--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/react-native-alpr/v/0.4.1" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/react-native-alpr/v/0.4.1.md" package: "react-native-alpr" report_status: "published" title: "react-native-alpr@0.4.1 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.4.1" --- # react-native-alpr@0.4.1 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:** 0.4.1 - **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. Classify as suspicious telemetry: native build integrations send the consuming app ID to the vendor by default, with opt-out controls. The behavior is documented and the reports exclude plate and image data, so the evidence does not support blocking as malicious. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-31T17:35:55.974Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-31T17:36:46.756Z - **Download time:** 517 ms - **Static scan time:** 66 ms - **AI review time:** 50197 ms - **Total time:** 50782 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:** Build-time telemetry sends the consuming app's identifier and build metadata to the vendor endpoint by default. - **Trigger:** CocoaPods integration, Expo prebuild, and Android pre-build tasks; environment-variable opt-outs are available. - **Impact:** Reports can identify the consuming app or project to the vendor; source indicates these reports omit images and plate data. - **Evidence paths:** ReactNativeAlpr.podspec, android/build.gradle, app.plugin.js, plugin/telemetry.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-31T17:36:46.756Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The package reads configured app identifiers and includes them in POST reports to the vendor's build telemetry endpoint. - **Rationale:** Classify as suspicious telemetry: native build integrations send the consuming app ID to the vendor by default, with opt-out controls. The behavior is documented and the reports exclude plate and image data, so the evidence does not support blocking as malicious. - **Files touched:** ReactNativeAlpr.podspec, android/build.gradle, app.plugin.js, plugin/telemetry.js - **Network endpoints:** https://alpr.parkr.app/t/build ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The CocoaPods integration reads application bundle IDs from the consuming Xcode project and posts them with build metadata to the vendor endpoint., Android build checks send the consuming app ID and build metadata, and are attached to pre-build tasks for debug and release variants., The Expo plugin sends app ID and build metadata during prebuild; build telemetry is on by default and has environment-variable opt-outs. - **Evidence against:** The README discloses build-time telemetry and says reports contain app ID, platform, build type, versions, and license state; it documents environment-variable opt-outs., The documented reports exclude images and plate data, and the endpoint belongs to the package vendor., The package purpose is on-device license plate recognition, and its JS import entry exposes native scanning functions without sending data itself. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to react-native-alpr@0.4.1. - Review the evidence and your use of react-native-alpr@0.4.1 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. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 6. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 7. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** ios/AlprKit.xcframework/ios-arm64\_x86\_64-simulator/AlprKit.framework/AlprKit - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = ios/AlprKit.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/AlprKit.framework/AlprKit kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 612264 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 8. High: Ships High Entropy Blob - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** ios/AlprKit.xcframework/\_CodeSignature/CodeSignature - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = ios/AlprKit.xcframework/_CodeSignature/CodeSignature kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 9087 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 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. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** ReactNativeAlpr.podspec - **Public source:** [View source]() The CocoaPods integration reads application bundle IDs from the consuming Xcode project and posts them with build metadata to the vendor endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text project_path = Dir.glob(File.join(Pod::Config.instance.installation_root.to_s, "*.xcodeproj")).first next unless project_path project = Xcodeproj::Project.open(project_path) ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** ReactNativeAlpr.podspec - **Public source:** [View source]() The CocoaPods integration reads application bundle IDs from the consuming Xcode project and posts them with build metadata to the vendor endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text ids.each do |app_id| begin uri = URI("https://alpr.parkr.app/t/build") body = { source: "cocoapods", appId: app_id, platform: "ios", buildType: "pod-install", sdkVersion: ``` ### 12. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** android/build.gradle - **Public source:** [View source]() Android build checks send the consuming app ID and build metadata, and are attached to pre-build tasks for debug and release variants. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text if (alprTelemetryDisabled()) return def body = JsonOutput.toJson([ source: "gradle", appId: info.appId, platform: "android", buildType: variant.toLowerCase(), sdkVersion: alprVersion, framework ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** prepare - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 3 - **Development dependencies:** 14 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 3 ### Published dependency entries - expo-modules-core \* (PeerDependency) - react \* (PeerDependency) - react-native \* (PeerDependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** react-native-alpr - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.4.1 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-31T17:33:04.460Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-30T21:17:25.906Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-31T18:27:30.879Z - **Known versions:** 4 - **Latest version:** 0.4.2 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** On-device license plate recognition (ALPR/ANPR) for React Native and Expo - **Author:** Bileier AS - **Maintainers:** robert.sasak - **Keywords:** react-native, expo, ios, android, alpr, anpr, license-plate, license-plate-recognition, number-plate, ocr - **Artifact files:** 81 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 13,998,770 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()