socket@1.1.153
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiScanner hits are explained by a security CLI’s user-invoked subprocess/network features and bundled third-party code. Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or concrete malicious chain.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
User runs a Socket CLI command.
Impact
No unconsented install-time execution or credential-exfiltration chain established.
Mechanism
User-invoked CLI subprocess, registry, and local project operations.
AI rationale
Scanner hits are explained by a security CLI’s user-invoked subprocess/network features and bundled third-party code. Source inspection found no lifecycle hook or concrete malicious chain.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/cli.jsdist/cli.jsexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.jsdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jarexternal/blessed/lib/tput.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 95.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- CLI can modify shell completion/aliases, but only through explicit commands and prompts.
- Bundled JAR is a Maven extension archive with named Coana/Maven classes.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare hook.
- bin/cli.js only launches the packaged CLI after user invokes a bin command.
- libnpmpack.js is vendored npm/pacote-style registry and Git helper code; its env uses are runtime configuration, not a package-specific credential upload.
- No confirmed AI-agent config writes, stealth persistence, destructive behavior, or unconsented install-time mutation.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsObfuscatedUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
15 flaggedbin/cli.jsView file
19L20: const spawnPromise = spawn(
L21: constants.execPath,
High
external/blessed/lib/tput.jsView file
1152if (this.options.stringify && code.indexOf('return ') === 0) {
L1153: return new Function('', code)();
L1154: }
High
Eval
Package source references dynamic code evaluation.
external/blessed/lib/tput.jsView on unpkg · L1152bin/npm-cli.jsView file
4void (async () => {
L5: const Module = require('node:module')
L6: const path = require('node:path')
Medium
Findings
2 Critical7 High8 Medium7 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltaexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighEvalexternal/blessed/lib/tput.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/cli.js
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/cli.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
MediumDynamic Requirebin/npm-cli.js
MediumNetwork
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to socket@1.1.153.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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