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scip-query@0.26.0
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AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo concrete malicious behavior was established, but an automatic lifecycle hook and bundled download-and-execution capability remain under incomplete static coverage. Downgrade for warning rather than blocking.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Installing the package runs postinstall; runtime commands may invoke the bundled SCIP helper.
Impact
No confirmed credential theft, exfiltration, destructive action, or install-time foreign control-surface mutation was found.
Mechanism
Lifecycle module loading plus optional verified binary download and local command execution.
AI rationale
No concrete malicious behavior was established, but an automatic lifecycle hook and bundled download-and-execution capability remain under incomplete static coverage. Downgrade for warning rather than blocking.
Network endpoints1
github.com/sourcegraph/scip
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 68.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest runs a postinstall program automatically.
- The postinstall program imports several bundled modules during installation.
- Bundled code contains a downloader for a fixed Sourcegraph SCIP release and can invoke local executables.
- Other bundled modules use child-process APIs, and parser code has regex fallback paths; the compressed bundle prevents a decisive clean classification.
Evidence against
- The postinstall entry itself only prints an installation message and directs the user to run setup later.
- The binary download and command execution are defined as exported helper functions, with no call from the inspected postinstall entry.
- The observed endpoint is a named Sourcegraph SCIP release, not an arbitrary collector.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
8 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node dist/postinstall.js || true
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg•scripts.postinstall = node dist/postinstall.js || true
Medium
Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/chunk-TKD34PHN.jsView file
1import{a as z,b as K}from"./chunk-2HLAFUCY.js";import{B as N,C as I,D as Re,E as Oe,F as Te,G as Be,H as ke,J as De,K as Le,O as _e,a as q,b as Pe,i as be,j as h,n as x,o as P,p as...
L2: `;try{let u=Dt(s,a,n),p=A(i,u);return{kind:"published",cacheDir:o,achievedDurability:p==="synced"?"directory-durable":"file-flushed",directorySync:p}}catch(u){if(_t(u))return Y(r,o...
L3: `,"utf8"),i=$t(n,"wx",384);try{z(i,r,{writeFile:(o,s,c,a)=>Wt(o,s,c,a)},"fingerprint stat cache")}catch(o){throw Qe(i),Xe(n),o}Qe(i),Ut(n,e)}function pe(e){return Jt(e)}var _=64*10...
Findings
6 High6 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighChild Processdist/chunk-TKD34PHN.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/chunk-CFYMZFXT.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/chunk-K4CN7GXK.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/chunk-7WTPQ4NX.js#virtual:string-array:round1
MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json
MediumDynamic Requiredist/chunk-UQFR3NDH.js
MediumUnsafe Vm Contextdist/chunk-7Y5T6XDP.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to scip-query@0.26.0.
See all versions of scip-query for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of scip-query@0.26.0 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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