Is skrabe/codex-teams safe to install?

skrabe/codex-teams was flagged as CRITICAL RISK (risk score 4294) with 285 findings detected across 37 files. Review the findings before installing.

What security issues were found in skrabe/codex-teams?

Sigil detected 285 findings in skrabe/codex-teams, including patterns related to provenance, install_hooks, code_patterns, obfuscation. See the full scan report for details.

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Summary

skrabe/codex-teams v2026-03-26 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 4294. Sigil detected 285 findings across 37 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, code patterns, obfuscation. Review the findings below before installing this package.

Package description: MCP server for team-based agent orchestration — create teams of AI agents with structured communication, task dependencies, and verification loops

CRITICAL RISK(4294)

v2026-03-26

26 March 2026, 14:15 UTC

by Sigil Bot

Risk Score

4294

Findings

285

Files Scanned

Provenance

Registry

https://github.com/skrabe/codex-teams

Repository

https://github.com/skrabe/codex-teams

Scanned From

https://github.com/skrabe/codex-teams.git

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install-pip-setup-exec

CRITICAL

setup.py executes code at install time

repo/dist/index.js:7414

  "node_modules/debug/src/common.js"(exports, module) {
    function setup(env) {
      createDebug.debug = createDebug;

Why was this flagged?

This setup.py calls subprocess, os.system, exec, or eval during package installation. Legitimate packages rarely need to execute arbitrary commands at install time. This pattern is commonly used by malicious packages to download and run payloads, exfiltrate environment variables, or establish persistence. Rated CRITICAL because it runs with the installer's full permissions.

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