socket@1.7.0
⚠ Under reviewCLI for Socket.dev
AI Security Review
scanned 25d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged token request is gated on GitHub Actions variables. The Maven extension archive is required evidence but cannot be assessed from its binary contents, so the verdict remains unresolved.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The Maven extension is loaded when a user invokes the CLI's Maven manifest operation.
Impact
The archive's behavior and any resulting impact remain unknown.
Mechanism
That operation passes the bundled archive to Maven as an extension; its internal behavior was not established.
AI rationale
The inspected manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged token request is gated on GitHub Actions variables. The Maven extension archive is required evidence but cannot be assessed from its binary contents, so the verdict remains unresolved.
Evidence
dist/manifest-scripts/maven-extension/coana-maven-extension.jardist/cli.js
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 68.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- The package manifest exposes CLI commands and contains no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The flagged GitHub Actions token code requires the Actions URL and token variables, then requests an audience-specific token.
- The Maven extension archive is used by a CLI operation, but its binary contents could not be assessed as source.
Evidence against
- The flagged dynamic code generation is in terminal capability formatting code in the bundled blessed library.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNativeBindingsNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
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@1.7.0.
See all versions of socket for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of socket@1.7.0 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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