registry / Install hook abuse / negotium / 0.3.9

negotium@0.3.9

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

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source disproves the scanner's claimed fixed credential gateway and foreign-package overwrite. The automatic native-binary download remains a real install-hook risk deserving a warning, not a block.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

npm postinstall; later Negotium/Codex runtime use.

Impact

Automatic executable acquisition expands install-time supply-chain risk; no confirmed credential exfiltration or foreign agent-control takeover.

Mechanism

verified native-binary bootstrap and local agent-runtime integration

AI rationale

Source disproves the scanner's claimed fixed credential gateway and foreign-package overwrite. The automatic native-binary download remains a real install-hook risk deserving a warning, not a block.

Evidence

package.jsoninstall-browser-rs.mjsinstall-bash-rs.mjsdist/mcp-factories.jsdist/runtime/cron/summarize.ts~/.negotium/binaries/browser-rs/v0.1.21/browser-rs~/.negotium/binaries/bash-rs/v0.1.7/bash-rs~/.codex/auth.json~/.codex/negotium-models-cache-*.json~/.codex/negotium-model-catalog-*.json

Network endpoints3

github.com/maestrojeong/browser-rs-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.21github.com/maestrojeong/bash-rs-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.7api.deepseek.com/v1/chat/completions

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

package.json runs both installers in postinstall.
install-browser-rs.mjs downloads a pinned executable into ~/.negotium.
install-bash-rs.mjs downloads a pinned executable into ~/.negotium.
dist/mcp-factories.js can copy Codex auth/config into an isolated temp home during runtime.

Evidence against

Installers verify SHA-256 before atomic install.
No fixed unofficial credential gateway appears in inspected source.
Runtime MCP endpoints are localhost only.
DeepSeek request is conditional on a user-supplied environment API key.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 255 file(s), 5.68 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.deepseek.com, github.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

11 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

dist/browser-runtime.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = negotium@0.3.0 matchedIdentity = npm:bmVnb3RpdW0:0.3.0 similarity = 0.825 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/browser-runtime.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

11 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

1 Critical8 High6 Medium4 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/browser-runtime.js

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

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to negotium@0.3.9.

See all versions of negotium for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of negotium@0.3.9 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-08-11 13:09:15.410Z (UTC).

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