---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.6"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.6.md"
package: "owlmem"
report_status: "published"
title: "owlmem@0.9.6 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.9.6"
---

# owlmem@0.9.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 16 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:** 0.9.6
- **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.

The credential and network behavior supports OwlMem’s documented quota feature and is gated by the owner’s setting. The CLI entry point does not run automatically on import, and no malicious behavior was identified.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 94.0%
- **Started:** 2026-11-01T19:15:18.246Z
- **Finished:** 2026-11-01T19:15:42.372Z
- **Download time:** 511 ms
- **Static scan time:** 305 ms
- **AI review time:** 23309 ms
- **Total time:** 24126 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 attack was identified. The flagged credential flow supports an explicitly enabled Claude usage-quota feature.

- **Trigger:** A user enables Claude quota reading in the console and runs the configured OwlMem auto-wake feature.

- **Impact:** The inspected flow uses the credential with its own service and is gated by user configuration; no unrelated credential exfiltration or concealed automatic behavior was found.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-11-01T19:15:42.372Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The program reads Claude Code’s local OAuth credential and sends it to api.anthropic.com to retrieve quota data; the reported data is then sent through OwlMem’s API.

- **Rationale:** The credential and network behavior supports OwlMem’s documented quota feature and is gated by the owner’s setting. The CLI entry point does not run automatically on import, and no malicious behavior was identified.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude/.credentials.json, owlmem.mjs

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

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 94.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The manifest describes OwlMem as a command-line client for its encrypted vault and declares owlmem.mjs as its executable., Claude quota collection is documented as enabled only when the owner turns on “Read Claude quota” in the console., The Claude credential is read from Claude Code’s local credentials file and used for Anthropic’s own usage endpoint., The quota caller checks both that Claude Code is an enabled client and that read\_quota is set before making the request., The executable runs main only when invoked as the CLI; importing the module does not itself start the command.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to owlmem@0.9.6.

- Review the evidence and your use of owlmem@0.9.6 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@0.9.6/owlmem.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43:
```

### 2. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.6/owlmem.mjs>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L436: inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {
L437: command: { type: "string", description: "Shell command to run (sh -c)" },
L438: 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@0.9.6/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
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: 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@0.9.6/owlmem.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14: //   owlmem vault ls
L15: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L16: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L37: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L38: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L39: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || joi
```

### 8. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.6/owlmem.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
L47: const enc = new TextEncoder(), dec = new TextDecoder();
L48: const say = (...a) => process.stderr.write(a.join(" ") + "\n");
L49: 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@0.9.6/owlmem.mjs>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14: //   owlmem vault ls
L15: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L16: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L37: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L38: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L39: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || joi
```

### 10. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.6/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
L14: //   owlmem vault ls
L15: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L16: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L37: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L38: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L39: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: const DIR = process.env.OW
```

### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.6/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
L14: //   owlmem vault ls
L15: //   owlmem vault get <name> [field]      prints the item (or one field) to stdout
L16: //   owlmem vault put <name> [--desc text] < value-or-json
...
L37: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, existsSync, chmodSync, copyFileSync, rmSync, statSync, realpathSync, openSync, closeSync, appendFileSync, renameSync, readdirSync, ...
L38: import { gunzipSync } from "node:zlib";
L39: import { homedir, hostname, userInfo } from "node:os";
...
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: co
```

### 12. High: Trigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** owlmem.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/owlmem@0.9.6/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
L41: import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
L42: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L43: 
L44: export const VERSION = "0.9.6";
L45: const BASE = (process.env.OWLMEM_URL || "https://owlmem.com").replace(/\/$/, "");
L46: const DIR = process.env.OWLMEM_HOME || join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME || join(homedir(), ".config"), "owlmem");
L47: const enc = new TextEncoder(), dec = new TextDecoder();
L48: const say = (...a) => process.stderr.write(a.join(" ") + "\n");
L49: 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@0.9.6/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:** 0.9.6
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-11-01T19:12:30.159Z
- **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:** 139,235 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.6>)
- [Homepage](<https://owlmem.com/>)