---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/squeez/v/1.34.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/squeez/v/1.34.2.md"
package: "squeez"
report_status: "published"
title: "squeez@1.34.2 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.34.2"
---

# squeez@1.34.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 14 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.34.2
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

Static analysis flagged 14 finding(s) at 72.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-01T18:14:46.508Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-01T18:14:47.044Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 24 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 536 ms

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node install.js
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node install.js
```

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

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/bin.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: */
L8: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** install.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/install.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L165: settings.statusLine = existingCmd
L166: ? { type: 'command', command: `bash -c 'input=$(cat); echo "$input" | { ${existingCmd}; } 2>/dev/null; echo "$input" | ${squeezStatusCmd}'` }
L167: : { type: 'command', command: squeezStatusCmd };
```

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/bin.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: */
L8: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
```

### 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:** install.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/install.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L6: */
L7: const { execSync } = require('child_process');
L8: const https = require('https');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
...
L13: // Allow skipping (e.g. in CI that only needs the npm package metadata)
L14: if (process.env.SQUEEZ_SKIP_INSTALL === '1') process.exit(0);
L15:
```

### 11. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** bin.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/squeez@1.34.2/bin.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: */
L8: const { execFileSync, execSync } = require('child_process');
L9: const fs = require('fs');
...
L13: const BINARY = path.join(
L14: os.homedir(), '.claude', 'squeez', 'bin',
L15: process.platform === 'win32' ? 'squeez.exe' : 'squeez'
L16: );
...
L18: if (!fs.existsSync(BINARY)) {
L19: process.stderr.write('squeez: binary not found — running installer...\n');
L20: if (process.platform === 'win32') {
L21: process.stderr.write('squeez: on Windows, download from https://github.[redacted]\n');
L22: process.exit(1);
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 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.

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

## Package metadata
- **Package:** squeez
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.34.2
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-07-01T18:14:27.049Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T18:14:47.044Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-12T03:26:06.202Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 1.45.2
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Hook-based token compressor for Claude Code, Copilot CLI, and OpenCode. Compresses bash output up to 95%, collapses redundant calls, injects caveman persona.
- **Author:** claudioemmanuel
- **Maintainers:** claudioemmanuel
- **Keywords:** claude-code, token-optimizer, context-window, llm-tools, copilot-cli, compression
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=16
- **Supported OS:** darwin, linux, win32
- **Artifact files:** 5
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 662,970 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/squeez/v/1.34.2>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/claudioemmanuel/squeez/issues>)
