socket@1.6.2
⚠ Under reviewCLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 24d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiInspected source does not establish the scanner’s alleged credential exfiltration or dynamic evaluation as malicious behavior. The bundled Maven extension archive remains unresolved, so the package cannot be cleared from source inspection alone.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The CLI’s Maven extension path references the bundled archive when that functionality is invoked.
Impact
The archive’s behavior and any resulting impact remain unknown.
Mechanism
The archive is passed to the Maven integration, but its behavior could not be inspected as UTF-8 source.
AI rationale
Inspected source does not establish the scanner’s alleged credential exfiltration or dynamic evaluation as malicious behavior. The bundled Maven extension archive remains unresolved, so the package cannot be cleared from source inspection alone.
Evidence
dist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jarpackage.jsonbin/cli.jsexternal/@socketsecurity/registry/external/libnpmpack.jsexternal/blessed/lib/tput.jsdist/cli.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 78.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- The manifest maps the package’s commands to its own CLI entrypoints.
- The main launcher starts the bundled CLI and forwards the caller’s arguments.
- The flagged token request requires Actions-provided environment values and uses the supplied request URL.
- The terminal capability code handles terminfo formatting directives.
- The CLI references a bundled Maven extension archive, whose contents could not be assessed as UTF-8 source.
Evidence against
- The inspected token helper does not show a fixed external recipient; it requests a token from the URL supplied by the Actions environment.
- The inspected terminal code is a terminfo formatter, not evidence of malicious evaluation.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
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@1.6.2.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.6.2 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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