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Grade C

One Medium finding. Read the findings before installing.

Graded by PlugVetRubric v2

Not a guarantee. A hygiene check of the source at the commit shown, not a security audit.

Rescanned at commit 8276e26dac84, unchanged since the check below.

NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

Why this grade

  • NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT Medium

    A file takes a URL or endpoint as input and has no fixed host list.

    app/main.py, line 378 curl -sX POST {base_url}/v1/query -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    failecho_mcp/proxy.py, line 321

    self.proc: subprocess.Popen | None = None

    failecho_mcp/proxy.py, line 478

    self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.argv, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

    failecho_sandbox/__init__.py, line 115

    self.proc: subprocess.Popen | None = None

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    failecho_sandbox/__init__.py, line 144

    subprocess.run(["mkfs.ext4", "-q", "-F", "-O", "^has_journal", scratch],

    failecho_sandbox/__init__.py, line 160

    self.proc = subprocess.Popen(

    failecho_sandbox/__init__.py, line 195

    shutil.rmtree(self.dir, ignore_errors=True)

    failecho_sandbox/__init__.py, line 299

    shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)

    failecho_sandbox/canary.py, line 68

    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,

    failecho_sandbox/guest_init.py, line 57

    subprocess.call(list(argv), stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)

    failecho_sandbox/guest_init.py, line 142

    p = subprocess.Popen(argv, cwd=WORK, env=env, **who,

  • Install and update

    Concern

    dependencies are not pinned.

    INSTALL_UNPINNED

    requirements.txt, line 2

    fastapi>=0.111

  • Network

    Serious

    accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file.

    NETWORK_HOST_FROM_INPUT

    app/main.py, line 378

    curl -sX POST {base_url}/v1/query -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

    app/main.py, line 481

    curl -fsSL -o .opencode/plugin/failecho.js \\

    app/main.py, line 508

    curl -sX POST {base_url}/v1/query -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

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    app/mcp_server.py, line 6

    fingerprinting or intelligence logic, so an MCP client and a curl user cannot

    app/web/static/app.js, line 63

    return fetch(path, { headers: { accept: "application/json" } }).then(function (r) {

    app/web/static/app.js, line 415

    fetch(base + "/fleet.json", { cache: "no-store" })

    app/web/static/fleet.js, line 154

    fetch("/fleet.json", { cache: "no-store" }).then(function (r) { return r.ok ? r.json() : null; })

    client/failure_network.py, line 98

    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:

    client/failecho/__init__.py, line 151

    with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=self.timeout) as response:

    deploy/cloudflare-ips.sh, line 14

    V4=$(curl -fsS --max-time 20 https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v4)

    deploy/deploy.sh, line 80

    if [ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 2 http://127.0.0.1:8000/health)" = "200" ]; then

    failecho_fleet/onboard.py, line 228

    r = self.vm.run(["sh", "-c", f"curl -sS -L --max-time 20 -- {_q(url)} | head -c 30000"], timeout=30)

    failecho_fleet/onboard.py, line 321

    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=90) as r:

    failecho_sandbox/__main__.py, line 44

    "d=json.load(urllib.request.urlopen('https://pypi.org/pypi/requests/json', timeout=20)); print('version', d['info']['version'])",

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_DOTENV

    client/failecho/__init__.py, line 128

    self.operator_token = operator_token or os.environ.get("FAILECHO_OPERATOR_TOKEN") or None

    failecho_agent/__init__.py, line 58

    OPERATOR_TOKEN = os.environ.get("FIN_FIRST_PARTY_TOKEN") or os.environ.get("FAILECHO_OPERATOR_TOKEN")

    failecho_agent/__init__.py, line 68

    "key": os.environ.get("GROQ_API_KEY"), "models": ["openai/gpt-oss-20b"]},

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    failecho_agent/__init__.py, line 71

    "key": os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY"), "models": ["gemini-flash-latest", "gemini-3.7-flash"]},

    failecho_autoreport/__init__.py, line 285

    self.operator_token = operator_token or os.environ.get("FAILECHO_OPERATOR_TOKEN") or None

    failecho_autoreport/identity.py, line 57

    override = os.environ.get("FAILECHO_IDENTITY_KEY")

    failecho_fleet/__init__.py, line 89

    "key": os.environ.get("GROQ_API_KEY"), "models": ["openai/gpt-oss-20b"], "daily_cap": 3000,

    failecho_fleet/__init__.py, line 96

    "key": os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY"), "models": ["gemini-flash-latest"], "daily_cap": 40,

    .env.example, line 1

    # FailEcho configuration. Copy to .env or export these in your service unit.

    .gitignore, line 4

    venv/

    README.md, line 1217

    LICENSE SECURITY.md CONTRIBUTING.md .env.example

    docs/record-the-demo.md, line 116

    any `.env` or token in scrollback, browser tabs if the terminal is not

  • Agent instructions

    Pass

    No instruction to ignore earlier instructions or to hide a step.

  • Obfuscation

    Pass

    No encoded or minified payload found.

  • Licence

    Pass

    A licence file is present (LICENSE).

  • Maintainer activity

    Pass

    The latest commit is within the last 365 days.

Note

Hygiene check of commit 8276e26dac84. can delete files. dependencies are not pinned. accepts a host from input, with no fixed list in this file. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

Date checked:

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Commit graded: 8276e26dac845d485bb98d39878b45e644c4595a

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