---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/remem-mcp"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/remem-mcp/report.md"
package: "remem-mcp"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "remem-mcp@0.7.6 npm security report"
verdict: "scan_failed"
version: "0.7.6"
---

# remem-mcp@0.7.6 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 22 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.7.6
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis completed at 0.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 22 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Scan Failed
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 0.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-19T18:27:24.780Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-19T18:27:27.176Z
- **Download time:** 508 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1887 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 2396 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

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to remem-mcp@0.7.6.

- Review the evidence and your use of remem-mcp@0.7.6 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. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L369: init_engine();
L370: import { execSync, spawn } from "child_process";
L371: import { createHash as createHash3 } from "crypto";
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 7. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 8. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 9. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L740: line(`  ${C.gray}Starting viewer at localhost:7331...${C.reset}`);
L741: const viewer = spawn("node", [indexPath, "viewer", "7331"], {
L742: env: { ...process.env, REMEM_DB_PATH: dbPath },
L743: stdio: "ignore",
...
L749: line(`  ${C.bold}${C.cyan}  CodeGraph \u2014 Live demo on facebook/react${C.reset}`);
L750: line(`  ${C.gray}  Viewer: http://localhost:7331${C.reset}`);
L751: line();
```

### 11. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L35: import {
L36: __dirname,
L37: __toCommonJS,
...
L94: try {
L95: const obj = JSON.parse(trimmed);
L96: if (obj.id) ids.add(obj.id);
...
L280: function cliSessionKey() {
L281: if (process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY) return process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY;
L282: return createHash2("sha256").update(process.cwd()).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
...
L369: init_engine();
L370: import { execSync, spawn } from "child_process";
L371: import { createHash as createHash3 } from "crypto";
```

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
import { existsSync as existsSync3, mkdirSync as mkdirSync3, mkdtempSync, readFileSync as readFileSync2, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
writeFileSync(
writeFileSync(
writeFileSync(
writeFileSync(join3(dir, "src", "index.ts"), `const foo = "hello";
writeFileSync(join3(project, "src", "index.ts"), `const foo = "hello";
baseUrl;
this.baseUrl = opts.baseUrl ?? "https://api.openai.com/v1";
```

### 13. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** scripts/perfection-loop.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/scripts/perfection-loop.sh>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
Cross-file remote execution chain: scripts/perfection-loop.sh spawns dist/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L69: ACTUAL_TOOLS=$(node --input-type=module -e "
L70: import { spawn } from 'child_process';
L71: const p = spawn('node', ['dist/index.js'], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit'] });
L72: let buf = '';
L73: p.stdout.on('data', d => buf += d.toString());
L74: const req = JSON.stringify({jsonrpc:'2.0',id:1,method:'tools/list',params:{}});
L75: p.stdin.write('Content-Length: ' + Buffer.byteLength(req) + '\r\n\r\n' + req);
L76: setTimeout(() => {
...
L80: if (l.includes('\"tools\"')) {
L81: const m = JSON.parse(l);
L82: console.log(m.result.tools.length);
...
L121: import os from 'os';
```

### 14. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

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/index.js
L35: import {
L36: __dirname,
L37: __toCommonJS,
...
L94: try {
L95: const obj = JSON.parse(trimmed);
L96: if (obj.id) ids.add(obj.id);
...
L280: function cliSessionKey() {
L281: if (process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY) return process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY;
L282: return createHash2("sha256").update(process.cwd()).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
...
L369: init_engine();
L370: import { execSync, spawn } from "child_process";
L371: import { createHash as createHash3 } from "crypto";
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches credential exfiltration behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable credential exfiltration chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.js
L35: import {
L36: __dirname,
L37: __toCommonJS,
...
L94: try {
L95: const obj = JSON.parse(trimmed);
L96: if (obj.id) ids.add(obj.id);
...
L280: function cliSessionKey() {
L281: if (process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY) return process.env.REMEM_SESSION_KEY;
L282: return createHash2("sha256").update(process.cwd()).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
...
L369: init_engine();
L370: import { execSync, spawn } from "child_process";
L371: import { createHash as createHash3 } from "crypto";
```

### 16. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/dist/index.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L559: }
L560: execSync("npm install --silent 2>&1", {
L561: cwd: dir,
```

### 17. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 18. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 19. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** scripts/dogfood-loop.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/scripts/dogfood-loop.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = scripts/dogfood-loop.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 6476
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. 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.

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/scripts/postinstall.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = remem-mcp@0.7.3
matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.js
matchedIdentity = npm:cmVtZW0tbWNw:0.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** scripts/verify-codegraph-stats.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/remem-mcp@0.7.6/scripts/verify-codegraph-stats.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = remem-mcp@0.7.3
matchedPath = scripts/verify-codegraph-stats.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:cmVtZW0tbWNw:0.7.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 7
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 6
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 7

### Published dependency entries
- @huggingface/transformers ^4.2.0 (Dependency)
- @kreuzberg/tree-sitter-language-pack ^1.10.9 (Dependency)
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.30.0 (Dependency)
- better-sqlite3 ^13.0.3 (Dependency)
- gpt-tokenizer ^3.4.0 (Dependency)
- sqlite-vec ^0.1.9 (Dependency)
- ulid ^3.0.2 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** remem-mcp
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.7.6
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-18T02:16:19.074Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-14T12:35:10.645Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-09-20T20:37:52.978Z
- **Known versions:** 7
- **Latest version:** 0.7.6
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Long-term memory for AI coding agents. Memory + CodeGraph + Wiki in one SQLite file. Auto-recall, auto-capture, no API key, no cloud.
- **Author:** tin
- **Maintainers:** thanhtinpk
- **Keywords:** mcp, model-context-protocol, memory, ai-agent, agent-memory, long-term-memory, claude-code, cursor, devin, codex, sqlite, sqlite-vec
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 48
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,531,052 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/remem-mcp>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/tinhien11/remem-mcp>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/tinhien11/remem-mcp#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/tinhien11/remem-mcp/issues>)
