---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/yaver-cli/v/1.99.417"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/yaver-cli/v/1.99.417.md"
package: "yaver-cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "yaver-cli@1.99.417 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.99.417"
---

# yaver-cli@1.99.417 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Soft block: AI-agent control surface** — Warn by default; block when configured. Unconsented modification of Codex/Claude Code/OpenCode control surfaces and host configuration.

- **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:** 1.99.417
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM flags this version as an AI-agent control-surface risk. A global npm install automatically bootstraps a remote executable and mutates AI coding-runner integrations. It can also change root Linux sandbox policy.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 99.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-22T20:52:18.705Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-22T20:53:20.471Z
- **Download time:** 508 ms
- **Static scan time:** 959 ms
- **AI review time:** 60299 ms
- **Total time:** 61766 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** A global npm install automatically bootstraps a remote executable and mutates AI coding-runner integrations. It can also change root Linux sandbox policy.

- **Trigger:** npm install -g yaver-cli

- **Impact:** Unconsented modification of Codex/Claude Code/OpenCode control surfaces and host configuration.

- **Evidence paths:** package.json, src/postinstall.js, src/agent-runtime.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-22T20:53:20.471Z

### AI review details

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

- **Mechanism:** postinstall remote binary bootstrap, global runner installation, and MCP registration

- **Attack narrative:** Installing this package globally invokes postinstall. It fetches and executes a Yaver agent, installs AI coding runners if none are present, and invokes that agent to register Yaver MCP integrations for Codex, Claude Code, and OpenCode. On root Linux it also writes and activates system sysctl policy. These actions occur without an explicit Yaver setup command.

- **Rationale:** The automatic postinstall mutates foreign/broad AI-agent control surfaces and host configuration, meeting the blocking policy. Opt-outs and global-install gating do not establish consent.

- **Files touched:** ~/.yaver/bin, /etc/sysctl.d/99-yaver-runner-sandbox.conf, ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, ~/.zshenv

- **Network endpoints:** https://api.github.com/repos/yaver-io/yaver.io/releases?per\_page=20

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Malicious

- **Confidence:** 99.0%

- **Recommended action:** publish\_block

- **Intent class:** Malware

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** npm postinstall runs automatically., On global install it downloads a remote Yaver binary into ~/.yaver and executes it., Postinstall installs Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode globally when absent, then registers Yaver MCP in detected clients., Postinstall changes Linux sandbox sysctl settings and writes /etc/sysctl.d configuration.

- **Evidence against:** Lifecycle bootstrap is limited to global installs and offers environment-variable opt-outs., Desktop downloader verifies a SHA-256 checksum; no source evidence of credential harvesting in inspected JS.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

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

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

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

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/hermesc-runtime.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/hermesc-runtime.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L24: const https = require("https");
L25: const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
L26:
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/postinstall.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L548: // runners are ordinary npm globals and must not disappear merely because
L549: // the install came from PowerShell.
L550: if (!envEnabled("YAVER_SKIP_POSTINSTALL_RUNNERS")) {
```

### 7. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** src/analyzer.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/analyzer.js>)

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: const fs = require('fs');
L2: const semver = require('semver');
```

### 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. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** src/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/postinstall.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L10: const { ensureHermesc } = require("./hermesc-runtime");
L11: const { execFileSync, execSync, spawnSync } = require("child_process");
L12: const fs = require("fs");
...
L29: function envEnabled(name) {
L30: const raw = String(process.env[name] || "").trim().toLowerCase();
L31: return raw === "1" || raw === "true" || raw === "yes";
...
L49: function commandExists(name) {
L50: const probe = process.platform === "win32"
L51: ? spawnSync("where.exe", [name], { stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true })
L52: : spawnSync("/bin/sh", ["-c", `command -v ${name}`], { stdio: "ignore" });
L53: return !probe.error && probe.status === 0;
...
L321:
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 12. High: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** src/hermesc-runtime.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/hermesc-runtime.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L23: const path = require("path");
L24: const https = require("https");
L25: const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
L26: 
L27: const HERMES_RN_VERSION = process.env.YAVER_HERMES_RN_VERSION || "0.81.5";
L28:
```

### 13. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/commands/desktop.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/commands/desktop.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L15: const fs = require("node:fs");
L16: const https = require("node:https");
L17: const os = require("node:os");
L18: const path = require("node:path");
L19: const { spawn, spawnSync } = require("node:child_process");
L20: const { pipeline } = require("node:stream/promises");
...
L50: 
L51: function normalizedArch(arch = process.arch) {
L52: if (arch === "x64" || arch === "amd64") return "x64";
...
L95: 
L96: function installedDesktopCandidates(platform = process.platform, env = process.env, home = os.homedir()) {
L97: if (platform === "darwin") {
```

### 14. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** src/commands/desktop.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/commands/desktop.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.postinstall -> src/postinstall.js -> src/commands/desktop.js
L15: const fs = require("node:fs");
L16: const https = require("node:https");
L17: const os = require("node:os");
L18: const path = require("node:path");
L19: const { spawn, spawnSync } = require("node:child_process");
L20: const { pipeline } = require("node:stream/promises");
...
L50: 
L51: function normalizedArch(arch = process.arch) {
L52: if (arch === "x64" || arch === "amd64") return "x64";
...
L95: 
L96: function installedDesktopCandidates(platform = process.platform, env = process.env, home = os.homedir()) {
L97: if (platform === "darwin") {
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** src/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/postinstall.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: scripts.postinstall -> src/postinstall.js
L10: const { ensureHermesc } = require("./hermesc-runtime");
L11: const { execFileSync, execSync, spawnSync } = require("child_process");
L12: const fs = require("fs");
...
L29: function envEnabled(name) {
L30: const raw = String(process.env[name] || "").trim().toLowerCase();
L31: return raw === "1" || raw === "true" || raw === "yes";
...
L49: function commandExists(name) {
L50: const probe = process.platform === "win32"
L51: ? spawnSync("where.exe", [name], { stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true })
L52: : spawnSync("/bin/sh", ["-c", `command -v ${name}`], { stdio: "ignore" });
L53: return !probe.error && probe.status === 0;
...
L321:
```

### 16. High: Runtime Package Install
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** src/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/postinstall.js>)

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L150: if (typeof process.geteuid !== "function" || process.geteuid() !== 0) {
L151: log("linux/arm64 hermesc build needs cmake/ninja/clang/libicu-dev — re-run `npm install -g yaver-cli` as root to provision them, or install manually.");
L152: return;
...
L158: }
L159: execSync("apt-get update -y", { stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "ignore"] });
L160: execSync(`DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${required.join(" ")}`, {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 19. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** hermesc/darwin-x64/hermesc
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/hermesc/darwin-x64/hermesc>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = hermesc/darwin-x64/hermesc
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 6297624
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. 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.

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/agent-runtime.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/agent-runtime.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 = yaver-cli@1.99.416
matchedPath = src/agent-runtime.js
matchedIdentity = npm:eWF2ZXItY2xp:1.99.416
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/commands/desktop.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/commands/desktop.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 = yaver-cli@1.99.416
matchedPath = src/commands/desktop.js
matchedIdentity = npm:eWF2ZXItY2xp:1.99.416
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/hermesc-runtime.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/hermesc-runtime.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 = yaver-cli@1.99.416
matchedPath = src/hermesc-runtime.js
matchedIdentity = npm:eWF2ZXItY2xp:1.99.416
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/postinstall.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/postinstall.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 = yaver-cli@1.99.416
matchedPath = src/postinstall.js
matchedIdentity = npm:eWF2ZXItY2xp:1.99.416
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** src/commands/run.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/yaver-cli@1.99.417/src/commands/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 = yaver-cli@1.99.416
matchedPath = src/commands/run.js
matchedIdentity = npm:eWF2ZXItY2xp:1.99.416
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, preuninstall
- **Dependencies:** 2
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 2

### Published dependency entries
- semver ^7.6.0 (Dependency)
- yaver-mobile-headless ^0.1.2 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** yaver-cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.99.417
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Version published:** 2026-08-22T20:44:22.182Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-03T13:13:16.513Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-22T20:53:20.471Z
- **Known versions:** 37
- **Latest version:** 1.99.417
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** Unified npm bootstrap for the Yaver agent, SDK injection, and local-first developer runtime
- **Author:** Yaver
- **Keywords:** mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, claude-code, codex, ai-agent, developer-tools, local-first, react-native, testing, mobile, yaver
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18
- **Artifact files:** 32
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 12,822,564 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/yaver-cli/v/1.99.417>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/yaver-io/yaver.io.git>)
- [Homepage](<https://yaver.io/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/yaver-io/yaver.io/issues>)