Summary
zjs81/barnacle-search v2026-03-16 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 133. Sigil detected 12 findings across 41 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, network exfiltration, code patterns. Review the findings below before installing this package.
Package description: A local MCP server that attaches to your codebase and gives Claude semantic search, symbol extraction, and auto-reindexing
v2026-03-16
16 March 2026, 20:59 UTC
by Sigil Bot
Risk Score
133
Findings
12
Files Scanned
41
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install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/setup.sh:25
echo "Installing uv..."
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
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