---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/unbrowse"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/unbrowse/report.md"
package: "unbrowse"
report_status: "published"
title: "unbrowse@12.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "12.2.0"
---

# unbrowse@12.2.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 9 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 12.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **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 65.0% confidence. No malicious behavior was detected; 9 low-signal pattern(s) were surfaced and cleared.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 65.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-06T12:47:57.457Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-06T12:47:58.214Z
- **Download time:** 519 ms
- **Static scan time:** 237 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 757 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 unbrowse@12.2.0.

- Review the evidence and your use of unbrowse@12.2.0 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:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/unbrowse@12.2.0/dist/cli.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L976: import { createDecipheriv, createHash as createHash3, pbkdf2Sync } from "node:crypto";
L977: import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
L978: import { existsSync as existsSync3, readdirSync, readFileSync as readFileSync3 } from "node:fs";
```

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

Package source references network APIs.

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

Package source references environment variables.

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 6. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/unbrowse@12.2.0/dist/cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1270: // src/cli.ts
L1271: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L1272: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
...
L1279: import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
L1280: import { createServer } from "node:http";
L1281: import { homedir } from "node:os";
...
L1283: function configPath() {
L1284: const root = process.env.UNBROWSE_CONFIG_DIR ?? join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME ?? join(homedir(), ".config"), "unbrowse");
L1285: return join(root, "cli.json");
```

### 7. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/unbrowse@12.2.0/dist/cli.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/cli.js:
baseUrl;
this.baseUrl = apiBase(opts.baseUrl ?? env("UNBROWSE_BASE_URL") ?? DEFAULT_BASE_URL);
const res = await this.fetchImpl(`${this.baseUrl}${path}`, {
...this.apiKey ? { authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}` } : {},
return `${this.baseUrl}/sites/${normalizeHost(host)}/mcp`;
...this.apiKey ? { authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}` } : {},
import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
import { existsSync as existsSync2, mkdirSync as mkdirSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync2, writeFileSync as writeFileSync2 } from "node:fs";
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

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

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 1
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** unbrowse
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 12.2.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-06T12:46:56.540Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T15:35:27.841Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-06T12:47:58.214Z
- **Known versions:** 11
- **Latest version:** 12.2.0
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Call websites as APIs: a thin CLI over the Unbrowse API.
- **Maintainers:** getfoundry
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.17
- **Artifact files:** 5
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 134,629 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/unbrowse>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/unbrowse-ai/unbrowse>)
- [Homepage](<https://unbrowse.ai/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/unbrowse-ai/unbrowse/issues>)
