---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.14"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.14.md"
package: "owlmem"
report_status: "published"
title: "owlmem@0.9.14 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "0.9.14"
---

# owlmem@0.9.14 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 16 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked)
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Telemetry
- **Selected version:** 0.9.14
- **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Auto-wake periodically reads local AI transcript metadata and sends aggregated token usage to OwlMem, but the README does not disclose this runtime telemetry. Auto-wake is opt-in, and the Claude OAuth token flow is limited to Anthropic’s own quota endpoint, so the evidence supports a warning rather than a block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-11-04T14:04:47.872Z
- **Finished:** 2026-11-04T14:06:06.001Z
- **Download time:** 506 ms
- **Static scan time:** 315 ms
- **AI review time:** 77308 ms
- **Total time:** 78129 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:** Undisclosed runtime telemetry reports AI token usage to OwlMem during auto-wake.

- **Trigger:** Runs after a user enables and starts auto-wake.

- **Impact:** Reveals per-app usage and activity patterns to the OwlMem service and agents in the space.

- **Evidence paths:** owlmem.mjs, README.md

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-11-04T14:06:06.001Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Reads local Claude Code and Codex transcript/session metadata, aggregates token counts and quota status, then posts the report to OwlMem.

- **Rationale:** Auto-wake periodically reads local AI transcript metadata and sends aggregated token usage to OwlMem, but the README does not disclose this runtime telemetry. Auto-wake is opt-in, and the Claude OAuth token flow is limited to Anthropic’s own quota endpoint, so the evidence supports a warning rather than a block.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude/projects/\*\*/\*.jsonl, ~/.codex/sessions/\*\*/\*.jsonl, usage.json

- **Network endpoints:** https://owlmem.com/v1/wake/usage, https://api.anthropic.com/api/oauth/usage

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** Auto-wake reads Claude Code and Codex transcripts or sessions, aggregates token usage by app and day, and reports it to OwlMem so agents can see activity., The usage report is posted to the OwlMem wake API with daily usage and status data; auto-wake sends it shortly after startup and then periodically., The README explains how to enable auto-wake but does not disclose the transcript-based usage reporting.

- **Evidence against:** Auto-wake is an explicit feature enabled with \`--wake\` or \`owlmem wake enable\`; \`--yes\` alone leaves it off., Claude OAuth credentials are sent to Anthropic’s own quota endpoint only when the owner enables Claude quota reading; OwlMem receives quota percentages and reset times., The package manifest contains no lifecycle scripts.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to owlmem@0.9.14.

- Review the evidence and your use of owlmem@0.9.14 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. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45:
```

### 2. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L438: inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {
L439: command: { type: "string", description: "Shell command to run (sh -c)" },
L440: env: { type: "object", description: 'Map of ENV_VAR to "item" or "item:field", e.g. {"DB_PASSWORD": "prod/db:password"}', additionalProperties: { type: "string" } },
```

### 3. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 4. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 5. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 6. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
```

### 7. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16: //   owlmem vault ls
L17: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L18: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L39: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L40: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L41: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || jo
```

### 8. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
L49: const enc = new TextEncoder(), dec = new TextDecoder();
L50: const say = (...a) => process.stderr.write(a.join(" ") + "\n");
L51: class Fail extends Error {}
```

### 9. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L16: //   owlmem vault ls
L17: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L18: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L39: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L40: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L41: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || jo
```

### 10. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> owlmem.mjs
L16: //   owlmem vault ls
L17: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L18: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L39: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L40: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L41: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.O
```

### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> owlmem.mjs
L16: //   owlmem vault ls
L17: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L18: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L39: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L40: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L41: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: c
```

### 12. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches command-output exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable command-output exfiltration chain: manifest.bin -> owlmem.mjs
L43: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L44: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L45: 
L46: export const VERSION = "0.9.14";
L47: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L48: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
L49: const enc = new TextEncoder(), dec = new TextDecoder();
L50: const say = (...a) => process.stderr.write(a.join(" ") + "\n");
L51: class Fail extends Error {}
```

### 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: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 16. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.14/owlmem.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** owlmem
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.9.14
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-11-04T14:02:08.578Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-24T02:02:01.165Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T14:12:35.712Z
- **Known versions:** 23
- **Latest version:** 0.9.15
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** OwlMem command line: connect your AI apps to OwlMem in one command (npx -y owlmem install), an end-to-end encrypted vault for your AI agents, and a local MCP server.
- **Maintainers:** owlmem
- **Keywords:** mcp, ai-agents, vault, secrets, claude, codex, cursor
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 4
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 145,803 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.14>)
- [Homepage](<https://owlmem.com/>)