osborn@0.9.160
Voice AI coding assistant - local agent that connects to Osborn frontend
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is not an install-time malware chain, but it contains a concrete critical runtime exposure: an unauthenticated network endpoint can trigger remote shell execution and obtain IDE access. The scanner's credential-exfiltration label is not supported by the inspected request paths.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A network request to /editor after the user runs the osborn CLI on a reachable host.
Impact
A remote caller may gain IDE access and cause execution of code fetched from code-server.dev in the user's environment.
Mechanism
Unauthenticated editor bootstrap, shared session token issuance, and remote-script shell execution.
AI rationale
This is not an install-time malware chain, but it contains a concrete critical runtime exposure: an unauthenticated network endpoint can trigger remote shell execution and obtain IDE access. The scanner's credential-exfiltration label is not supported by the inspected request paths.
Evidence
dist/index.js
Network endpoints1
code-server.dev
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 97.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The runtime exposes an editor route with an explicitly deferred authentication gate.
- That route gives callers the IDE session cookie and can start the IDE.
- If code-server is absent, the IDE path downloads a remote script and pipes it into a shell.
- The API listens on all interfaces by default, making this reachable when the port is exposed.
Evidence against
- package.json has only a prepublish hook, so registry installation does not execute package code.
- The observed Recall and OpenAI requests use configured service keys for the package's stated voice and meeting features.
- No automatic credential harvesting or exfiltration path was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
8 flagged · loading sourcebin/cli.jsView file
2L3: import { spawn } from 'child_process'
L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
High
dist/jsonl-search.jsView file
34// @vscode/ripgrep bundles the rg binary — this is our own dependency
L35: const { rgPath } = require('@vscode/ripgrep');
L36: if (rgPath && existsSync(rgPath))
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/jsonl-search.jsView on unpkg · L34dist/index.jsView file
2456const 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'],
Findings
4 Critical3 High5 Medium5 Low
CriticalSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js
CriticalDownload Executedist/index.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/session-access.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumDynamic Requiredist/jsonl-search.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperdeploy.sh
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to osborn@0.9.160.
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