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package: "osborn"
report_status: "published"
title: "osborn@0.9.234 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.9.234"
---

# osborn@0.9.234 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 17 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.9.234
- **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: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

osborn 0.9.234 is a user-launched voice coding agent whose flagged Claude paths match that product and are not triggered by an npm install hook. The commented skill loader does not execute, and the live settings write is limited to two compaction keys.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-27T15:11:32.966Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-27T15:13:55.876Z
- **Download time:** 503 ms
- **Static scan time:** 691 ms
- **AI review time:** 141716 ms
- **Total time:** 142910 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:** No install-time or covert attack surface was found. Claude directory reads, the commented skill loader, and the Fly volume symlink run only when the user starts the published voice-agent commands.

- **Trigger:** User invocation of the osborn or osborn-recall binaries, not npm install.

- **Impact:** No unconsented install mutation, credential export, or remote payload execution was identified.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-27T15:13:55.876Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The running agent reads local Claude session and skill files and may update two compaction settings in the user Claude settings file.

- **Rationale:** osborn 0.9.234 is a user-launched voice coding agent whose flagged Claude paths match that product and are not triggered by an npm install hook. The commented skill loader does not execute, and the live settings write is limited to two compaction keys.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json only publishes the osborn and osborn-recall bins and has no preinstall, install, or postinstall script., Claude credential, project, skill, and session paths are read under the local ~/.claude directory when the user starts the voice agent., The skill loader at the flagged line in dist/claude-llm.js is commented out, so that path does not run., bin/recall.js creates a ~/.claude symlink only when a Fly /workspace/.claude volume already exists and the user launches the command.

- **Evidence against:** Importing the agent module writes autoCompactWindow and cleanupPeriodDays into ~/.claude/settings.json., If no Claude login or Anthropic key exists, an operator-supplied OPENROUTER\_API\_KEY is sent only to openrouter.ai.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to osborn@0.9.234.

- Review the evidence and your use of osborn@0.9.234 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/recall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.234/bin/recall.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: 
L6: import { spawn } from 'child_process'
L7: 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@0.9.234/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@0.9.234/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
L2563: const which = await new Promise((res) => {
L2564: const p = spawn('which', ['code-server']);
L2565: let out = '';
...
L2572: await new Promise((res, rej) => {
L2573: const install = spawn('sh', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh'], {
L2574: env: { ...process.env },
L2575: 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@0.9.234/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: import 'dotenv/config';
L3: // Then hydrate volume-persisted user secrets into process.env, BEFORE any
L4: // module that reads its keys at load time (recall-client's RECALL_REGION const,
...
L16: setMaxListeners(50);
L17: import { createServer, request as httpRequest } from 'http';
L18: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, mkdtempSync, cpSync, rmSync, statSync, utimesSync, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
...
L20: import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
L21: import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L22: import { randomUUID, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
...
L24: import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
L25: // 0.9.71: createRequire for resolving package.json versions inside ESM
L26: const __sdkVersionRequire = createRequire(import.m
```

### 11. Critical: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/osborn@0.9.234/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2563: const which = await new Promise((res) => {
L2564: const p = spawn('which', ['code-server']);
L2565: let out = '';
L2566: p.stdout?.on('data', (d) => { out += d.toString(); });
L2567: p.on('close', () => res(out.trim()));
...
L2572: await new Promise((res, rej) => {
L2573: const install = spawn('sh', ['-c', 'curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh'], {
L2574: env: { ...process.env },
...
L2576: });
L2577: install.stdout?.on('data', (d) => process.stdout.write(d));
L2578: 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@0.9.234/dist/index.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L2: import 'dotenv/config';
L3: // Then hydrate volume-persisted user secrets into process.env, BEFORE any
L4: // module that reads its keys at load time (recall-client's RECALL_REGION const,
...
L16: setMaxListeners(50);
L17: import { createServer, request as httpRequest } from 'http';
L18: import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, mkdtempSync, cpSync, rmSync, statSync, utimesSync, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
...
L20: import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
L21: import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
L22: import { randomUUID, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
...
L24: import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
L25: // 0.9.71: createRequire for resolving package.json versions inside ESM
L26: const __sdkVersionRequire = createRequire(import.m
```

### 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@0.9.234/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@0.9.234/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
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 27
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 27

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.3.281 (Dependency)
- @anthropic-ai/sdk ^0.128.0 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-deepgram 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-fishaudio 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-livekit 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-openai 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-rime 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-silero 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/agents-plugin-soniox 1.8.1 (Dependency)
- @livekit/rtc-node 0.13.35 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency)
- @smithery/api ^0.48.0 (Dependency)
- @types/diff ^8.0.0 (Dependency)
- @vscode/ripgrep ^1.17.1 (Dependency)
- better-sqlite3 ^13.0.3 (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)
- sqlite-vec ^0.1.9 (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:** 0.9.234
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-27T07:12:46.702Z
- **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:** 98
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,247,862 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/osborn/v/0.9.234>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Erriccc/osborn/issues>)
