---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/u-foo/v/3.0.16"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/u-foo/v/3.0.16.md"
package: "u-foo"
report_status: "published"
title: "u-foo@3.0.16 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "3.0.16"
---

# u-foo@3.0.16 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Subsequent Claude/Codex sessions can load package-controlled instructions that accept and execute bus-delivered tasks.

- **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:** 3.0.16
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. npm postinstall mutates Claude and Codex global skill directories without an opt-in. The installed skills direct agents to execute injected bus work and advertise remote collaboration.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 98.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-28T18:47:34.692Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-28T18:48:19.904Z
- **Download time:** 510 ms
- **Static scan time:** 5188 ms
- **AI review time:** 39514 ms
- **Total time:** 45212 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** npm postinstall mutates Claude and Codex global skill directories without an opt-in. The installed skills direct agents to execute injected bus work and advertise remote collaboration.

- **Trigger:** npm install

- **Impact:** Subsequent Claude/Codex sessions can load package-controlled instructions that accept and execute bus-delivered tasks.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.js, scripts/postinstall-skills.js, SKILLS/ufoo/SKILL.md, SKILLS/ufoo-online/SKILL.md, SKILLS/ufoo/agents/openai.yaml, SKILLS/ufoo-online/agents/openai.yaml

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-07-28T18:48:19.904Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** global AI-agent skill symlink installation with instruction injection

- **Attack narrative:** Installing the package runs a postinstall hook that creates or replaces global Claude and Codex skill links without user consent. Those skills instruct an agent to execute received ufoo bus tasks immediately, while another installed skill advertises remote collaboration. This creates an install-time, cross-agent prompt/control surface rather than merely configuring the package's own CLI.

- **Rationale:** Direct source inspection confirms unconsented postinstall mutation of foreign, broad AI-agent skill locations and package-controlled instructions that act on injected work. This meets the install-time AI-agent control-hijack block boundary.

- **Files touched:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.js, scripts/postinstall-skills.js, SKILLS/ufoo/SKILL.md, SKILLS/ufoo-online/SKILL.md, ~/.claude/skills/\*, ${CODEX\_HOME:-~/.codex}/skills/\*

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 98.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** package.json runs postinstall automatically., scripts/postinstall.js symlinks all packaged skills into ~/.claude/skills and ${CODEX\_HOME:-~/.codex}/skills., SKILLS/ufoo/SKILL.md directs installed agents to treat bus messages as work inputs and execute each immediately., SKILLS/ufoo-online/SKILL.md enables remote collaboration; its OpenAI metadata supplies a default prompt to connect.

- **Evidence against:** postinstall has no direct network request or credential read., Credential/network code uses provider or user-invoked collaboration paths, not the lifecycle hook.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

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

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.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/ufoo.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/bin/ufoo.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L80: 
L81: const { execSync } = require("child_process");
L82: const path = require("path");
```

### 5. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 6. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** bin/ukimi.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/bin/ukimi.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L13: 
L14: const AgentLauncher = require("../src/agents/launch/launcher");
L15: const { resolveDefaultManualBootstrap } = require("../[redacted]");
```

### 7. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** src/runtime/projects/projectId.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/runtime/projects/projectId.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const crypto = require("crypto");
L2: const fs = require("fs");
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 11. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/coordination/bus/inject.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/coordination/bus/inject.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const { spawn, spawnSync } = require("child_process");
L2: const fs = require("fs");
L3: const net = require("net");
L4: const path = require("path");
...
L7: 
L8: const SHOULD_LOG_INJECT = process.env.UFOO_INJECT_DEBUG === "1";
L9: const logInject = (message) => {
```

### 12. High: Copied Package Dependency Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 83.0%
- **Path:** src/agents/launch/ptyRunner.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/agents/launch/ptyRunner.js>)

Package metadata claims a different repository identity while copied source loads a runtime dependency bridge.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
package = u-foo; repositoryIdentity = ufoo; dependency = @xterm/addon-serialize
L215: const xterm = await import("@xterm/headless");
L216: const serialize = await import("@xterm/addon-serialize");
L217: Terminal = xterm.Terminal
```

### 13. Critical: Ai Agent Control Hijack
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/scripts/postinstall.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Install-time AI-agent control hijack evidence:
L74: function installSkillDirs(targetDir, sources, label) {
L75: fs.mkdirSync(targetDir, { recursive: true });
L76: 
...
L84: // Install ufoo skills for Claude and Codex at npm install time.
L85: // - Claude skills: ~/.claude/skills/<name> -> skill dir
L86: // - Codex skills: ${CODEX_HOME:-~/.codex}/skills/<name> -> skill dir
L87: try {
...
L90: const sources = collectSkillSources(pkgRoot);
L91: const codexHome = process.env.CODEX_HOME || path.join(home, ".codex");
L92: const retiredLinks = [redacted]({ pkgRoot, home, codexHome });
...
L98: if (sources.length > 0) {
L99: installSkillDirs(path.join(home, ".claude", "skills"), sources, "~/.claude/skills");
Payload evidence from SKILLS/ufoo/SKILL.md:
L1: ---
L2: name: ufoo
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 16. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/tui/linux-arm64/ufoo-tui
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/dist/tui/linux-arm64/ufoo-tui>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/tui/linux-arm64/ufoo-tui
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 2116584
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 17. 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.

### 18. Low: No License
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package manifest does not declare a clear license.

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/runtime/daemon/mcpServer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/runtime/daemon/mcpServer.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 = u-foo@3.0.13
matchedPath = src/runtime/daemon/mcpServer.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dS1mb28:3.0.13
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/agents/launch/launcher.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/agents/launch/launcher.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 = u-foo@3.0.13
matchedPath = src/agents/launch/launcher.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dS1mb28:3.0.13
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/app/chat/transport.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/app/chat/transport.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 = u-foo@3.0.13
matchedPath = src/app/chat/transport.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dS1mb28:3.0.13
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/app/cli/run.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/app/cli/run.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 = u-foo@3.0.13
matchedPath = src/app/cli/run.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dS1mb28:3.0.13
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/coordination/bus/inject.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/u-foo@3.0.16/src/coordination/bus/inject.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 = u-foo@3.0.13
matchedPath = src/coordination/bus/inject.js
matchedIdentity = npm:dS1mb28:3.0.13
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 9
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 1
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 9

### Published dependency entries
- @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.2.138 (Dependency)
- @openai/codex-sdk ^0.145.0 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-serialize ^0.14.0 (Dependency)
- @xterm/headless ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- chalk ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- commander ^13.1.0 (Dependency)
- gray-matter ^4.0.3 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.19.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** u-foo
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 3.0.16
- **License:** SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE
- **Version published:** 2026-07-28T16:59:38.617Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-09T10:56:36.043Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-30T16:33:55.974Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 3.0.24
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Multi-Agent Workspace Protocol. Just add u. claude → uclaude, codex → ucodex.
- **Author:** UFOO Team
- **Keywords:** cli, ai, agent, multi-agent, claude, codex, orchestration, workspace
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 376
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 10,805,450 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/u-foo/v/3.0.16>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Icyoung/ufoo.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://ufoo.dev/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Icyoung/ufoo/issues>)