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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/osborn/v/0.9.159"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/osborn/v/0.9.159.md"
package: "osborn"
report_status: "published"
title: "osborn@0.9.159 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.9.159"
---

# osborn@0.9.159 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution
- **Selected version:** 0.9.159
- **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.

This is a concrete runtime remote-code-execution exposure and remote shell-install path, but the inspected code does not establish theft or a covert malicious purpose. It should be warned and remediated rather than published as clean.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 93.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-31T13:19:17.795Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-31T13:20:29.773Z
- **Download time:** 1012 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1178 ms
- **AI review time:** 69787 ms
- **Total time:** 71978 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:** After the user runs the agent, its HTTP server is reachable on all interfaces. A remote request to /editor can install code-server and expose an unauthenticated code editor with terminal capabilities.

- **Trigger:** Run the CLI with required LiveKit variables, then request GET /editor.

- **Impact:** A network client able to reach the server can obtain an editor session and potentially execute commands in the agent workspace.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/index.js, dist/claude-llm.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-31T13:20:29.773Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Unauthenticated remote installer and code-server proxy.

- **Rationale:** This is a concrete runtime remote-code-execution exposure and remote shell-install path, but the inspected code does not establish theft or a covert malicious purpose. It should be warned and remediated rather than published as clean.

- **Files touched:** dist/index.js, dist/claude-llm.js, ~/.claude/settings.json

- **Network endpoints:** code-server.dev, 127.0.0.1:8300

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 93.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Critical Vulnerability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for warning:** The runtime HTTP server listens on all interfaces by default., An unauthenticated GET /editor route starts the IDE; its own comment says authentication is future work., Starting the IDE downloads and executes a remote shell installer when code-server is absent., The downloaded IDE is launched with authentication disabled, then exposed through the server proxy., Importing the Claude integration changes settings in the user's Claude configuration.

- **Evidence against:** package.json has only a prepublish hook, not an install-time lifecycle hook., The package's network calls and credential use are primarily for its stated voice-agent and meeting features., No source showed secret collection followed by an attacker-controlled exfiltration endpoint.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to osborn@0.9.159.

- Review the evidence and your use of osborn@0.9.159 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. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

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

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 3. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/bin/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: 
L3: import { spawn } from 'child_process'
L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
```

### 4. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 5. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/jsonl-search.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/jsonl-search.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L34: // @vscode/ripgrep bundles the rg binary — this is our own dependency
L35: const { rgPath } = require('@vscode/ripgrep');
L36: if (rgPath && existsSync(rgPath))
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. Critical: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/index.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution with blocking evidence.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2456: const which = await new Promise((res) => {
L2457: const p = spawn('which', ['code-server']);
L2458: let out = '';
...
L2465: await new Promise((res, rej) => {
L2466: const install = spawn('sh', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh'], {
L2467: env: { ...process.env },
L2468: stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
```

### 10. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/index.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: setMaxListeners(50);
L12: import { createServer, request as httpRequest } from 'http';
L13: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, mkdtempSync, cpSync, rmSync, statSync, utimesSync, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
...
L15: import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
L16: import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L17: import { randomUUID, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
...
L19: import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
L20: // 0.9.71: createRequire for resolving package.json versions inside ESM
L21: const __sdkVersionRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
...
L23: import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
L24: import { createGunzip } from 'node:zlib';
L25: // Resolve __dirname for this ESM module so we can find sibling files (e.g.
```

### 11. Critical: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/index.js>)

Source executes local commands and sends command output to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2456: const which = await new Promise((res) => {
L2457: const p = spawn('which', ['code-server']);
L2458: let out = '';
L2459: p.stdout?.on('data', (d) => { out += d.toString(); });
L2460: p.on('close', () => res(out.trim()));
...
L2465: await new Promise((res, rej) => {
L2466: const install = spawn('sh', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh'], {
L2467: env: { ...process.env },
...
L2469: });
L2470: install.stdout?.on('data', (d) => process.stdout.write(d));
L2471: install.stderr?.on('data', (d) => process.stderr.write(d));
```

### 12. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/index.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: setMaxListeners(50);
L12: import { createServer, request as httpRequest } from 'http';
L13: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, mkdtempSync, cpSync, rmSync, statSync, utimesSync, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
...
L15: import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
L16: import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L17: import { randomUUID, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
...
L19: import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
L20: // 0.9.71: createRequire for resolving package.json versions inside ESM
L21: const __sdkVersionRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
...
L23: import { PassThrough } from 'node:stream';
L24: import { createGunzip } from 'node:zlib';
L25: // Resolve __dirname for this ESM module so we can find sibling files (e.g.
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 15. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** deploy.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/deploy.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = deploy.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 2309
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 16. 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.

### 17. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/session-access.js\#virtual:normalized:round1
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/session-access.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 = 1
```

### 18. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.159/dist/index.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 = osborn@0.9.154
matchedIdentity = npm:b3Nib3Ju:0.9.154
similarity = 0.964
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 26
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 26

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.2.91 (Dependency)
- @anthropic-ai/sdk ^0.80.0 (Dependency)
- @google/genai ^1.0.0 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-deepgram 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-elevenlabs 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-google 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-livekit 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-openai 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-silero 1.4.6 (Dependency)
- @livekit/rtc-node 0.13.29 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency)
- @openai/codex-sdk ^0.77.0 (Dependency)
- @smithery/api ^0.48.0 (Dependency)
- @types/diff ^8.0.0 (Dependency)
- @vscode/ripgrep ^1.17.1 (Dependency)
- diff ^8.0.4 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^16.4.0 (Dependency)
- http-proxy ^1.18.1 (Dependency)
- livekit-server-sdk ^2.15.0 (Dependency)
- minisearch ^7.2.0 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- tsx ^4.0.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.19.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.3.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.3.6 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** osborn
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.9.159
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-31T13:17:22.676Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-14T17:37:21.330Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-22T22:54:24.518Z
- **Known versions:** 87
- **Latest version:** 0.9.267
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Voice AI coding assistant - local agent that connects to Osborn frontend
- **Author:** Osborn Ojure
- **Maintainers:** erriccc
- **Keywords:** voice, ai, coding, assistant, claude, livekit
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 82
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,145,317 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/osborn/v/0.9.159>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn/issues>)