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Package evidence

[email protected]

Remote Payload: matched "Invoke-WebRequest"

Trust signals

Why this verdict

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Weekly downloads
1,449Niche · −30% score
Versions published
259Established · −30% score
First published
Oct 2025
Publisher
paulgprei

Effective trust discount applied: −30% (max across signals — discounts don’t stack). New install-lifecycle deltas vs the previous release would clear the discount.

Recommended action

Block this update

Static evidence trips multiple high-signal indicators. Quarantine the release until the publisher validates the change or you can rule out the indicators below.

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  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PKGRADAR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"specs":["[email protected]"],"fail_on":"high"}'

GitHub Actions step:

- name: PkgRadar gate
  run: |
    curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.PKGRADAR_TOKEN }}" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"specs":["[email protected]"],"fail_on":"high"}'
Publisherpaulgprei
Artifact bytes9,804,681
Previous version5.7.7
Published2026-05-19T05:46:18.068Z
SHA-256c0434f600f2ca011fe348974775269110c4aa158f59a2fd2460a923158f836e0

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Remote Payload: matched "Invoke-WebRequest"

Not observed: package install, lifecycle script execution, or sandbox execution. PkgRadar only inspects on-disk artifacts.

Availability ledger

available

high
Last checked
highRisk
42Score
5.9.0Version
Status history (2 events)
  1. available → available · risk high · score 42 · status available -> available, risk high -> high, score 74 -> 42
  2. new → available · risk high · score 74 · status changed

Evidence

Static findings

8 static · 0 from release diff · showing high-signal first.

SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/src/console/tabs/voices-tab.jsmatched "Invoke-WebRequest"12
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/.claude/hooks/piper-installer.shmatched "github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/download"12
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/.claude/hooks/termux-installer.shmatched "curl "12
Show all 8 findings (low-signal and informational)
SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/src/console/tabs/voices-tab.jsmatched "Invoke-WebRequest"12
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/.claude/hooks/piper-installer.shmatched "github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/download"12
mediumRemote Payloadpackage/.claude/hooks/termux-installer.shmatched "curl "12
lowCredential file accesspackage/src/installer.jsmatched ".ssh/"5
lowCredential file accesspackage/src/console/tabs/receiver-tab.jsmatched ".ssh/"5
lowCredential file accesspackage/src/console/tabs/settings-tab.jsmatched ".ssh/"5
lowCredential file accesspackage/src/console/tabs/setup-tab.jsmatched ".ssh/"5
lowInstall-time lifecycle scriptpackage.jsonpostinstall="node mcp-server/install-deps.js"5

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts10
  • install-localnode src/installer.js install
  • install-mcp-depsnode mcp-server/install-deps.js
  • postinstallnode mcp-server/install-deps.js
  • testnpm run test:syntax && AGENTVIBES_TEST_MODE=true bats test/unit/*.bats && npm run test:coverage
  • test:batsAGENTVIBES_TEST_MODE=true bats test/unit/*.bats
  • test:coveragec8 --reporter=lcov --reporter=text node --test test/unit/*.test.js
  • test:nodenode --test test/unit/*.test.js
  • test:syntaxnode -c src/installer.js && node -c mcp-server/install-deps.js
  • test:verboseAGENTVIBES_TEST_MODE=true bats -t test/unit/*.bats
  • versionnode scripts/sync-readme-version.js && git add README.md
Dependencies9
  • @inquirer/search^3.1.3
  • blessed^0.1.81
  • boxen^7.0.0
  • chalk^5.0.0
  • commander^10.0.0
  • figlet^1.6.0
  • inquirer^12.0.0
  • js-yaml^4.1.1
  • ora^6.0.0