socket@1.1.175
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source establishes an opaque, executable Maven extension but not a concrete attack. A warning is appropriate because the archive is actively loaded and cannot be cleared by source inspection alone.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user runs the CLI's Maven manifest workflow.
Impact
The extension executes in the user's Maven process; its opaque implementation leaves residual review risk.
Mechanism
Loads a bundled JAR through Maven's extension class path.
AI rationale
The source establishes an opaque, executable Maven extension but not a concrete attack. A warning is appropriate because the archive is actively loaded and cannot be cleared by source inspection alone.
Evidence
dist/cli.jsdist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jar
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 76.0% confidence as Unknown with high false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI loads a bundled Maven extension archive and passes it to Maven as an extension class path.
- The archive contains Maven-extension metadata but its executable bytecode is not source-inspectable in this review.
- The flagged registry authentication code only reuses registry credentials for a same-host URI.
- The flagged dynamic Function calls are in terminal capability formatting code.
- The package exposes CLI binaries rather than an automatic install lifecycle hook.
Evidence against
- No npm preinstall, install, or postinstall hook was found in the manifest.
- The opaque archive is activated only when the user invokes the Maven manifest workflow; no malicious behavior was established from inspectable source.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
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@1.1.175.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.1.175 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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