---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.6.6"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.6.6.md"
package: "qwenproxy-cli"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6 npm security report"
verdict: "manual_review"
version: "1.6.6"
---

# qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 17 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Manual Review
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 1.6.6
- **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: manual review; recommendation: manual review. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The inspected first-party source shows Qwen-aligned login and explicit CLI commands for client sync and chat deletion. The selected better-sqlite3 dependency is declared and imported, but its package source was unavailable, so its installation behavior cannot be cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Manual Review
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 82.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-22T16:39:18.206Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-22T16:40:32.585Z
- **Download time:** 1532 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5685 ms
- **AI review time:** 67160 ms
- **Total time:** 74379 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 confirmed in the inspected package source. Review remains unresolved because the declared database dependency's source was unavailable.

- **Trigger:** The unresolved scope is dependency installation or runtime loading of better-sqlite3.

- **Impact:** No harmful effect is confirmed; the dependency's behavior could not be assessed.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, src/core/database.ts

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-22T16:40:32.585Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The package imports better-sqlite3 for database functionality, but its package files were absent from the inspected snapshot.

- **Rationale:** The inspected first-party source shows Qwen-aligned login and explicit CLI commands for client sync and chat deletion. The selected better-sqlite3 dependency is declared and imported, but its package source was unavailable, so its installation behavior cannot be cleared.

- **Files touched:** package.json, src/core/database.ts

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Manual Review

- **Confidence:** 82.0%

- **Recommended action:** manual\_review

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **AI review observations:** The manifest declares better-sqlite3 as a runtime dependency, and the database module imports it; its package source was absent on the attempted read, so its behavior remains unreviewed., The login helper targets auth.qwen.ai and identifies chat.qwen.ai as the request origin., The CLI routes an explicit sync command to the sync-client program; Codex sync locates the standard and optional CODEX\_HOME configuration paths., The CLI routes the explicit purge command to the chat-deletion program.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6.

- Review the evidence and your use of qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6 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. 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@1.6.6/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@1.6.6/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@1.6.6/dist/delete-chats.js>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/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. Critical: Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/delete-chats.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/dist/delete-chats.js>)

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](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/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,
...
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](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/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"));
```

### 12. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/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,
...
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](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/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"));
```

### 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:** dist/login.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/qwenproxy-cli@1.6.6/dist/login.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = qwenproxy-cli@1.6.4
matchedIdentity = npm:cXdlbnByb3h5LWNsaQ:1.6.4
similarity = 0.908
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:** 1.6.6
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-10-22T16:36:51.200Z
- **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:** 137
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 4,388,244 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/qwenproxy-cli/v/1.6.6>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/johngbl/qwenproxy/issues>)
