recess-cli@2.10.0
Safe Recess administration and family AI tools from the command line.
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe install-time agent skill update is a first-party integration lifecycle risk, and authenticated requests can forward a stored service cookie to an operator-configured API origin without a destination allowlist. These support a warning, but the inspected source does not establish a concrete malicious recipient or attack.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Installing the package triggers the skill refresh; using an authenticated CLI command with a custom API origin triggers the cookie-bearing request.
Impact
An install can replace those agent skill files without a separate prompt. If the API origin is set to an untrusted destination, an authenticated request can expose the Recess session cookie there.
Mechanism
The install hook replaces Recess skill directories in Codex and Claude configuration locations. Separately, the client uses the configured API origin as its base URL and attaches the session cookie to requests.
AI rationale
The install-time agent skill update is a first-party integration lifecycle risk, and authenticated requests can forward a stored service cookie to an operator-configured API origin without a destination allowlist. These support a warning, but the inspected source does not establish a concrete malicious recipient or attack.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/postinstall.mjsdist/setup.jsdist/config.jsdist/api.jsdist/commands/apps.js~/.codex/skills/recess-cli~/.claude/skills/recess-cli~/.codex/skills/recess-admin~/.claude/skills/recess-admin
Network endpoints1
api.recess.gg
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package runs scripts/postinstall.mjs during installation, and that hook imports and calls installSkill without a consent prompt.
- The install hook replaces skill directories under the user’s Codex and Claude configuration directories and removes a superseded skill directory.
- The API origin can come from an environment variable or stored profile, and the API client attaches the configured session cookie to requests sent to that origin.
- The apps command writes AGENTS.md as part of an explicit scaffold operation; this source does not show that command being run during installation.
Evidence against
- The default API origin is api.recess.gg, matching the package’s Recess service purpose.
- The postinstall hook refreshes the package’s bundled skill; the inspected code does not show it transmitting credentials.
- The scaffold file write occurs within the apps command’s scaffold path, rather than in the install hook.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVars
Source & flagged code
6 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/commands/onboarding.jsView file
564patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 564
Medium
Secret Pattern
Package contains a possible secret pattern.
dist/commands/onboarding.jsView on unpkg · L564Findings
3 High6 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/auth.js
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/cli.js
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumSecret Patterndist/commands/onboarding.js
MediumDynamic Requirescripts/postinstall.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to recess-cli@2.10.0.
See all versions of recess-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of recess-cli@2.10.0 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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