---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nolo-cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nolo-cli/v/0.49.1.md"
package: "nolo-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "nolo-cli@0.49.1 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.49.1"
---

# nolo-cli@0.49.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse
- **Selected version:** 0.49.1
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-10T01:41:59.841Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-10T01:44:30.882Z
- **Download time:** 521 ms
- **Static scan time:** 19150 ms
- **AI review time:** 131369 ms
- **Total time:** 151041 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:** Running the authenticated \`nolo connect --ws\` connector allows the configured server to dispatch an agent task to a local AI CLI. The dispatch forwards the connector token and enables unattended execution, creating a high-impact remote agent capability if the server or its task content is compromised.

- **Trigger:** A user runs the authenticated machine connector with the --ws option.

- **Impact:** The dispatched AI tool can act in the selected local workspace and receive the connector credential.

- **Evidence paths:** machineCommands-WDAYEFBE.js, chunk-EXDR5D6X.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-10T01:44:30.882Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Remote WebSocket task dispatch to an unattended local AI CLI with forwarded credentials.

- **Rationale:** This is not install-time malware, but it provides a real remote AI-agent execution capability with credential forwarding and unattended mode. Treat it as dangerous dual-use software and warn rather than block.

- **Files touched:** .nolo/agent-prompts

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 88.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The manifest exposes an executable CLI rather than an install hook., The user-invoked machine connector sends its bearer token to a configured server and accepts WebSocket work messages., A received agent.run message can invoke a local AI CLI with unattended mode enabled and forwards the connector token into that process., Agent background runs are detached and write run logs and records., The CLI includes a shell-backed report command and an update check against the npm registry.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or other lifecycle script., The connector requires an explicit authenticated machine connect command., The default machine policy disables file writes and arbitrary shell commands.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to nolo-cli@0.49.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of nolo-cli@0.49.1 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. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 4484
```

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WHVQA7PJ.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WHVQA7PJ.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L12: import * as nodeFs from "node:fs";
L13: import { execFileSync as nodeExecFileSync, spawn as nodeSpawn } from "node:child_process";
L14: var RUN_TERMINAL_STATUSES = /* @__PURE__ */ new Set([
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** chunk-T5HJEUQN.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-T5HJEUQN.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L51: const windowsRoot = env.SystemRoot?.trim() || env.WINDIR?.trim();
L52: const powershellPath = overrides.powershellPath ?? (windowsRoot ? join(
L53: windowsRoot,
```

### 4. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L18567: }
L18568: const importBridge = new Function("specifier", "return import(specifier)");
L18569: const { readXPostWithBridge } = await importBridge("../../integrations/x-[redacted].ts");
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11832: var findModelConfig = async (modelName, provider) => {
L11833: const { ALL_MODELS } = await import("./models-4QF4BJVY.js");
L11834: const name = toTrimmedString(modelName);
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** chunk-IKSFDJXB.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-IKSFDJXB.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L160: ...titleParams ? { titleParams } : {},
L161: ...asOptionalTrimmedString(value.body) ? { body: asOptionalTrimmedString(value.body) } : {},
L162: ...Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, "payload") ? { payload: value.payload } : {}
...
L301: try {
L302: return asRecordOrEmpty(JSON.parse(raw));
L303: } catch {
...
L827: }
L828: function resolveProgressGuardConfig(options, env = typeof process !== "undefined" ? process.env : {}) {
L829: const envDisabled = env.NOLO_LOOP_PROGRESS_GUARD_DISABLED === "true" || env.NOLO_LOOP_PROGRESS_GUARD_DISABLED === "1";
...
L1096: const safe = {};
L1097: if (typeof metadata.exitCode === "number") safe.exitCode = metadata.exitCode;
L1098: if (typeof metadata.actionGate === "string") safe.actionGate = clip2(metadata.actionGate, 240);
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** chunk-T5HJEUQN.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-T5HJEUQN.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L23: // packages/cli/windowsSelfUpdate.ts
L24: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L25: import {
...
L41: var UPDATE_LOCK_FILE = "update.lock";
L42: function resolveNoloHome(env, homeDir = homedir()) {
L43: return env.NOLO_HOME?.trim() || join(homeDir, ".nolo");
L44: }
L45: function resolveWindowsUpdateStatePath(env = process.env, homeDir = homedir()) {
L46: return join(resolveNoloHome(env, homeDir), "updates", UPDATE_STATE_FILE);
...
L74: const raw = readFileSync(lockPath, "utf8").trim();
L75: const owner = raw.startsWith("{") ? JSON.parse(raw).updateId : raw;
L76: if (owner === updateId) {
```

### 11. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** machineCommands-WDAYEFBE.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/machineCommands-WDAYEFBE.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: machineCommands-WDAYEFBE.js spawns chunk-6SMMK7MD.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L6: import {
L7: isConnectorWebSocketAuthError,
L8: [redacted],
...
L148: // [redacted].ts
L149: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L150: import { existsSync, mkdirSync, openSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, realpathSync } from "node:fs";
...
L159: try {
L160: return JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
L161: } catch {
...
L170: const resolved = resolve(path);
L171: return process.platform === "win32" ? resolved.toLowerCase() : resolved;
L172: }
```

### 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:** 95.0%

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. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** chunk-J3UALFHL.js\#virtual:string-array:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-J3UALFHL.js%23virtual%3Astring-array%3Around1>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 2
```

### 17. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** chunk-T5HJEUQN.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-T5HJEUQN.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 = nolo-cli@0.34.0-alpha.3
matchedIdentity = npm:bm9sby1jbGk:0.34.0-alpha.3
similarity = 0.592
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

### 18. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Hardcoded password in chunk-WKOEOQCI.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 5800
```

### 19. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Hardcoded password in chunk-WKOEOQCI.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 7059
```

### 20. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** chunk-WKOEOQCI.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/nolo-cli@0.49.1/chunk-WKOEOQCI.js>)

Hardcoded password in chunk-WKOEOQCI.js

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 8239
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 3
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 3

### Published dependency entries
- level ^10.0.0 (Dependency)
- tweetnacl ^1.0.3 (Dependency)
- ulid ^2.3.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** nolo-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.49.1
- **Version published:** 2026-08-31T12:33:50.985Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-09T06:29:12.170Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-09T09:55:47.591Z
- **Known versions:** 48
- **Latest version:** 0.97.4
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Agent-first terminal workspace for Nolo
- **Maintainers:** nolotus
- **Artifact files:** 226
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,844,012 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/nolo-cli/v/0.49.1>)