osborn@0.9.184
Voice AI coding assistant - local agent that connects to Osborn frontend
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no automatic registry-install lifecycle hook, so it does not meet the install-hook malware boundary. However, the unauthenticated runtime path to curl-piped shell execution is a concrete critical remote-code-execution risk.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the osborn CLI, then a requester reaches the editor route or sends the start_ide runtime message when code-server is absent.
Impact
A compromised installer host or network path could execute arbitrary code in the agent process environment; an unauthenticated requester can initiate that download.
Mechanism
Shell execution of a curl-piped remote installer from an unauthenticated editor startup path.
AI rationale
The package has no automatic registry-install lifecycle hook, so it does not meet the install-hook malware boundary. However, the unauthenticated runtime path to curl-piped shell execution is a concrete critical remote-code-execution risk.
Evidence
bin/cli.jsdist/index.js
Network endpoints1
code-server.dev/install.sh
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The runtime exposes an editor route with an explicitly unfinished authentication gate.
- An editor request can launch a shell command that downloads and pipes a remote installer into sh.
- The package provides a CLI that starts its compiled runtime on explicit user invocation.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook.
- The risky installer is reached only after the user runs the CLI and requests the editor feature.
- Observed API use is consistent with the advertised voice and coding-agent functions; no secret-harvesting or covert exfiltration was confirmed.
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
2455const which = await new Promise((res) => {
L2456: const p = spawn('which', ['code-server']);
L2457: let out = '';
...
L2464: await new Promise((res, rej) => {
L2465: const install = spawn('sh', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh'], {
L2466: env: { ...process.env },
L2467: 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@0.9.184.
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