---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.7"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.7.md"
package: "owlmem"
report_status: "published"
title: "owlmem@0.9.7 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.9.7"
---

# owlmem@0.9.7 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:** 0.9.7
- **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 inspected credential flow uses Claude Code’s token only for Anthropic’s usage endpoint, and only when the owner’s current OwlMem settings enable quota reading. The package is a CLI with no lifecycle scripts, and its entry point does not run the command handler when imported.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 92.0%
- **Started:** 2026-11-01T19:23:11.196Z
- **Finished:** 2026-11-01T19:23:49.178Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 305 ms
- **AI review time:** 37166 ms
- **Total time:** 37982 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 reviewed network and process behaviors fit the CLI’s vault, quota, and optional auto-wake functions.

- **Trigger:** CLI commands; quota lookup requires auto-wake and a current owner-configured read\_quota setting.

- **Impact:** No unauthorized credential transfer or unrelated collection was found in the reviewed flows.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-11-01T19:23:49.178Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** OwlMem API requests use the configured OwlMem service; Claude’s OAuth token is used for an Anthropic quota request.

- **Rationale:** The inspected credential flow uses Claude Code’s token only for Anthropic’s usage endpoint, and only when the owner’s current OwlMem settings enable quota reading. The package is a CLI with no lifecycle scripts, and its entry point does not run the command handler when imported.

- **Files touched:** ~/.claude/.credentials.json

- **Network endpoints:** owlmem.com, mcp.owlmem.com, api.anthropic.com

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 92.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** The manifest defines a CLI entry point and no lifecycle scripts., The entry point calls main only when run as a command, not when imported., Claude credentials are read to obtain the Claude Code OAuth access token; quota lookup sends it to Anthropic’s own usage endpoint., The Anthropic quota lookup runs only after a current OwlMem poll reports read\_quota for Claude Code., The README describes the package’s purpose as connecting AI apps to OwlMem and explains that sign-in requires the user to click Allow.

- **Evidence against:** The CLI has filesystem, network, and process execution capabilities, including a vault tool that can run a user-provided shell command., Auto-wake can run tasks in the background after the user enables and pairs it.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to owlmem@0.9.7.

- Review the evidence and your use of owlmem@0.9.7 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@0.9.7/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@0.9.7/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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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 = "0.9.7";
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@0.9.7/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:** 0.9.7
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-11-01T19:20:47.713Z
- **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:** 139,819 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/owlmem/v/0.9.7>)
- [Homepage](<https://owlmem.com/>)