--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp/v/0.3.16" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp/v/0.3.16.md" package: "port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp" report_status: "under_review" title: "port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.16 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.3.16" --- # port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.16 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Under Review - **Threat category:** None published - **Selected version:** 0.3.16 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner) Static analysis flagged 18 finding(s) at 97.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Started:** 2026-07-14T06:39:46.987Z - **Finished:** 2026-07-14T06:39:48.088Z - **Download time:** 504 ms - **Static scan time:** 596 ms - **AI review time:** Not available - **Total time:** 1101 ms ## Security analysis No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node -e "try{require('./scripts/postinstall.cjs')}catch(e){if(e&&e.code==='MODULE_NOT_FOUND'&&String(e.message).includes('scripts/postinstall.cjs')){console.warn('[paat postinstall... ``` ### 2. Critical: Red Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 95.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script matches a deterministic static-gate block pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node -e "try{require('./scripts/postinstall.cjs')}catch(e){if(e&&e.code==='MODULE_NOT_FOUND'&&String(e.message).includes('scripts/postinstall.cjs')){console.warn('[paat postinstall... ``` ### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 4. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 5. Low: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 45.0% - **Path:** dist/src/core/pagejs.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L18: // new Function only PARSES here — nothing is executed. L19: new Function(`return (${expr});`); L20: return expr; ``` ### 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. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** scripts/build-dashboard-tauri.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L31: L32: const { spawnSync } = require("node:child_process"); L33: const path = require("node:path"); ... L36: L37: const repoRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, ".."); L38: const guiDir = path.join(repoRoot, "gui"); ... L43: L44: function log(msg) { process.stdout.write(`[build-dashboard] ${msg}\n`); } L45: function warn(msg) { process.stderr.write(`[build-dashboard] ${msg}\n`); } ... L48: * doesn't auto-append .cmd on Windows when shell:false, so we have to. */ L49: function npmCmd() { return process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm"; } L50: function cargoCmd() { return process.platform === "win32" ? "cargo.exe" : "cargo"; } ``` ### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 11. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 12. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/paat-dashboard.exe - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = bin/paat-dashboard.exe kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 9714176 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 13. 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. ### 14. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/src/cli/install-mcp.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.10 matchedPath = dist/src/cli/install-mcp.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.10 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** scripts/postinstall.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.10 matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.cjs matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.10 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/src/core/firefox.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.10 matchedPath = dist/src/core/firefox.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.10 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/src/cli/autostart.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.10 matchedPath = dist/src/cli/autostart.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.10 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** dist/src/cli/shortcut.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp@0.3.10 matchedPath = dist/src/cli/shortcut.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:0.3.10 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepare, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 1 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 5 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1 ### Published dependency entries - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.0.4 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** port-authority-agent-terminal-mcp - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.3.16 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-07-14T02:23:57.657Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T19:21:53.062Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-07-14T06:39:48.088Z - **Known versions:** 6 - **Latest version:** 0.3.16 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Cross-platform (Windows + macOS) lane coordinator for AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) — keeps multiple local agents from colliding on dev-server ports, Chrome debug ports, and Chrome user profiles. Includes a CLI, an MCP server, and a native Tauri - **Author:** charlesonogwu - **Maintainers:** charlesonogwu - **Keywords:** windows, ai-agents, agent-coordination, claude, claude-desktop, codex, codex-desktop, chrome, chrome-devtools-protocol, cdp, remote-debugging, playwright - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 132 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 17,369,784 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()