owlmem@0.4.0
OwlMem command line: end-to-end encrypted vault for your AI agents, and a local MCP server.
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged shell and network behavior belongs to an explicit vault feature, with vault reads routed through an approval-aware OwlMem API and matching secrets masked in tool output. The source shows no install hook, automatic command execution, or unrelated credential recipient.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the CLI or an MCP client explicitly calls vault_run.
Impact
No confirmed attack surface was established; vault access uses the approval-aware API path.
Mechanism
The tool fetches caller-selected items through the OwlMem API, runs the supplied command, and masks matching secret values in returned output.
AI rationale
The flagged shell and network behavior belongs to an explicit vault feature, with vault reads routed through an approval-aware OwlMem API and matching secrets masked in tool output. The source shows no install hook, automatic command execution, or unrelated credential recipient.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes owlmem.mjs as a CLI and defines no install lifecycle script.
- Requests use the OwlMem service by default and send its agent token to that service.
- Vault reads go through an approval-aware request path before decryption.
- Shell execution is exposed as an explicitly called MCP tool; it uses caller-selected vault items and masks matching values in returned output.
- The inspected runtime helpers write messages to stderr, encode item paths, and list item names and descriptions.
Evidence against
- The scanner flags command execution combined with network access, but the inspected shell path is the documented vault_run tool, not an automatic command or hidden exfiltration path.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedowlmem.mjsView file
27import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
L28: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L29:
High
27import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
L28: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L29:
L30: export const VERSION = "0.4.0";
L31: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://app.owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L32: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
High
Same File Env Network Execution
A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.
owlmem.mjsView on unpkg · L2721// Reading, writing, deleting and exporting need the space owner's approval in the console; this program waits
L22: // for it (up to 5 minutes). Secrets go to stdout only; messages go to stderr.
L23:
...
L27: import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
L28: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L29:
L30: export const VERSION = "0.4.0";
L31: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://app.owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L32: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
L33: const enc = new TextEncoder(), dec = new TextDecoder();
L34: const say = (...a) => process.stderr.write(a.join(" ") + "\n");
L35: class Fail extends Error {}
Findings
5 High2 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processowlmem.mjs
HighSame File Env Network Executionowlmem.mjs
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationowlmem.mjs
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationowlmem.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedowlmem.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidenceowlmem.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to owlmem@0.4.0.
See all versions of owlmem for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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