spacecode@2.16.8

SpaceCode - launch cloud dev environments with AI coding agents

AI Security Review

scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected credential and agent-integration paths support ordinary SpaceCode CLI behavior. Scanner similarity labels are not source evidence of an attack; the reviewed source did not establish credential redirection or agent configuration abuse.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; source fingerprint signature matched known malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Use of the CLI or MCP entrypoint; repository context is read when the related agent feature runs.

Impact

No unconsented credential forwarding, install-time mutation, or agent control-surface change was established.

Mechanism

The CLI configures the SpaceCode proxy unless a caller supplies a custom API key or disables the proxy. Repository command and skill files are read as context.

AI rationale

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for AI clean decision

package.json exposes two CLI entrypoints and defines no install lifecycle script.
The proxy URL resolves to the fixed SpaceCode API endpoint.
Proxy mode sets a placeholder API key and the SpaceCode proxy URL; a custom API key is used only when supplied as an option.
The authenticated API client attaches its token to requests sent to its configured service base URL.
The flagged `.claude` code reads repository command and skill files; it does not mutate agent settings.
The MCP entrypoint starts a server over standard input and output.

Evidence against

The scanner’s credential-redirection label is not supported by the inspected source: the proxy defaults to SpaceCode’s API endpoint, and no unrelated credential recipient was found in the inspected paths.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStrings

Source & flagged code

12 flagged

dist/index.jsView file

1122try { L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec); L1124: const options = {};

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L1122

1122try { L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec); L1124: const options = {};

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L1122

•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`;

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg

253BackendApiClient = 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 });

High

Remote Agent Bridge

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L253

38Cross-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);

High

Cross File Remote Execution Context

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L38

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = spacecode@2.0.2 matchedPath = dist/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.0.2 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature signature = 892f9b166dcf3981 signatureType = suspicious_hashes sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious matchedPackage = spacecode@2.0.2 matchedPath = dist/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.0.2 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 3 summary = package final verdict is malicious

High

Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature

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

dist/index.jsView on unpkg

38function 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);

Low

Weak Crypto

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L38

dist/repl.mjsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = spacecode@2.0.2 matchedPath = dist/repl.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.0.2 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/repl.mjsView on unpkg

•path = dist/repl.mjs kind = oversized_source_file sizeBytes = 4531424 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Source File

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

dist/repl.mjsView on unpkg

•path = dist/repl.mjs kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint sizeBytes = 4531424 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Oversized Cli Entrypoint

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

dist/repl.mjsView on unpkg

dist/mcp/index.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = spacecode@2.0.2 matchedPath = dist/mcp/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.0.2 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/mcp/index.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

12 flagged · loading source

dist/index.jsView file

1122try { L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec); L1124: const options = {};

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L1122

1122try { L1123: const execAsync = (0, import_util.promisify)(import_child_process.exec); L1124: const options = {};

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/index.jsView on unpkg · L1122

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/index.js

Findings

9 High5 Medium4 Low

HighChild Processdist/index.js

HighShelldist/index.js

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js

HighRemote Agent Bridgedist/index.js

HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/index.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/index.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/mcp/index.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/repl.mjs

HighKnown Malware Source Fingerprint Signaturedist/index.js

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumOversized Source Filedist/repl.mjs

MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/repl.mjs

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to spacecode@2.16.8.

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Evidence last updated: 2026-10-19 21:32:57.235Z (UTC).

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