socket@1.1.173
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe scanner findings resolve to a user-invoked CLI, a terminal library's generated formatter, a credential-safe redirect handler, and a Java archive. There is no lifecycle hook or concrete malicious behavior in the inspected sources.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user invokes a Socket CLI command.
Impact
The CLI can perform its requested scanning and API operations; no covert credential forwarding or persistence was found.
Mechanism
User-invoked CLI execution and Socket API requests.
AI rationale
The scanner findings resolve to a user-invoked CLI, a terminal library's generated formatter, a credential-safe redirect handler, and a Java archive. There is no lifecycle hook or concrete malicious behavior in the inspected sources.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes command-line binaries and has no install lifecycle hook.
- The command launcher runs the packaged CLI with the user's arguments.
- The flagged dynamic Function use is terminal capability formatting code.
- The registry fetch code removes authorization and cookie headers on a cross-host redirect.
- The bundled CLI makes named Socket SDK API calls, and its API base URL is Socket-owned.
- The JAR finding is a standard Java archive containing named Maven extension classes.
Evidence against
- The package contains command execution and network-capable CLI functionality, but inspection found no automatic activation, credential export, or unrelated recipient.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
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
3 Critical9 High8 Medium6 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/vendor.js
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/cli.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighShell
HighEvalexternal/blessed/lib/tput.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@1.1.173.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.1.173 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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