--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.6.3" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.6.3.md" package: "qwenproxy-cli" report_status: "published" title: "qwenproxy-cli@1.6.3 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.6.3" --- # qwenproxy-cli@1.6.3 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 17 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution - **Selected version:** 1.6.3 - **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: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The registry-derived version is not strictly validated before it reaches a shell-enabled process, creating an unresolved command execution vulnerability when the user runs the updater. The source supports a warning for a critical vulnerability, but does not establish malicious package behavior. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-18T14:02:42.102Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-18T14:05:27.466Z - **Download time:** 777 ms - **Static scan time:** 5436 ms - **AI review time:** 159150 ms - **Total time:** 165364 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:** The explicit updater has a command injection risk: registry-supplied version text reaches a shell command without strict validation. - **Trigger:** A user invokes the update command and the registry reports a newer version. - **Impact:** A crafted registry response could cause local commands to run during the update. - **Evidence paths:** bin/update.js, bin/qwenproxy.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-18T14:05:27.466Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The updater embeds the returned version in a package-manager command and executes that command with shell processing enabled. - **Rationale:** The registry-derived version is not strictly validated before it reaches a shell-enabled process, creating an unresolved command execution vulnerability when the user runs the updater. The source supports a warning for a critical vulnerability, but does not establish malicious package behavior. - **Files touched:** bin/update.js - **Network endpoints:** registry.npmjs.org ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Critical Vulnerability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The updater runs when the user invokes the update command., It accepts the registry response's version string after trimming it., The version comparison parses numeric prefixes without rejecting trailing text., The returned version is added to the package-manager arguments and passed to a shell-enabled process. - **Evidence against:** The affected path requires explicit invocation of the updater; the inspected source does not establish that malicious registry metadata was served. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to qwenproxy-cli@1.6.3. - Review the evidence and your use of qwenproxy-cli@1.6.3 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]() 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]() 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]() Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L82: function getOsGlobalDataDir(options) { L83: const currentPlatform = options?.platform || process.platform; L84: const home = options?.homeDir || os.homedir(); L85: if (currentPlatform === "win32") { L86: const winPath = path.win32 || path; L87: const appData = options?.appData || process.env.APPDATA || winPath.join(home, "AppData", "Roaming"); L88: return winPath.join(appData, "qwenproxy"); ... L111: platform: options?.platform, L112: appData: options?.appData, L113: homeDir: options?.homeDir, ... L190: if (fs2.existsSync(KEY_PATH)) { L191: 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]() 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. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/delete-chats.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Browser cookie sent to a fixed external endpoint in dist/delete-chats.js: QWEN_BASE_URL: z.string().default("https://chat.qwen.ai"), tryInstall("https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/playwright"); document.cookie = `token=${encodeURIComponent(t)}; path=/; domain=.qwen.ai; max-age=31536000`; document.cookie = `token=${encodeURIComponent(t)}; path=/; domain=.qwen.ai; max-age=31536000`; const response = await fetch("https://auth.qwen.[redacted]", { "x-request-origin": "https://chat.qwen.ai", const response = await fetch("https://auth.qwen.[redacted]", { "x-request-origin": "https://chat.qwen.ai", ``` ### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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, ... L392: MID_STREAM_FAILOVER_BUSY_MS: z.string().default("60000"), L393: QWEN_BASE_URL: z.string().default("https://chat.qwen.ai"), ``` ### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** bin/qwenproxy.js - **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 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")); ``` ### 12. High: Cloud Metadata Access - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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, ... L392: MID_STREAM_FAILOVER_BUSY_MS: z.string().default("60000"), L393: QWEN_BASE_URL: z.string().default("https://chat.qwen.ai"), ``` ### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 72.0% - **Path:** bin/qwenproxy.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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")); ``` ### 14. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 15. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 16. 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. ### 17. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** src/services/playwright.ts - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```typescript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = qwenproxy-cli@1.6.4 matchedIdentity = npm:cXdlbnByb3h5LWNsaQ:1.6.4 similarity = 0.975 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## 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:** 1.6.3 - **License:** ISC - **Version published:** 2026-10-08T03:19:43.150Z - **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:** 135 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 4,354,200 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()