socket@1.1.170
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo concrete malware, exfiltration, persistence, or install-hook abuse was established. The opaque Maven extension and broad executable capability prevent a clean decision.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
A user runs the Socket CLI, including its Maven manifest-analysis path.
Impact
The loaded extension executes in the user's Maven process; its complete behavior is unresolved by static source inspection.
Mechanism
CLI subprocess execution and Maven extension loading.
AI rationale
No concrete malware, exfiltration, persistence, or install-hook abuse was established. The opaque Maven extension and broad executable capability prevent a clean decision.
Evidence
bin/cli.jsdist/cli.jsdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 72.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The manifest exposes a command-line entrypoint.
- The launcher forwards caller arguments and environment to a child Node process.
- A Maven command loads the bundled JAR as a Maven extension.
- The package includes dynamic code generation in a bundled terminal library.
- The bundled registry component imports process, network, filesystem, and child-process modules.
Evidence against
- No npm preinstall, install, or postinstall hook is declared.
- The observed execution paths are activated by explicit CLI commands, not package installation.
- Inspection found no confirmed credential collection, exfiltration endpoint, or destructive action.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscation
Source & flagged code
18 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 Critical10 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
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 Blobdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to socket@1.1.170.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.1.170 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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