---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.17.13"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.17.13.md"
package: "spacecode"
report_status: "published"
title: "spacecode@2.17.13 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.17.13"
---

# spacecode@2.17.13 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:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 2.17.13
- **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 source confirms that an existing Anthropic key can be sent to SpaceCode’s API gateway without a recipient-specific confirmation in the prompt path. Because the gateway is package-aligned and no separate attack behavior was established, this warrants a warning rather than a publish block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 87.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-22T21:52:38.024Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-22T21:54:21.740Z
- **Download time:** 1767 ms
- **Static scan time:** 4465 ms
- **AI review time:** 97484 ms
- **Total time:** 103716 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:** The REPL can reuse an existing Anthropic API key for requests to SpaceCode’s gateway. This creates conditional exposure of that credential to the gateway; the source does not establish theft or malicious use.

- **Trigger:** Starting the REPL with ANTHROPIC\_API\_KEY set, then sending a prompt.

- **Impact:** The gateway receives the existing key along with the model request and prompt. The inspected path shows no recipient-specific confirmation.

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

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-22T21:54:21.740Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** The REPL resolves the key from the environment or saved auth file, attaches it as x-api-key, and posts the request to the configured gateway; the default is api.spacecode.app.

- **Rationale:** The source confirms that an existing Anthropic key can be sent to SpaceCode’s API gateway without a recipient-specific confirmation in the prompt path. Because the gateway is package-aligned and no separate attack behavior was established, this warrants a warning rather than a publish block.

- **Files touched:** dist/repl.mjs

- **Network endpoints:** https://api.spacecode.app

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 87.0%

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

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** The REPL checks ANTHROPIC\_API\_KEY before reading the saved SpaceCode auth token, and uses the resolved key for its prompt client., It sends prompts to /v1/messages with the resolved key as x-api-key. The default gateway is api.spacecode.app, and this path shows no recipient-specific confirmation.

- **Evidence against:** The recipient is SpaceCode’s branded API gateway, which the REPL also uses for model selection; the inspected source does not show the key being sent to an unrelated recipient.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to spacecode@2.17.13.

- Review the evidence and your use of spacecode@2.17.13 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@2.17.13/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@2.17.13/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@2.17.13/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@2.17.13/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@2.17.13/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 = {};
...
L7716: if (stat2.size > 256 * 1024) continue;
L7717: const content = fs.readFileSync(absPath, "utf-8");
L7718: 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@2.17.13/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@2.17.13/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 = 4658234
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@2.17.13/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 = 4658234
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@2.17.13/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@2.17.8
matchedPath = dist/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.17.8
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 16. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/repl.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.17.13/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@2.17.8
matchedPath = dist/repl.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.17.8
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/mcp/index.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spacecode@2.17.13/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@2.17.8
matchedPath = dist/mcp/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.17.8
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@2.17.13/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 = 23a924a26ea784b2
signatureType = suspicious_hashes
sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious
matchedPackage = spacecode@2.17.8
matchedPath = dist/index.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhY2Vjb2Rl:2.17.8
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:** 2.17.13
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-22T21:50:34.120Z
- **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:** 8,232,557 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spacecode/v/2.17.13>)