---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ocean-brain/v/0.16.1"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ocean-brain/v/0.16.1.md"
package: "ocean-brain"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "ocean-brain@0.16.1 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "0.16.1"
---

# ocean-brain@0.16.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 22 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 0.16.1
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The declared postinstall runs local Prisma client generation, and the inspected flagged UI excerpt is ordinary byte conversion. Because the server instantiates \`@prisma/client\` and its selected source remains unresolved, a clean verdict is not supported; the missing source is not itself evidence of an attack.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 78.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-24T04:07:06.323Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-24T04:10:01.913Z
- **Download time:** 5138 ms
- **Static scan time:** 50389 ms
- **AI review time:** 120062 ms
- **Total time:** 175590 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:** No concrete attack was established in the inspected source. Review remains incomplete because the server uses an unresolved Prisma client dependency.

- **Trigger:** Installing the package runs its postinstall script; server database code runs when the server is used.

- **Impact:** The unresolved dependency prevents a complete assessment of that runtime path; the inspected excerpts do not establish malicious behavior.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-24T04:10:01.913Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The postinstall invokes Prisma generation with a local schema. The server imports and constructs the Prisma client, whose selected dependency source was not available for review.

- **Rationale:** The declared postinstall runs local Prisma client generation, and the inspected flagged UI excerpt is ordinary byte conversion. Because the server instantiates \`@prisma/client\` and its selected source remains unresolved, a clean verdict is not supported; the missing source is not itself evidence of an attack.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 78.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** The package postinstall invokes a local script that runs Prisma client generation against a resolved schema., The server imports and constructs \`@prisma/client\`, but the selected registry source for that dependency is unresolved in the supplied evidence., The flagged UI excerpt converts byte arrays and does not establish dynamic code execution.

- **Evidence against:** The inspected install script invokes the Prisma CLI with \`generate\` and a schema path., The inspected Prisma excerpt decodes embedded base64 data into a WebAssembly module; it does not show remote payload retrieval or execution.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to ocean-brain@0.16.1.

- Review the evidence and your use of ocean-brain@0.16.1 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. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node ./scripts/postinstall-prisma.mjs
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** server/dist/features/search/sqlite-vector-index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/server/dist/features/search/sqlite-vector-index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L76: const initializeSearchDatabase = async (database) => {
L77: await exec(
L78: database,
```

### 4. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** server/client/dist/assets/NotePropertiesPanel-CwrOE\_XN.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/server/client/dist/assets/NotePropertiesPanel-CwrOE_XN.js>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import{j as J,q as Et,g as Kt,r as lt}from"./floating-ui.react-dom-BWTnA00G.js";import{u as Ht,n as Yt,j as qt}from"./useNoteMutate-aonHe0Ne.js";import{c as Ct,u as Vt,q as Nt,_ as...
L2: \0`,K+=o(A,2),K+=O.magic,K+=o(w,2),K+=o(E,2),K+=o($.crc32,4),K+=o($.compressedSize,4),K+=o($.uncompressedSize,4),K+=o(U.length,2),K+=o(N.length,2),{fileRecord:_.LOCAL_FILE_HEADER+K...
```

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/dist/index.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L89: const serverEntry = pathToFileURL(path.resolve(serverRoot, "dist/start.js")).href;
L90: await import(serverEntry);
L91: } catch (error) {
```

### 6. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/prisma/build/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/prisma/build/index.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: #!/usr/bin/env node
L2: "use strict";var QNe=Object.create;var L_=Object.defineProperty;var XNe=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var ZNe=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var e4e=Object.getPrototypeOf,t4e=Object....
L3: globstar while`,r,g,n,v,x),this.matchOne(r.slice(g),n.slice(v),i))return this.debug("globstar found match!",g,c,x),!0;if(x==="."||x===".."||!a.dot&&x.charAt(0)==="."){this.debug("d...
...
L10: >>> no match, partial?`,e,f,r,g),f===u))}var x;if(typeof l=="string"?(x=p===l,this.debug("string match",l,p,x)):(x=p.match(l),this.debug("pattern match",l,p,x)),!x)return!1}if(a===...
L11: See: https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/issues/167`);return new Li(e,r).found}function Li(e,r){if(!e)throw new Error("must provide pattern");if(typeof r=="function"||arguments.len...
L12: See: https://
```

### 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: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/@prisma/client/runtime/binary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/%40prisma/client/runtime/binary.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: "use strict";var vb=Object.create;var no=Object.defineProperty;var Pb=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor;var Yb=Object.getOwnPropertyNames;var Gb=Object.getPrototypeOf,Ob=Object.proto...
L2: `);let n;for(;(n=kT.exec(r))!=null;){let A=n[1],i=n[2]||"";i=i.trim();let s=i[0];i=i.replace(/^(['"`])([\s\S]*)\1$/mg,"$2"),s==='"'&&(i=i.replace(/\\n/g,`
```

### 11. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/@prisma/client/runtime/binary.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/%40prisma/client/runtime/binary.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L125: )
L126: `)}close(){this.#r.close()}get(e){oh(e);let r=this.#u(e);return r?{body:r.body?Buffer.from(r.body.buffer,r.body.byteOffset,r.body.byteLength):void 0,statusCode:r.statusCode,statusM...
L127: ${i}`;break;case"retry":BS(i)&&(r[A]=i);break;case"id":mS(i)&&(r[A]=i);break;case"event":i.length>0&&(r[A]=i);break}}processEvent(e){e.retry&&BS(e.retry)&&(this.state.reconnectionT...
L128: `);return e.length<t?e:e.slice(-t)}function Bf(){ai.length=0}var Vn=ce;var kl=["darwin","darwin-arm64","debian-openssl-1.0.x","debian-openssl-1.1.x","debian-openssl-3.0.x","rhel-op...
L129: ${JSON.stringify(o,null,2)}`),o}async function QN(){let t="/etc/os-release";try{let e=await Yl.default.readFile(t,{encoding:"utf-8"});return pN(e)}catch{return{targetDistro:void 0,...
```

### 12. Critical: Remote Asset Decode Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/prisma/build/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/prisma/build/index.js>)

Source fetches a remote non-code asset, decodes its contents, and dynamically executes the decoded payload.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4269: ${H("`npx @prisma/codemods update-2.12 ./`")}
L4270: Read more at ${Ze("https://pris.ly/2.12")}`;var C_e=[{text:"Tip: Need your database queries to be 1000x faster? Accelerate offers you that and more:",link:"https://pris.ly/tip-2-ac...
L4271: `),r.close()});let n=new YF,i=new JF;await KF().then(a=>abt(e,n,ibt(r),i,a)).catch(a=>{I_e(`An error occurred while handling NPS survey: ${a}`)}).finally(()=>r.close())}function ib...
...
L4280: `),{};let a=await e.question(`Optional: Provide additional feedback or press Enter to skip.
L4281: Additional feedback: `),o=a.trim()===""?void 0:a;return{rating:i,feedback:o}}function B_e(){return Rq.default.join((0,k_e.default)("prisma").config,"nps.json")}async function obt()...
L4282: Generate artifacts (e.g. Prisma Client)
```

### 13. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/prisma/build/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/prisma/build/index.js>)

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: >>> no match, partial?`,r,g,n,v),g===c))}var b;if(typeof p=="string"?(b=f===p,this.debug("string match",p,f,b)):(b=f.match(p),this.debug("pattern match",p,f,b)),!b)return!1}if(o===...
L5: %s`,k,k,b,a);let I=b.type==="*"?_$:b.type==="?"?T$:"\\"+b.type;o=!0,a=a.slice(0,b.reStart)+I+"\\("+k}C(),u&&(a+="\\\\");let R=kBe[a.charAt(0)];for(let k=l.length-1;k>-1;k--){let I=...
L6: `,CHAR_NO_BREAK_SPACE:"\xA0",CHAR_PERCENT:"%",CHAR_PLUS:"+",CHAR_QUESTION_MARK:"?",CHAR_RIGHT_ANGLE_BRACKET:">",CHAR_RIGHT_CURLY_BRACE:"}",CHAR_RIGHT_SQUARE_BRACKET:"]",CHAR_SEMICO...
```

### 14. Critical: Trojan Source Unicode
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/confbox/dist/\_chunks/libs/json5.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/confbox/dist/_chunks/libs/json5.mjs>)

Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: contains invisible/control Unicode U+200C (zero width non-joiner)
`:case`\r`:case`\u2028`:case`\u2029`:x(),m=`default`;return;case void 0:return x(),C(`eof`)}x()},value(){switch(v){case`{`:case`[`:return C(`punctuator`,x());case`n`:return x(),w(`ull`),C(`null`,null);case`t`:return x(),w(`rue`),C(`boolean`
```

### 15. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/@prisma/client/generator-build/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/%40prisma/client/generator-build/index.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: node_modules/@prisma/client/generator-build/index.js spawns node_modules/@prisma/client/runtime/binary.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L395: function checkPathExt2(path14, options2) {
L396: var pathext = options2.pathExt !== void 0 ? options2.pathExt : process.env.PATHEXT;
L397: if (!pathext) {
...
L468: var core2;
L469: if (process.platform === "win32" || global.TESTING_WINDOWS) {
L470: core2 = require_windows();
...
L531: // windows always checks the cwd first
L532: ...isWindows2 ? [process.cwd()] : [],
L533: ...(opt.path || process.env.PATH || /* istanbul ignore next: very unusual */
...
L783: parsed.args = ["/d", "/s", "/c", `"${shellCommand}"`];
L784: parsed.command = process.env.comspec || "cmd.exe";
L785: parsed.opti
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 17. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 19. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/prisma/build/query\_engine\_bg.cockroachdb.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/prisma/build/query_engine_bg.cockroachdb.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = node_modules/prisma/build/query_engine_bg.cockroachdb.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 2320630
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. 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.

### 21. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/@prisma/fetch-engine/dist/multipart-parser-ASKQAOL4.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/%40prisma/fetch-engine/dist/multipart-parser-ASKQAOL4.js%23virtual%3Anormalized%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 = 9
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** node\_modules/prisma/preinstall/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/ocean-brain@0.16.1/node_modules/prisma/preinstall/index.js>)

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 = @vertexa/prisma@7.9.1
matchedPath = preinstall/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZlcnRleGEvcHJpc21h:7.9.1
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 22
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 22

### Published dependency entries
- @baejino/auth 0.1.1 (Dependency)
- @blocknote/core ^0.49.0 (Dependency)
- @fastify/cookie ^11.1.2 (Dependency)
- @fastify/csrf-protection ^8.0.1 (Dependency)
- @fastify/formbody ^9.0.0 (Dependency)
- @fastify/http-proxy ^11.6.2 (Dependency)
- @fastify/rate-limit ^11.2.0 (Dependency)
- @fastify/session ^11.1.2 (Dependency)
- @fastify/static ^10.1.3 (Dependency)
- @graphql-tools/schema ^10.1.5 (Dependency)
- @graphql-tools/utils ^12.1.0 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.32.0 (Dependency)
- @prisma/client ^6.19.3 (Dependency)
- commander ^14.0.3 (Dependency)
- diff ^9.0.0 (Dependency)
- fastify ^5.12.7 (Dependency)
- graphql ^16.12.0 (Dependency)
- jsdom ^25.0.1 (Dependency)
- mercurius ^16.10.0 (Dependency)
- prisma ^6.19.3 (Dependency)
- sqlite-vec 0.1.9 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.6.7 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** ocean-brain
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.16.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-24T04:03:23.224Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-04T09:30:04.370Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-03T13:03:41.735Z
- **Known versions:** 17
- **Latest version:** 0.21.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** \<!-- npm package README for the public ocean-brain CLI.
- **Maintainers:** baealex
- **Runtime engines:** node: ^22.13.0 || \>=24.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 4801
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 174,858,486 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ocean-brain/v/0.16.1>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/baealex/ocean-brain>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/baealex/ocean-brain/issues>)
