---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.16.71"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.16.71.md"
package: "spacecode"
report_status: "published"
title: "spacecode@2.16.71 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.16.71"
---

# spacecode@2.16.71 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 18 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Unknown
- **Selected version:** 2.16.71
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The inspected source does not support the scanner's credential-redirection claim: API-key traffic uses the configured gateway, whose default is api.spacecode.app. The separate, fixed billing link is unusual and unresolved, so a warning is appropriate without treating it as confirmed malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 73.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-21T21:43:37.748Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-21T21:44:43.221Z
- **Download time:** 1532 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4402 ms
- **AI review time:** 59539 ms
- **Total time:** 65473 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No credential theft or other active attack was established. The REPL directs users to an unverified billing hostname after a payment-required response, leaving a possible deceptive billing link unresolved.

- **Trigger:** The gateway returns a payment-required response while the REPL handles an error.

- **Impact:** A user could be directed to an unverified payment page; the inspected code does not establish phishing or credential collection there.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/repl.mjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-21T21:44:43.221Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The error guidance displays a fixed billing hostname for the user to open.

- **Rationale:** The inspected source does not support the scanner's credential-redirection claim: API-key traffic uses the configured gateway, whose default is api.spacecode.app. The separate, fixed billing link is unusual and unresolved, so a warning is appropriate without treating it as confirmed malicious behavior.

- **Files touched:** dist/repl.mjs, dist/index.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://spacecode.g-a-l-a-c-t-i-c.com, https://api.spacecode.app

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 73.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Unknown

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** On a payment-required gateway response, the REPL directs the user to a fixed billing hostname whose relationship to SpaceCode is unresolved., The package's documented default API proxy is api.spacecode.app; the billing hostname appears in separate payment-error guidance.

- **Evidence against:** The inspected source does not show an API key being sent to the billing hostname; API-key requests use the configured gateway, which defaults to api.spacecode.app., The launcher has no lifecycle hooks in package.json, and the reported credential redirect is not established by the inspected source.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to spacecode@2.16.71.

- Review the evidence and your use of spacecode@2.16.71 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.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1122: try {
L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec);
L1124: const options = {};
```

### 2. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1122: try {
L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec);
L1124: const options = {};
```

### 3. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L38: function initPostHog() {
L39: apiKey = process.env.POSTHOG_API_KEY || void 0;
L40: host = (process.env.POSTHOG_HOST || host).replace(/\/+$/, "");
...
L46: if (!apiKey) return;
L47: fetch(`${host}/capture/`, {
L48: method: "POST",
L49: headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
L50: body: JSON.stringify({
L51: api_key: apiKey,
...
L316: if (response.status === 429) {
L317: const errorData = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
L318: const retryAfter = errorData.retryAfter ? new Date(errorData.retryAfter) : new Date(Date.now() + 12e4);
```

### 4. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 5. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 6. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 7. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
baseUrl;
constructor(baseUrl, token) {
this.baseUrl = baseUrl ?? process.env.SPACECODE_API_URL ?? DEFAULT_API_URL;
const url = `${this.baseUrl}${path6}`;
headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${this.token}`;
throw new AuthError("Authentication failed. Please check your API key or run a command to re-authenticate");
const response = await fetch(`${this.baseUrl}/health`, {
const url = `${this.baseUrl}/api/auth/exchange`;
```

### 8. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L253: BackendApiClient = class {
L254: baseUrl;
L255: token;
...
L1122: try {
L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec);
L1124: const options = {};
...
L7689: if (stat2.size > 256 * 1024) continue;
L7690: const content = fs.readFileSync(absPath, "utf-8");
L7691: this.options.send({ type: "file_sync", path: filePath, content });
```

### 9. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Cross-file remote execution chain: dist/index.js spawns dist/mcp/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution.
L38: function initPostHog() {
L39: apiKey = process.env.POSTHOG_API_KEY || void 0;
L40: host = (process.env.POSTHOG_HOST || host).replace(/\/+$/, "");
...
L46: if (!apiKey) return;
L47: fetch(`${host}/capture/`, {
L48: method: "POST",
L49: headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
L50: body: JSON.stringify({
L51: api_key: apiKey,
...
L316: if (response.status === 429) {
L317: const errorData = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
L318: const retryAfter = errorData.retryAfter ? new Date(errorData.retryAfter) : new Date(Date.now() + 12e4);
```

### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 11. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 12. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/repl.mjs>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/repl.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 4584957
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/repl.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/repl.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 4584957
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = spacecode@2.16.65
matchedPath = dist/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.16.65
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/mcp/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/mcp/index.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = spacecode@2.16.65
matchedPath = dist/mcp/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.16.65
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/repl.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = spacecode@2.16.65
matchedPath = dist/repl.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.16.65
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.16.71/dist/index.js>)

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature
signature = 892f9b166dcf3981
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = spacecode@2.16.65
matchedPath = dist/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.16.65
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 3
summary = package final verdict is malicious
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 6
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6

### Published dependency entries
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.25.3 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.4.1 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency)
- listr2 ^10.1.0 (Dependency)
- open ^10.1.0 (Dependency)
- zod ^3.25.76 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** spacecode
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.16.71
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-21T21:42:53.458Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-10-12T21:59:09.751Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-23T03:21:18.222Z
- **Known versions:** 164
- **Latest version:** 2.17.21
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** SpaceCode - launch cloud dev environments with AI coding agents
- **Maintainers:** g-a-l-a-c-t-i-c
- **Keywords:** spacecode, ai-coding, cloudflare, remote, cli, codespaces
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=20
- **Artifact files:** 6
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 8,125,441 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.16.71>)