rafey-shell@1.0.3
Renamed to rabot. Install with npm install -g @arafeymasood/rabot
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AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package’s chat feature sends user prompts to its backend, but it also adds the local working-directory path without a clear need for that context. This is suspicious identifying telemetry; the flagged invisible character is confined to static profile text.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user submits a chat query in the interactive shell.
Impact
The backend receives the user’s local path along with the chat content, although the shell’s advertised function does not establish a need for that path.
Mechanism
The client adds process.cwd() and a timestamp to the prompt, then posts the prompt and conversation history to the configured endpoint, which defaults to the package backend.
AI rationale
The package’s chat feature sends user prompts to its backend, but it also adds the local working-directory path without a clear need for that context. This is suspicious identifying telemetry; the flagged invisible character is confined to static profile text.
Evidence
dist/services/LLMService.jsdist/cli.jsapi/chat.ts
Network endpoints1
rafey-shell.vercel.app/api/chat
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Every AI request is sent by POST to the package’s default backend at https://rafey-shell.vercel.app/api/chat.
- The prompt sent to that backend automatically includes process.cwd() and a timestamp alongside the user’s query.
Evidence against
- The package is described as an AI shell, and its CLI starts the interactive shell when invoked.
- The backend uses its own server-side Gemini key to generate responses; the inspected client code does not send user credentials.
- The flagged invisible character appears in static biography text, not in executable control flow.
Behavioral surface
EnvironmentVarsNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/services/LLMService.jsView file
73contains invisible/control Unicode U+200B (zero width space)
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Critical
Trojan Source Unicode
Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.
dist/services/LLMService.jsView on unpkg · L73•Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/cli.js -> dist/shell/RafeyShell.js -> dist/services/LLMService.js
Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern.
Critical
Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.
dist/services/LLMService.jsView on unpkg17;
// Use environment variable for API endpoint, fallback to production URL
this.apiEndpoint = process.env.RAFEY_SHELL_API_URL || 'https://rafey-shell.vercel.app/api/chat';
// Model name can be passed but is handled server-side via environment variable
}
async query(us
Findings
2 Critical1 High5 Medium4 Low
CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/services/LLMService.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/services/LLMService.js
HighNode Builtin Dependency Squatpackage.json
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/services/LLMService.js
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/services/LLMService.js
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to rafey-shell@1.0.3.
See all versions of rafey-shell for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of rafey-shell@1.0.3 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.
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