registry / Remote code execution / osborn / 0.9.164

osborn@0.9.164

Voice AI coding assistant - local agent that connects to Osborn frontend

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source inspection does not establish malicious intent or automatic installation-time compromise. The remote download-and-execute path and broad Claude configuration mutation are still material runtime risks that warrant a warning.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

A user runs the CLI and a frontend participant sends start_ide when code-server is absent.

Impact

A compromised or untrusted installer response can execute with the agent's privileges; Claude settings persist outside the package.

Mechanism

Remote shell installer execution and global AI-agent settings mutation.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/index.jsdist/claude-llm.js~/.claude/settings.json

Network endpoints1

code-server.dev

Decision evidence

public snapshot

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

Evidence for warning

A frontend data-channel command can trigger a shell pipeline that downloads and executes the code-server installer.
Importing the Claude integration changes the user's global Claude settings file without a separate setup command.
The runtime starts only through the user-invoked CLI, but it exposes high-impact local-agent capabilities.

Evidence against

The manifest has no install, postinstall, or preinstall hook; prepublishOnly runs only when publishing.
The reviewed network calls are feature-aligned service calls; no source evidence sends harvested environment values or command output to an unrelated endpoint.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 28 file(s), 1.24 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.groq.com, api.openai.com, api.smithery.ai, cloud.livekit.io, code-server.dev, example.com, osborn.app, www.voice-native.com

Source & flagged code

9 flagged

bin/cli.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = osborn@0.9.163 matchedIdentity = npm:b3Nib3Ju:0.9.163 similarity = 0.964 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.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg

2L3: import { spawn } from 'child_process' L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L2

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 · L34

dist/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'],

Critical

Same File Env Network Execution

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L2456

11setMaxListeners(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.

Critical

Credential Exfiltration

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L11

2456const 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));

deploy.shView file

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

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

deploy.shView on unpkg

dist/session-access.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/session-access.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

Source & flagged code

9 flagged · loading source

bin/cli.jsView 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.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg

2L3: import { spawn } from 'child_process' L4: import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L2

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.js

Findings

5 Critical3 High5 Medium5 Low

CriticalSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js

CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js

CriticalCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/index.js

CriticalDownload Executedist/index.js

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltabin/cli.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

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to osborn@0.9.164.

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Review the evidence and your use of osborn@0.9.164 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: 2026-09-01 13:49:41.130Z (UTC).

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Decision evidence

Source & flagged code

Source & flagged code

Findings

Affected versions and remediation

Runtime surface

Behavioral surface

Source & flagged code