socket@1.10.1
CLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 12d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has CLI entrypoints and no install lifecycle hook, while the credential flag resolves to conditional GitHub Actions OIDC support rather than a package-selected recipient. Other flagged items map to bundled terminal and registry tooling or an explicitly invoked Maven extension; the inspected evidence does not establish malicious behavior.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Using the CLI activates its command handlers; GitHub token retrieval additionally requires the corresponding Actions environment values.
Impact
No confirmed credential exfiltration, unauthorized account action, or install-time mutation was identified.
Mechanism
The GitHub helper requests an OIDC token using the environment-provided request URL and bearer token. The Maven extension is invoked by the Maven manifest command; no malicious behavior was established from the inspected excerpts.
AI rationale
The manifest has CLI entrypoints and no install lifecycle hook, while the credential flag resolves to conditional GitHub Actions OIDC support rather than a package-selected recipient. Other flagged items map to bundled terminal and registry tooling or an explicitly invoked Maven extension; the inspected evidence does not establish malicious behavior.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 78.0% confidence as Benign with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json exposes CLI commands and lists no install lifecycle hook; bin/cli.js launches the CLI with forwarded arguments.
- The flagged credential handling requires GitHub Actions OIDC environment values and requests a token from the URL supplied by that environment; it is vendored signing support, not evidence of export to a package-selected recipient.
- The flagged generated function is in Blessed terminal capability handling; inspected sources also identify bundled registry, terminal, and glob libraries.
- The Maven archive is a bundled extension invoked by the explicit Maven manifest command; the offline analysis ties it to the packaged archive but reports limits on some class context.
Evidence against
- Scanner flags include credential handling, dynamic evaluation, and a limited Maven archive analysis; these indicators warranted source review but did not establish a malicious transfer or action.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVars
Source & flagged code
17 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 Critical9 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
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
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/vendor.js
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to socket@1.10.1.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.10.1 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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