---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/troxy-cli"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/troxy-cli/v/1.29.15.md"
package: "troxy-cli"
report_status: "under_review"
title: "troxy-cli@1.29.15 npm security report"
verdict: "unknown"
version: "1.29.15"
---

# troxy-cli@1.29.15 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 16 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Unknown
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Under Review
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 1.29.15
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

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.

Static analysis completed at 97.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 16 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Unknown
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 97.0%
- **Started:** 2026-09-17T21:55:56.225Z
- **Finished:** 2026-09-17T21:55:56.968Z
- **Download time:** 251 ms
- **Static scan time:** 491 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 743 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

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

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to troxy-cli@1.29.15.

- Review the evidence and your use of troxy-cli@1.29.15 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. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L508: case 'restart': {
L509: const { execSync: _execSyncRestart } = await import('child_process');
L510: const fsR = await import('fs');
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L537: }
L538: _execSyncRestart(`launchctl unload ${plistPath} 2>/dev/null; launchctl load ${plistPath}`, { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' });
L539: } else {
```

### 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. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L69: const { createRequire } = await import('module');
L70: const { version } = createRequire(import.meta.url)('../package.json');
L71: process.stdout.write(version);
L72: try {
...
L97: }
L98: const apiKey = loadConfig()?.apiKey || process.env.TROXY_API_KEY;
L99: if (!apiKey) {
...
L108: await runToolDetection(apiKey);
L109: console.log('  Saved ✓  See it at https://dash.troxy.io\n');
L110: break;
...
L508: case 'restart': {
L509: const { execSync: _execSyncRestart } = await import('child_process');
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 8. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.bin -> bin/troxy.js
L69: const { createRequire } = await import('module');
L70: const { version } = createRequire(import.meta.url)('../package.json');
L71: process.stdout.write(version);
L72: try {
...
L97: }
L98: const apiKey = loadConfig()?.apiKey || process.env.TROXY_API_KEY;
L99: if (!apiKey) {
...
L108: await runToolDetection(apiKey);
L109: console.log('  Saved ✓  See it at https://dash.troxy.io\n');
L110: break;
...
L508: case 'restart': {
L509: const { execSync: _execSyncRestart } = await import('child_process');
```

### 9. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L589: try {
L590: execSync('npm install -g troxy-cli@latest', { stdio: 'pipe' });
L591: } catch (err) {
```

### 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: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

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

### 13. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 2
```

### 14. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/auth.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/src/auth.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 = troxy-cli@1.29.7
matchedPath = src/auth.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dHJveHktY2xp:1.29.7
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 15. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/tool\_detect.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/src/tool_detect.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 = troxy-cli@1.29.7
matchedPath = src/tool_detect.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dHJveHktY2xp:1.29.7
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 16. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** bin/troxy.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/troxy-cli@1.29.15/bin/troxy.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = troxy-cli@1.29.10
matchedIdentity = npm:dHJveHktY2xp:1.29.10
similarity = 0.810
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

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

- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2

### Published dependency entries
- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.10.2 (Dependency)
- node-forge ^1.4.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** troxy-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.29.15
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-09-17T21:54:26.742Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-04T21:00:50.110Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-07T22:57:46.852Z
- **Known versions:** 40
- **Latest version:** 1.29.38
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** A secure control layer for AI agents: policies across payments, messages, logins, destructive actions, model usage, and secrets, all enforceable from the CLI
- **Maintainers:** giladaslan
- **Keywords:** mcp, ai, agents, policy, guardrails, control-layer, payments, secrets
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 61
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 552,619 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/troxy-cli/v/1.29.15>)
- [Homepage](<https://troxy.io/>)