registry / recess-cli / 2.9.0
recess-cli@2.9.0
Safe Recess administration and family AI tools from the command line.
AI Security Review
scanned 14d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic postinstall refreshes first-party agent skills, creating a guarded extension lifecycle risk. The source confines writes to the package’s named skill directories, so this warrants a warning rather than a block.
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
An npm install of the published package.
Impact
Existing copies of the named skills are replaced during package installation; the inspected code does not show broader agent configuration changes.
Mechanism
The hook imports the bundled setup module, which removes and recopies the package-owned skill directories and removes a superseded skill directory.
AI rationale
The automatic postinstall refreshes first-party agent skills, creating a guarded extension lifecycle risk. The source confines writes to the package’s named skill directories, so this warrants a warning rather than a block.
Evidence
scripts/postinstall.mjsdist/setup.jsdist/cli.jsdist/commands/apps.jsdist/auth.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 97.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The postinstall hook automatically imports the setup module and calls the skill installer for published installs.
- The installer removes and recopies this package’s own skill under both Codex and Claude skill directories, then removes a superseded skill directory.
- The CLI also exposes skill installation through the explicit setup command; the inspected apps integration writes AGENTS.md only during an explicit apps init command.
Evidence against
- Authentication sends the sign-in assertion to the configured Recess API origin.
- The install-time mutation is limited to the package’s named skill directories rather than broad agent configuration.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
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@2.9.0.
See all versions of recess-cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of recess-cli@2.9.0 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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