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forgemax

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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 83878b19c79d, unchanged since the check below.

SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL

Why this grade

  • SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL Medium

    Mentions a credential store path (~/.ssh, id_rsa, .npmrc, .aws/credentials, credentials.json, .netrc).

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/executor.rs, line 1752 error_msg: "file not found: /var/secrets/database/credentials.json".into(),

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What was checked

Plain notes from the hygiene checks.

  • Permissions

    Concern

    can delete files.

    PERMISSION_DELETE_FILES

    npm/install.js, line 193

    else fs.unlinkSync(path.join(binDir, name));

    npm/install.js, line 206

    if (!preserveTempDir) fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });

    npm/install.test.js, line 49

    t.after(() => fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));

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    npm/pack.test.js, line 12

    t.after(() => fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));

  • Install and update

    Note

    README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell.

    INSTALL_DOCUMENTED_INSTALLER

    README.md, line 123

    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postrv/forgemax/main/install.sh | bash

    install.sh, line 5

    # Usage: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/postrv/forgemax/main/install.sh | bash

  • Network

    Concern

    can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach raw.githubusercontent.com. The description does not name that host. can reach example.com. The description does not name that host. can reach example.invalid. The description does not name that host.

    NETWORK_NO_FIXED_HOST NETWORK_UNNAMED_HOST

    install.sh, line 61

    if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then

    install.sh, line 62

    curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --proto-redir '=https' --tlsv1.2 \

    install.sh, line 64

    elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then

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    install.sh, line 65

    wget -q --https-only --timeout=30 --tries=3 --max-redirect=5 "$url" -O "$dest"

    install.sh, line 67

    error "Neither curl nor wget found"

    install.sh, line 255

    echo " curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${REPO}/main/forge.toml.example > forge.toml"

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/executor.rs, line 1092

    await fetch("https://example.com");

    npm/install.js, line 35

    function fetch(url, maxBytes = MAX_ARCHIVE_BYTES, redirects = 0) {

  • Secrets

    Concern

    reads a credential or environment file.

    SECRETS_ENV_READ SECRETS_PATH_CREDENTIAL

    crates/forge-config/src/lib.rs, line 764

    config.servers["example"].env["${FORGE_TEST_LITERAL_VALUE}"],

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/ast_validator.rs, line 1464

    let code = r#"async () => { return process.env.SECRET; }"#;

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/executor.rs, line 1752

    error_msg: "file not found: /var/secrets/database/credentials.json".into(),

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    crates/forge-sandbox/src/executor.rs, line 1757

    await forge.readResource("server", "file:///var/secrets/database/credentials.json");

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/executor.rs, line 1772

    !msg.contains("credentials.json"),

    crates/forge-sandbox/src/validator.rs, line 333

    let code = r#"async () => { return process.env.SECRET; }"#;

    CHANGELOG.md, line 51

    - **`[servers.*].env` config field:** Map of explicit environment variables passed to stdio child processes. Supports `${VAR}` env expansion. Required for downstream servers that n

    UPGRADE.md, line 23

    If any downstream server expected to read credentials or other settings from the parent process environment (for example, a GitHub server reading `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`), d

  • 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.

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Note

Hygiene check of commit 83878b19c79d. can delete files. README documents an installer that pipes a download into a shell. The docs document an installer that pipes a download into a shell. can reach a host that is not written as a fixed address. can reach raw.githubusercontent.com. The description does not name that host. can reach example.com. The description does not name that host. can reach example.invalid. The description does not name that host. reads a credential or environment file.

Date and source

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Commit graded: 83878b19c79d69da2d1f21b785e1b8f4f296ebe1

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