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uniner-cli-rpa

uniner-cli-rpa — RPA automation CLI with cloud flow publish: browser automation (Playwright/CDP), Excel, OCR, desktop/SAP, crypto/HTTP/email tools. Includes uniner-cloud-flow skill for publishing flows to Uniner Cloud.

This report shows the evidence for uniner-cli-rpa@1.0.3. 3 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.

AI Security Review

scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The automatic lifecycle hook trusts remote metadata to authorize both a native payload and arbitrary skill content, then executes the payload and installs the content into a global AI skill directory. The checksum does not establish an independent trust boundary because it is supplied by the same remote metadata.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.

Trigger

Installing the npm package runs postinstall automatically.

Impact

A remote server can supply code executed during installation and behavior-bearing AI skill files without user approval.

Mechanism

Remote payload execution and uncontrolled Claude skill installation.

Policy narrative

On installation, the lifecycle hook obtains remote metadata, uses its archive URL and checksum, downloads and extracts the archive, and invokes the resulting binary. The same install flow writes markdown files from that untrusted archive into Claude's global skills directory using names supplied by the archive. Its bundled skill also imposes mandatory unsolicited interaction behavior on the agent. This creates unconsented remote code execution and a broad AI-agent control-surface write.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.jslib/SKILL.md.template~/.uniner-cli-rpa/<version>/~/.claude/skills/<remote-supplied-name>/SKILL.md

Network endpoints1

static.uniner.com/soft/editor/uninercli-rpa/latest.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI identified this as a dangerous AI-agent capability at 98.0% confidence with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for policy risk

Installation automatically runs the remote installer.
The installer downloads an archive whose URL and expected checksum both come from remote metadata, then extracts it.
The installer executes the extracted binary during installation.
Remote archive content is written as Claude skills under the user skill directory with a remotely supplied name.
The installed skill directs an AI agent to make unsolicited follow-up requests to the user.

Evidence against

The installer calculates and compares a SHA-256 value before extraction, but the expected value is fetched from the same remote metadata channel.
No credential harvesting or exfiltration code is present in the inspected JavaScript source.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

Source & flagged code

10 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-50json

2 "name": "uniner-cli-rpa",

3 "version": "1.0.3",

4 "description": "uniner-cli-rpa — RPA automation CLI with cloud flow publish: browser automation (Playwright/CDP), Excel, OCR, desktop/SAP, crypto/HTTP/email tools. Includes uniner-cloud-flow skill for publishing flows to Uniner Cloud.",

5 "keywords": [

6 "rpa",

7 "automation",

8 "uniner",

9 "playwright",

10 "excel",

11 "ocr",

12 "claude-code",

13 "ai-agent",

14 "cloud-flow",

15 "uniner-cloud"

16 ],

17 "homepage": "https://www.uniner.com/",

18 "bugs": {

19 "url": "https://www.uniner.com/",

20 "email": "support@uniner.com"

21 },

22 "license": "Proprietary",

23 "author": "Uniner Tech",

24 "main": "lib/paths.js",

25 "bin": {

26 "uniner-cli-rpa": "bin/uniner-cli-rpa.js",

27 "uniner-cli-rpa-uninstall": "bin/uniner-cli-rpa-uninstall.js"

28 },

29 "scripts": {

30 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L30

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L30

31 "preuninstall": "node scripts/preuninstall.js"

32 },

33 "engines": {

34 "node": ">=14"

35 },

36 "os": [

37 "win32",

38 "darwin",

39 "linux"

40 ],

41 "cpu": [

42 "x64",

43 "arm64"

44 ],

45 "files": [

46 "bin/",

47 "lib/",

48 "scripts/",

49 "README.md",

High

Unverified Remote Native Payload Install

Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L10

50 "LICENSE"

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

bin/uniner-cli-rpa.jsView file

Lines 1-29javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// Tiny launcher: handle npm-owned commands, then forward everything else to

3// the real PyInstaller exe.

4//

5// `npm install -g uniner-cli-rpa` registers this file as the global `uniner-cli-rpa`

6// command (because of the `bin` entry in package.json).

8'use strict';

10const { spawnSync } =

scripts/postinstall.jsView file

Lines 1-32javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// postinstall.js — runs after `npm install -g uniner-cli-rpa`.

3//

4// What it does:

5// 1. If the binary is already in place at ~/.uniner-cli-rpa/<version>/, exit (idempotent).

6// 2. Fetch latest.json from the OSS metadata URL to get portable_url + sha256.

7// 3. Stream-download the matching portable .zip into %TEMP%.

8// - Live progress every 2 seconds.

9// - Up to 3 retries with exponential backoff.

10// 4. Verify SHA-256.

Source & flagged code

10 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

10scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js Install-time code downloads an unverified remote native executable, stages it locally, activates an executable path, and exposes it to process execution. L10: // 4. Verify SHA-256. L11: // 5. Extract via PowerShell's Expand-Archive (no native dep). L12: // 6. Render SKILL.md.template with {{INSTALL_PATH}} / {{VERSION}} substituted ... L31: const os = require('os'); L32: const https = require('https'); L33: const crypto = require('crypto'); L34: const { spawnSync } = require('child_process'); L35: ... L39: versionDir, L40: realBinaryPath, L41: isInstalled, ... L49: selectMetadata,

High

Unverified Remote Native Payload Install

Install-time source downloads a native archive from a fixed external host without transport verification, extracts it, and installs an executable payload.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L10

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

Findings

3 Critical6 High4 Medium6 Low

CriticalDownload Executescripts/postinstall.js

CriticalAi Agent Control Hijackscripts/postinstall.js

CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilityscripts/postinstall.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processbin/uniner-cli-rpa.js

HighUnverified Remote Native Payload Installpackage.json

HighInstall Named Payload Filescripts/postinstall.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationscripts/postinstall.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedpackage.json

MediumAmbiguous Install Lifecycle Scriptpackage.json

MediumNetwork

Medium

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to uniner-cli-rpa@1.0.3.

The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.

Avoid installing uniner-cli-rpa@1.0.3. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-03 18:30:50.555Z (UTC).

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Versions

3 known versions

1.0.3latestshownMaliciousSoft block: AI-agent control surfaceBlockPublishedSep 3, 2026, 6:08 AM 1.0.2MaliciousSoft block: AI-agent control surfaceBlockPublishedAug 28, 2026, 5:47 AM 1.0.0MaliciousSoft block: AI-agent control surfaceBlockPublishedAug 28, 2026, 2:10 AM

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