133

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L133

134 "prepack": "bun run build"

135 },

136 "dependencies": {

137 "@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk": "^0.3.220",

138 "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.111.0",

139 "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.30.0",

140 "@openai/codex-sdk": "0.146.0",

141 "diff": "^9.0.0",

142 "maestro-agent-sdk": "0.2.4",

143 "node-telegram-bot-api": "^1.1.2",

144 "orchgraph": "0.2.1",

145 "pino": "^10.3.1",

146 "pino-pretty": "^13.1.3",

147 "tsx": "^4.22.4",

148 "zod": "^4.3.6"

149 },

150 "devDependencies": {

151 "@types/node": "^20",

152 "bun-types": "^1.3.11",

153 "typescript": "^5"

dist/chunk-0ynjwr50.jsView file

Lines 3-43javascript

3var __defProp = Object.defineProperty;

4var __getOwnPropNames = Object.getOwnPropertyNames;

5var __hasOwnProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;

6var __toESM = (mod,

dist/main.jsView file

1942async function bootstrapCodexModelCache(codexHome, cachePath) { L1943: const child = spawn(process.execPath, [codexCliScriptPath(), "app-server", "--stdio"], { L1944: env: { ...process.env, CODEX_HOME: codexHome }, L1945: stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"] L1946: }); L1947: await new Promise((resolve4, reject) => { L1948: let settled = false;

High

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/main.jsView on unpkg · L1942

1942async function bootstrapCodexModelCache(codexHome, cachePath) { L1943: const child = spawn(process.execPath, [codexCliScriptPath(), "app-server", "--stdio"], { L1944: env: { ...process.env, CODEX_HOME: codexHome }, ... L1946: }); L1947: await new Promise((resolve4, reject) => { L1948: let settled = false; L1949: let stdoutBuffer = ""; L1950: let stderr = ""; ... L1957: try { L1958: child.stdin.end(); L1959: child.kill();

High

Command Output Exfiltration

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

dist/main.jsView on unpkg · L1942

dist/mcp-factories.jsView file

•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/mcp-factories.js: writeFileSync writeFileSync(secretFile, `${envValue} writeFileSync(secretFile, `${secret} return process.env.NEGOTIUM_CODEX_AUTH_FILE || join(process.env.CODEX_HOME || join(homedir(), ".codex"), "auth.json"); writeFileSync as writeFileSync3 writeFileSync3(fd, payload); import { existsSync as existsSync4, readFileSync as readFileSync5, writeFileSync as writeFileSync4 } from "fs"; const projectsDir = join3(homedir2(), ".claude", "projects", encodeClaudeCwd(opts.cwd));

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/mcp-factories.jsView on unpkg

•Manifest-reachable source resolves another installed package, overwrites its runtime code, and injects package-defined remote behavior. dist/mcp-factories.js: writeFileSync const candidate = resolve(dir, "node_modules", ".bin", name); writeFileSync(secretFile, `${envValue} writeFileSync(secretFile, `${secret} writeFileSync as writeFileSync3 writeFileSync3(fd, payload); import { existsSync as existsSync4, readFileSync as readFileSync5, writeFileSync as writeFileSync4 } from "fs"; copyFileSync,

High

Entrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwrite

Manifest-reachable source overwrites another installed package with package-defined remote behavior.

dist/mcp-factories.jsView on unpkg

dist/agent-helpers.jsView file

3194Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.exports -> dist/agent-helpers.js L3194: // ../../packages/core/src/agents/codex-app-server.ts L3195: import { spawn as spawn3 } from "child_process"; L3196: function createCodexAppServerForker(host) { ... L3198: const child = host.spawnServer(); L3199: return await new Promise((resolve6, reject) => { L3200: let settled = false; L3201: let stdoutBuffer = ""; L3202: let stderr = ""; ... L3209: try { L3210: child.stdin.end(); L3211: child.kill();

High

Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

dist/agent-helpers.jsView on unpkg · L3194

dist/runtime/scripts/faster-whisper-wrapper.pyView file

•path = dist/runtime/scripts/faster-whisper-wrapper.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2704 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

dist/runtime/scripts/faster-whisper-wrapper.pyView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node install-browser-rs.mjs && node install-bash-rs.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node install-browser-rs.mjs && node install-bash-rs.mjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/chunk-0ynjwr50.jsView file

23// ../../[redacted].ts L24: import { execFileSync } from "child_process"; L25: import { randomBytes } from "crypto";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/chunk-0ynjwr50.jsView on unpkg · L23

Findings

8 High6 Medium4 Low

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/chunk-0ynjwr50.js

HighShell

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/main.js

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/mcp-factories.js

HighEntrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwritedist/mcp-factories.js

HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/main.js

HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/agent-helpers.js

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumDynamic Requiredist/chunk-0ynjwr50.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helper

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to negotium@0.3.13.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-08-12 02:25:22.674Z (UTC).

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