osborn@0.9.187
Voice AI coding assistant - local agent that connects to Osborn frontend
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a concrete remotely reachable data-exposure and destructive-operation vulnerability, not an install-time malware chain. The absence of automatic install hooks lowers the package-malware risk but does not remove the runtime risk.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Start the osborn CLI and make HTTP requests to its API port.
Impact
Exposure of conversation, tool-output, and skill data, plus deletion of stored project sessions.
Mechanism
Unauthenticated session export and deletion endpoints
AI rationale
This is a concrete remotely reachable data-exposure and destructive-operation vulnerability, not an install-time malware chain. The absence of automatic install hooks lowers the package-malware risk but does not remove the runtime risk.
Evidence
dist/index.js~/.claude/projects~/.claude/skills
Network endpoints2
0.0.0.0:8741code-server.dev/install.sh
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 94.0% confidence as Critical Vulnerability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The runtime API allows any web origin and binds to all interfaces by default.
- Session export has no authentication unless an optional environment variable is configured.
- The same optional guard protects deletion of stored Claude project data.
- The runtime can download and shell-execute the code-server installer.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly only builds before publishing.
- The package is a user-invoked CLI rather than import-time code.
- No self-dependency or automatic nested lifecycle chain is present.
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@0.9.187.
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