socket@1.1.158
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 3mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiStatic hints reflect normal CLI networking, credential use, vendored npm code, and terminal parsing. Source inspection found no malicious chain or lifecycle-triggered behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Explicit execution of a socket CLI bin command.
Impact
No install-time execution, stealth persistence, or unconsented credential exfiltration confirmed.
Mechanism
Local CLI dispatch with Socket API authentication.
AI rationale
Static hints reflect normal CLI networking, credential use, vendored npm code, and terminal parsing. Source inspection found no malicious chain or lifecycle-triggered behavior.
Evidence
package.jsonbin/cli.jsdist/cli.jsdist/constants.jsdist/utils.jsexternal/blessed/lib/tput.jsexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
Network endpoints2
api.socket.dev/v0/api.github.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- CLI bins are explicit user-invoked entrypoints.
- Main launcher forwards user arguments to the local CLI process.
- Socket API endpoint and token handling are product-aligned.
- The eval hint is in vendored terminal capability parsing.
Evidence against
- No preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare lifecycle hook found.
- No unconsented AI-agent configuration mutation found.
- No credential exfiltration or foreign endpoint was confirmed.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
19 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 Critical11 High8 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/vendor.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighEvalexternal/blessed/lib/tput.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/vendor.js
HighEntrypoint Foreign Package Code Overwritedist/vendor.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/vendor.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/cli.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/vendor.js
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/cli.js
HighShips High Entropy Blob
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to socket@1.1.158.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.1.158 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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