--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/rafey-shell/v/1.0.5" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/rafey-shell/v/1.0.5.md" package: "rafey-shell" report_status: "published" title: "rafey-shell@1.0.5 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.0.5" --- # rafey-shell@1.0.5 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 12 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 1.0.5 - **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 package sends the current working-directory path to its own chat service with every query, although that path is unnecessary for the advertised Q&A feature. The reviewed flow did not show credential or file collection, so this warrants a warning rather than a malicious verdict. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0% - **Started:** 2026-11-02T22:24:07.034Z - **Finished:** 2026-11-02T22:25:03.286Z - **Download time:** 260 ms - **Static scan time:** 43 ms - **AI review time:** 55949 ms - **Total time:** 56252 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:** Undisclosed exposure of the local working-directory path to the package’s chat service. - **Trigger:** A user submits a query in the interactive CLI. - **Impact:** The service receives the user’s local directory path with each query; no credential or file-content exfiltration was identified. - **Evidence paths:** dist/services/LLMService.js, dist/shell/RafeyShell.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-11-02T22:25:03.286Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI builds a prompt containing process.cwd() and POSTs that prompt with conversation history to the default chat endpoint. - **Rationale:** The package sends the current working-directory path to its own chat service with every query, although that path is unnecessary for the advertised Q&A feature. The reviewed flow did not show credential or file collection, so this warrants a warning rather than a malicious verdict. - **Network endpoints:** https://rafey-shell.vercel.app/api/chat ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** LLMService uses the package’s chat endpoint by default, with an environment variable override., Each request sends the assembled prompt and conversation history., The prompt includes the current working directory, which is sent with each query and is unnecessary for the advertised Rafey Q&A feature., The CLI sends a query after the user enters an interactive line., The prepare script invokes the build script. - **Evidence against:** The request sends user queries and conversation history to the package’s own chat service, which is central to the CLI’s function., I found no automatic credential or file collection in the reviewed request path., The flagged zero-width character is in biography text, not executable control flow. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to rafey-shell@1.0.5. - Review the evidence and your use of rafey-shell@1.0.5 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: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 2. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 3. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 4. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 5. Critical: Trojan Source Unicode - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/services/LLMService.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L73: contains invisible/control Unicode U+200B (zero width space) - Research Scientist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (July 2018 - October 2018): Worked closely with senior physicians @ Guy's Hospital to develop a web application to detect irregularities in MRI scans. The tool analyz ``` ### 6. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** dist/services/LLMService.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/cli.js -> dist/shell/RafeyShell.js -> dist/services/LLMService.js Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern. ``` ### 7. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 8. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 9. 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. ### 10. High: Node Builtin Dependency Squat - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package declares a runtime dependency whose name matches a Node built-in module. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json Runtime dependency names matching Node built-ins: readline ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** dist/services/LLMService.js - **Public source:** [View source]() LLMService uses the package’s chat endpoint by default, with an environment variable override. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript 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 vari ``` ### 12. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** dist/services/LLMService.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Each request sends the assembled prompt and conversation history. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript body: JSON.stringify({ prompt: fullPrompt, history: conversationHistory.map(entry => ({ role: entry.query ? 'user' : ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare - **Dependencies:** 6 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 3 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6 ### Published dependency entries - @google/generative-ai ^0.21.0 (Dependency) - chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency) - commander ^12.0.0 (Dependency) - dotenv ^16.4.5 (Dependency) - ora ^5.4.1 (Dependency) - readline ^1.3.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** rafey-shell - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.0.5 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-13T10:46:08.590Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-11-02T22:24:09.667Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-02T22:25:19.480Z - **Known versions:** 6 - **Latest version:** 2.0.2 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** An AI-powered shell with personalized LLM assistance - **Deprecated:** Renamed to rabot. Install with npm install -g @arafeymasood/rabot - **Author:** Abdurrafey Masood - **Maintainers:** arafeymasood - **Keywords:** cli, ai, shell, llm, assistant - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 20 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 36,259 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()