---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spareai/v/0.21.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spareai/v/0.21.0.md"
package: "spareai"
report_status: "published"
title: "spareai@0.21.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "0.21.0"
---

# spareai@0.21.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Unreviewed remote instructions gain availability as Claude, OpenClaw, and Codex skills; install mutates the user environment.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Warn by default
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Soft block: AI-agent control surface
- **Selected version:** 0.21.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. On npm installation, the package fetches a remotely controlled skill and installs it into three AI-agent control surfaces. It also performs unattended OS-level third-party package installation.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-15T09:45:09.806Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-15T09:45:59.170Z
- **Download time:** 509 ms
- **Static scan time:** 2586 ms
- **AI review time:** 46269 ms
- **Total time:** 49364 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** On npm installation, the package fetches a remotely controlled skill and installs it into three AI-agent control surfaces. It also performs unattended OS-level third-party package installation.

- **Trigger:** npm install, including transitive installation when lifecycle scripts are enabled

- **Impact:** Unreviewed remote instructions gain availability as Claude, OpenClaw, and Codex skills; install mutates the user environment.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/install-skill.cjs, scripts/install-ytdlp.cjs

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-15T09:45:59.170Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall remote agent-skill injection and external package-manager execution

- **Attack narrative:** Installing the package automatically executes install-skill.cjs. It fetches markdown from clawmoney.ai and writes it as active skills/commands under Claude, OpenClaw, and Codex user configuration directories, without user setup action or content pinning. The same postinstall then invokes system package managers to install yt-dlp. This is an unconsented install-time mutation of broad foreign AI-agent control surfaces.

- **Rationale:** The package has a concrete postinstall chain that downloads remotely controlled content into multiple unrelated agent configuration surfaces. This meets the blocking policy independent of scanner labels.

- **Files touched:** package.json, scripts/install-skill.cjs, scripts/install-ytdlp.cjs, ~/.claude/commands/clawmoney.md, ~/.openclaw/skills/clawmoney/SKILL.md, ~/.codex/skills/clawmoney/SKILL.md

- **Network endpoints:** https://clawmoney.ai/skill.md

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs two scripts automatically in postinstall., install-skill downloads remote content and writes it into Claude, OpenClaw, and Codex agent directories., The remote skill is only checked for YAML front matter; its instructions are not package-pinned or reviewed., install-ytdlp invokes brew, pip, apt, or winget during installation.

- **Evidence against:** No credential collection or exfiltration occurs in the postinstall skill writer itself., The package CLI's normal network activity is user-invoked, but does not mitigate the install-time writes.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install-skill.cjs && node scripts/install-ytdlp.cjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/install-skill.cjs && node scripts/install-ytdlp.cjs
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/ui/companion.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/ui/companion.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: // for the same reason).
L10: import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L11: import fs from 'node:fs';
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/commands/tweet.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/commands/tweet.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15: stdio: 'inherit',
L16: shell: true,
L17: });
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 10. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/relay/upstream/claude-bootstrap.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/relay/upstream/claude-bootstrap.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L284: const childEnv = {
L285: ...process.env,
L286: ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL: `http://127.0.0.1:${port}`,
L287: NO_PROXY: "127.0.0.1,localhost",
...
L295: // users into a lower safety setting without consent.
L296: claudeChild = spawn("claude", ["-p", "hi"], {
L297: env: childEnv,
```

### 11. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/probe-claude-api.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/scripts/probe-claude-api.mjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: 
L12: import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
L13: import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
...
L16: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L17: import { ProxyAgent, setGlobalDispatcher } from "undici";
L18: 
...
L22: const proxyUrl =
L23: process.env.HTTPS_PROXY ||
L24: process.env.https_proxy ||
...
L46: 
L47: const CLAWMONEY_DIR = join(homedir(), ".spareai");
L48: const FINGERPRINT_FILE = join(CLAWMONEY_DIR, "claude-fingerprint.json");
```

### 12. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/relay/upstream/claude-api.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/relay/upstream/claude-api.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/relay/upstream/claude-api.js:
* Token is loaded once at startup (from macOS Keychain or ~/.claude) and
import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
const OAUTH_TOKEN_URL = "https://platform.claude.com/v1/oauth/token";
const CLAUDE_CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH = join(homedir(), ".claude", ".credentials.json");
const oauth = raw.claudeAiOauth;
throw new Error("Claude Code credentials not found (checked keychain, ~/.claude/.credentials.json, " +
wrapper.claudeAiOauth = {
...wrapper.claudeAiOauth,
```

### 13. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/ui/companion.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/ui/companion.js>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L9: // for the same reason).
L10: import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
L11: import fs from 'node:fs';
...
L17: import { spareaiDir } from '../utils/home.js';
L18: const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
L19: // Companion source shipped in the npm package: dist/ui/ -> ../../companion
...
L22: const RUN_DIR = path.join(spareaiDir(), 'companion');
L23: const COMPANION_FILES = ['main.js', 'package.json', 'tray-icon.png', 'icon.png', 'icon.icns', 'preload.js'];
L24: function copyCompanionFiles() {
...
L43: function electronBinaryPath() {
L44: if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
L45: const dist = path.join(RUN_DIR, 'node_modules', 'electron', 'dist');
```

### 14. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/install-skill.cjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/scripts/install-skill.cjs>)

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: 
L8: const { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs');
L9: const { join } = require('path');
...
L13: const TARGETS = [
L14: { dir: join(homedir(), '.claude', 'commands'), file: 'clawmoney.md' },
L15: { dir: join(homedir(), '.openclaw', 'skills', 'clawmoney'), file: 'SKILL.md' },
L16: { dir: join(homedir(), '.codex', 'skills', 'clawmoney'), file: 'SKILL.md' },
L17: ];
...
L27: try {
L28: mkdirSync(t.dir, { recursive: true });
L29: writeFileSync(join(t.dir, t.file), content);
L30: } catch {}
```

### 15. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/utils/awal.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/utils/awal.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L14: return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
L15: const child = spawn('npx', ['awal', ...finalArgs], {
L16: stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 18. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** scripts/install-market-launchd.sh
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/scripts/install-market-launchd.sh>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```shell
path = scripts/install-market-launchd.sh
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 6898
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. 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.

### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/task/skills/youtube/\_ytdlp.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/task/skills/youtube/_ytdlp.js>)

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 1
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** companion/main.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/companion/main.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 = spareai@0.20.3
matchedPath = companion/main.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhcmVhaQ:0.20.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/relay/upstream/claude-bootstrap.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/relay/upstream/claude-bootstrap.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 = spareai@0.20.3
matchedPath = dist/relay/upstream/claude-bootstrap.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhcmVhaQ:0.20.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/relay/upstream/codex-bootstrap.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/relay/upstream/codex-bootstrap.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 = spareai@0.20.3
matchedPath = dist/relay/upstream/codex-bootstrap.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhcmVhaQ:0.20.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/relay/upstream/gemini-bootstrap.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/relay/upstream/gemini-bootstrap.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 = spareai@0.20.3
matchedPath = dist/relay/upstream/gemini-bootstrap.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhcmVhaQ:0.20.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/task/preflight.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/spareai@0.21.0/dist/task/preflight.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 = spareai@0.20.3
matchedPath = dist/task/preflight.js
matchedIdentity = npm:c3BhcmVhaQ:0.20.3
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 9
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 3
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 9

### Published dependency entries
- @bnbot/cli ^0.3.0 (Dependency)
- @clack/prompts ^0.7.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^5.3.0 (Dependency)
- commander ^12.0.0 (Dependency)
- ora ^8.0.0 (Dependency)
- undici ^6.21.3 (Dependency)
- viem ^2.48.1 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.20.0 (Dependency)
- yaml ^2.4.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** spareai
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.21.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-15T08:56:22.676Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-13T10:50:19.315Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-15T09:45:59.170Z
- **Known versions:** 2
- **Latest version:** 0.21.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Sell your spare AI capacity — the SpareAI provider CLI turns idle Claude / Codex / Gemini subscription quota into per-request income.
- **Author:** jackleeio
- **Keywords:** spareai, ai, agent, llm, relay, provider, supply-side, network, claude, codex, gemini, subscription
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 525
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,688,001 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/spareai/v/0.21.0>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/clawmoney/cli.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://spareai.org/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/clawmoney/cli/issues>)