--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/slashvibe-mcp/v/0.8.19" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/slashvibe-mcp/v/0.8.19.md" package: "slashvibe-mcp" report_status: "published" title: "slashvibe-mcp@0.8.19 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.8.19" --- # slashvibe-mcp@0.8.19 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 14 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:** 0.8.19 - **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. The onboarding flow silently sends the current repository name and detected technologies to the vendor for a personalized welcome. This is a privacy risk, but the reviewed behavior is limited to onboarding and does not establish credential theft or malicious intent. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-31T13:26:16.960Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-31T13:27:28.102Z - **Download time:** 254 ms - **Static scan time:** 1894 ms - **AI review time:** 68994 ms - **Total time:** 71142 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:** Unannounced project metadata collection during onboarding creates a privacy risk. - **Trigger:** The user invokes \`vibe\_init\` and completes OAuth. - **Impact:** The vendor receives a project identifier and technology inventory that may reveal sensitive project context. - **Evidence paths:** tools/init.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-31T13:27:28.102Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The package detects the repository name and technology stack, then posts them to the vendor's personalized-welcome endpoint without a separate consent gate. - **Rationale:** The onboarding flow silently sends the current repository name and detected technologies to the vendor for a personalized welcome. This is a privacy risk, but the reviewed behavior is limited to onboarding and does not establish credential theft or malicious intent. - **Network endpoints:** https://www.slashvibe.dev/api/onboarding/personalized-welcome ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** During \`vibe\_init\`, the package detects the current Git repository name and technology stack., It sends \`repoName\` and \`techStack\` in a POST to \`/api/onboarding/personalized-welcome\` on \`www.slashvibe.dev\`., The welcome request runs automatically after OAuth succeeds; the source shows no separate consent gate for sending this project metadata. - **Evidence against:** The manifest declares no install lifecycle scripts., The collection and transmission occur during the explicit sign-in flow, not on package installation or import., The welcome request contains project metadata but no authorization token. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to slashvibe-mcp@0.8.19. - Review the evidence and your use of slashvibe-mcp@0.8.19 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: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** tools/\_work-context.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L12: L13: const { execFileSync } = require('child_process'); L14: const fs = require('fs'); ``` ### 3. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% Package source references shell execution. ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. High: Same File Env Network Execution - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** tools/init.js - **Public source:** [View source]() A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L11: L12: const { exec, execSync } = require('child_process'); L13: const fs = require('fs'); ... L21: L22: const API_BASE = 'https://www.slashvibe.dev'; L23: ... L25: // "vibe email …" advertises a command their session does not have. L26: const EXTRAS_ENABLED = ['1', 'true'].includes(String(process.env.VIBE_EXTRAS || '').toLowerCase()); L27: ``` ### 8. Critical: Trojan Source Unicode - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** protocol/handle.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L26: contains invisible/control Unicode U+202A (left-to-right embedding) const INVISIBLE = /[-؜--]/g; ``` ### 9. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** protocol/handle.js - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 -> index.js -> tools/inbox.js -> protocol/handle.js Reachable file contains a blocking source-risk pattern. ``` ### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 11. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 12. 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. ### 13. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** index.js\#virtual:string-array:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 12 ``` ### 14. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** setup.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = slashvibe-mcp@0.8.11 matchedIdentity = npm:c2xhc2h2aWJlLW1jcA:0.8.11 similarity = 0.717 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** slashvibe-mcp - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.8.19 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-08-31T00:08:02.680Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T03:08:51.290Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-31T13:30:02.806Z - **Known versions:** 26 - **Latest version:** 0.8.27 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Presence + messaging for terminal coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) — the /vibe kernel - **Author:** Seth Goldstein - **Maintainers:** brightseth - **Keywords:** mcp, claude-code, vibe, social, developer-tools, ai, anthropic, multi-agent, collaboration - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0 - **Artifact files:** 82 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 688,769 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** Yes - **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()