agent-file-bridge

v0.2.0 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

Self-hosted file handoff server for AI agents — temporary upload and download links for agent↔user file exchange

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package has moderate network and metadata risks, with no clear indication of malicious intent but showing signs of potential security oversights.

  • Moderate network risk due to potential data exfiltration
  • High metadata risk due to non-HTTPS links and low maintainer activity
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: Network calls without proper validation or error handling may indicate potential data exfiltration or C2 communication.
  • Shell: Executing external commands like 'clamdscan' could be legitimate if the package is related to antivirus scanning, but it might also suggest unauthorized shell execution capabilities.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious intent related to code obfuscation.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, suggesting no immediate risk of secret or credential theft.
  • Metadata: The presence of a non-HTTPS link, low maintainer activity, and lack of package classifiers suggest potential risks.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls score 6.0

Found 4 network call pattern(s)

  • tf-8") try: req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=payload, method="POST",
  • "application/json"}) urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) except Exception: pass
  • ad).encode("utf-8") req = urllib.request.Request( _server() + path, data=data,
  • , ) try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as resp: return json.lo
Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

Shell / Subprocess Execution score 2.0

Found 1 shell execution pattern(s)

  • OCKET}"} try: r = subprocess.run( ["clamdscan", "--fdpass", "--no-summary", path]
Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

Suspicious Page Links score 2.0

Found 1 suspicious link(s) on the package page

  • Non-HTTPS external link: http://127.0.0.1:8765
Git Repository History score 2.5

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
Maintainer History score 6.0

3 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Author "wmyung" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
  • Package has no PyPI classifiers (low effort / metadata quality)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with agent-file-bridge
Create a fully-functional mini-application named 'AgentFileExchanger' that leverages the 'agent-file-bridge' package to enable seamless file transfer between AI agents and users. This application should provide a user-friendly interface for uploading files to a self-hosted server and generating temporary download links for those files, which can then be shared with AI agents. Additionally, it should allow AI agents to request the generation of temporary upload links for users to send files directly to the server.

Steps to build the application:
1. Set up a Flask web application as the backend, integrating the 'agent-file-bridge' package for handling file uploads and downloads.
2. Develop a frontend using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (possibly with a framework like React or Vue.js) that communicates with the backend through RESTful APIs.
3. Implement user authentication to ensure only authorized users can upload and download files.
4. Create a feature where users can generate temporary download links for their uploaded files, valid for a limited time.
5. Enable AI agents to request temporary upload links, which expire after a set period if not used.
6. Include a logging mechanism to track file transfers and user activities for auditing purposes.
7. Ensure the application supports various file types and sizes, with appropriate error handling for file operations.

Suggested Features:
- User-friendly dashboard for managing uploaded files.
- Email notifications when new files are available for download or upload.
- Integration with popular cloud storage services for backup.
- Support for multiple languages to cater to a global audience.
- Detailed documentation on setting up and using the application.

How 'agent-file-bridge' is utilized:
- For handling the creation and management of temporary upload and download links.
- To securely store and retrieve files from the server.
- For configuring the expiration times of these links based on usage requirements.