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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.4.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.4.3.md"
package: "qwenproxy-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "1.4.3"
---

# qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 15 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:** 1.4.3
- **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 package is a local Qwen API gateway whose agent-config writes and self-update are gated behind explicit CLI or TUI actions, with no install lifecycle hook or hidden credential export. Those user-invoked, package-aligned behaviors do not form an attack chain.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-28T00:31:12.454Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-28T00:33:06.738Z
- **Download time:** 506 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4956 ms
- **AI review time:** 108820 ms
- **Total time:** 114284 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 unconsented attack surface was identified. Codex and other client config writes happen inside explicit sync functions, and self-update runs only from the update command.

- **Trigger:** The user runs qpx sync, confirms sync in the TUI, or runs qpx update.

- **Impact:** Those actions change the user's own client settings or this package installation only after the user invokes them. Install does not mutate agent configs.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-09-28T00:33:06.738Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** Sync points selected local coding clients at this proxy. Update queries the npm registry for this package name and installs a newer global release.

- **Rationale:** The package is a local Qwen API gateway whose agent-config writes and self-update are gated behind explicit CLI or TUI actions, with no install lifecycle hook or hidden credential export. Those user-invoked, package-aligned behaviors do not form an attack chain.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json scripts start with build and prepack and contain no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook, and dependencies do not include this package name., syncCodex resolves ~/.codex/config.toml and an optional CODEX\_HOME config.toml only while configuring the local proxy provider., The qpx entrypoint imports the updater only when the first argument is update., runUpdateCommand reads this package name and version from its own package.json before checking the npm registry.

- **Evidence against:** The sync command and the TUI sync view rewrite coding-client configs such as Codex and Claude settings, but only after the user runs qpx sync or confirms sync in the TUI., The updater shells out to install a newer global release of the same package, and that path is not an install lifecycle hook.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3.

- Review the evidence and your use of qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/update.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/bin/update.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L9: import fs from "node:fs";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/update.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/bin/update.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L91: encoding: "utf-8",
L92: shell: true,
L93: timeout: 30000,
```

### 4. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/delete-chats.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/dist/delete-chats.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L25: function getOsGlobalDataDir(options) {
L26: const currentPlatform = options?.platform || process.platform;
L27: const home = options?.homeDir || os.homedir();
L28: if (currentPlatform === "win32") {
L29: const winPath = path.win32 || path;
L30: const appData = options?.appData || process.env.APPDATA || winPath.join(home, "AppData", "Roaming");
L31: return winPath.join(appData, "qwenproxy");
...
L54: platform: options?.platform,
L55: appData: options?.appData,
L56: homeDir: options?.homeDir,
...
L107: if (fs2.existsSync(KEY_PATH)) {
L108: cachedKey = Buffer.from(fs2.readFileSync(KEY_PATH, "utf-8"), "hex");
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/qwenproxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/bin/qwenproxy.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L163: const cmd = process.platform === "win32" ? "npx.cmd" : "npx";
L164: return spawnSync(cmd, ["--yes", "patchright", "install", "chromium"], {
L165: stdio: "inherit",
...
L169: 
L170: let chosenHost = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_DOWNLOAD_HOST;
L171: if (!chosenHost) {
...
L175: try {
L176: const probe = await fetch("https://cdn.playwright.dev", { method: "HEAD", signal: controller.signal });
L177: clearTimeout(probeTimer);
```

### 9. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/dist/index.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L55: function getOsGlobalDataDir(options) {
L56: const currentPlatform = options?.platform || process.platform;
L57: const home = options?.homeDir || os.homedir();
L58: if (currentPlatform === "win32") {
L59: const winPath = path.win32 || path;
L60: const appData = options?.appData || process.env.APPDATA || winPath.join(home, "AppData", "Roaming");
L61: return winPath.join(appData, "qwenproxy");
...
L84: platform: options?.platform,
L85: appData: options?.appData,
L86: homeDir: options?.homeDir,
...
L353: MID_STREAM_FAILOVER_BUSY_MS: z.string().default("60000"),
L354: QWEN_BASE_URL: z.string().default("https://chat.qwen.ai"),
```

### 10. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin/qwenproxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/bin/qwenproxy.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15: */
L16: process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_QUIET = "true";
L17: 
L18: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L19: import path from "node:path";
...
L24: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
L25: const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L26: const packageRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
L27: const packageJsonPath = path.join(packageRoot, "package.json");
L28: 
...
L34: try {
L35: const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8"));
```

### 11. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/dist/index.js>)

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L55: function getOsGlobalDataDir(options) {
L56: const currentPlatform = options?.platform || process.platform;
L57: const home = options?.homeDir || os.homedir();
L58: if (currentPlatform === "win32") {
L59: const winPath = path.win32 || path;
L60: const appData = options?.appData || process.env.APPDATA || winPath.join(home, "AppData", "Roaming");
L61: return winPath.join(appData, "qwenproxy");
...
L84: platform: options?.platform,
L85: appData: options?.appData,
L86: homeDir: options?.homeDir,
...
L353: MID_STREAM_FAILOVER_BUSY_MS: z.string().default("60000"),
L354: QWEN_BASE_URL: z.string().default("https://chat.qwen.ai"),
```

### 12. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** bin/qwenproxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.4.3/bin/qwenproxy.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: bin/qwenproxy.js spawns dist/clean-cache.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L15: */
L16: process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_QUIET = "true";
L17: 
L18: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L19: import path from "node:path";
...
L24: const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
L25: const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L26: const packageRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
L27: const packageJsonPath = path.join(packageRoot, "package.json");
L28: 
...
L34: try {
L35: const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8"));
```

### 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.

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

- **Dependencies:** 9
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 4
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 9

### Published dependency entries
- @hono/node-server ^2.1.1 (Dependency)
- ali-oss ^6.23.0 (Dependency)
- better-sqlite3 ^13.0.3 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^18.0.4 (Dependency)
- hono ^4.13.9 (Dependency)
- patchright 1.63.0 (Dependency)
- tsx ^4.23.15 (Dependency)
- uuid ^14.0.2 (Dependency)
- zod ^4.6.5 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** qwenproxy-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.4.3
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-09-27T01:52:09.280Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-09-08T15:18:43.935Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-29T01:45:09.228Z
- **Known versions:** 51
- **Latest version:** 1.6.10
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** High-performance OpenAI & Anthropic compatible API gateway for Qwen with multi-account rotation, interactive TUI, and resilient tool calling.
- **Author:** johngbl
- **Maintainers:** johngbl
- **Keywords:** qwen, proxy, openai, anthropic, claude-code, codex, opencode, tui, patchright, playwright, llm
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 132
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 4,103,527 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.4.3>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy/issues>)
