--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/wowdump" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/wowdump/report.md" package: "wowdump" report_status: "published" title: "wowdump@2.1.2 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "2.1.2" --- # wowdump@2.1.2 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk - **Selected version:** 2.1.2 - **Selected version is latest:** Yes - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) 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. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. The automatic postinstall hook invokes a bundled command to install the package's own skill. The inspected source does not reveal where that skill is installed, so a broader control-surface effect is unconfirmed. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 88.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-09T09:33:54.271Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-09T09:34:20.325Z - **Download time:** 767 ms - **Static scan time:** 58 ms - **AI review time:** 25228 ms - **Total time:** 26054 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 ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** The automatic postinstall hook invokes a bundled command to install the package's own skill. The inspected source does not reveal where that skill is installed, so a broader control-surface effect is unconfirmed. - **Trigger:** Installing the package runs its postinstall hook when the bundled executable exists and the skip flag is not set. - **Impact:** Agent extension setup may occur during installation; the inspected source does not establish writes to a foreign or broad agent control surface. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, bin/postinstall.mjs, bin/wowdump.mjs, skills/wowdump/SKILL.md - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-09T09:34:20.325Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The hook starts the bundled native executable with the skill installation command and passes the package root in its environment. - **Rationale:** The package has an automatic postinstall action that installs its own packaged skill, which qualifies for a lifecycle extension warning. The inspected source does not establish unconsented writes to a foreign or broad agent control surface or other concrete attack behavior. - **Files touched:** bin/postinstall.mjs, bin/wowdump.exe, skills/wowdump/SKILL.md ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The package runs a postinstall hook that invokes the bundled executable with a skill installation command unless an environment flag disables it., The package ships a first-party wowdump skill, indicating the install action is agent extension setup., The executable wrapper runs the bundled native binary, but its installation destination and write behavior are not visible in the inspected source. - **Evidence against:** The inspected JavaScript contains no network endpoint or credential forwarding behavior., The skill describes read-only game memory investigation; the inspected files do not establish destructive behavior or remote payload execution. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to wowdump@2.1.2. - Review the evidence and your use of wowdump@2.1.2 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. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node bin/postinstall.mjs ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node bin/postinstall.mjs ``` ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/script-host.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L109: if (init.expectedNodeVersion && init.expectedNodeVersion !== process.versions.node) throw Object.assign(new Error('Node version differs from recording'), { code: 'SCRIPT_RUNTIME_CH... L110: const script = await import(pathToFileURL(init.entry).href); L111: if (script.requires !== undefined && (!Array.isArray(script.requires) || script.requires.some(name => typeof ctx[name] !== 'function'))) { ``` ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. Medium: Ships Native Binary - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/wowdump.exe - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships native binary artifacts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = bin/wowdump.exe kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 16226304 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 8. 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. ### 9. Medium: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The package runs a postinstall hook that invokes the bundled executable with a skill installation command unless an environment flag disables it. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "scripts": { "build": "npm run build:native", "build:native": "node scripts/build-native.mjs", "wowdump": "node bin/wowdump.mjs", "postinstall": "node bin/postinstall.mjs", "pre ``` ### 10. Medium: Suspicious Lifecycle Evidence - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** bin/postinstall.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() The package runs a postinstall hook that invokes the bundled executable with a skill installation command unless an environment flag disables it. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const root = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..'); const binary = join(root, 'bin', 'wowdump.exe'); // Source checkouts can install development dependencies before their first build. if (existsSync(binary) && process.env.WOWDUMP_SKIP_SKILL_INSTALL !== '1') { const result = spawnSync(binary, ['skill', 'install', '--json'], { encoding: 'utf8', windowsHide: true, env: { ...process.env, WOW ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** skills/wowdump/SKILL.md - **Public source:** [View source]() The package ships a first-party wowdump skill, indicating the install action is agent extension setup. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```markdown --- name: wowdump description: 用 wowdump 只读调查 WoW 内存、RVA、结构布局和 Lua/native 关联，保存 EXE/DLL 与配方，或将配方迁移到指定游戏 build。支持静态分析、录制回放和恢复调查；普通游戏玩法问题不使用本 Skill。 --- # wowdump ``` ### 12. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 88.0% - **Path:** bin/wowdump.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() The executable wrapper runs the bundled native binary, but its installation destination and write behavior are not visible in the inspected source. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const root = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..'); const executable = process.env.WOWDUMP_BINARY || join(root, 'bin', process.platform === 'win32' ? 'wowdump.exe' : 'wowdump'); if (!existsSync(executable)) { process.stderr.write(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: { code: 'BINARY_MISSING', message: `The native wowdump executable is missing: ${executable}`, nextStep: 'Reinstall the published npm package, or run npm run build:native in the source checkout.' } }) + '\n'); p ``` ## 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:** wowdump - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.1.2 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-07T19:09:12.234Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-08-12T20:16:06.466Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-09T09:34:20.325Z - **Known versions:** 12 - **Latest version:** 2.1.2 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** World of Warcraft memory reading tool: read live process memory and versioned section files read-only, with streaming section dumps, profiles, build relocation and a machine-level recipe library - **Maintainers:** follenfang - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22 - **Supported OS:** win32 - **Supported CPU:** x64 - **Artifact files:** 61 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 16,543,662 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()