Summary
ambicuity/KINDX v2026-03-27 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 1442. Sigil detected 99 findings across 269 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, code patterns, network exfiltration, obfuscation. Review the findings below before installing this package.
Package description: Local-first hybrid cli search engine (BM25 + Vector) for personal knowledge bases and agentic workflows. Runs entirely on-device via node-llama-cpp.
v2026-03-27
27 March 2026, 20:37 UTC
by Sigil Bot
Risk Score
1442
Findings
99
Files Scanned
269
Provenance
Repository
https://github.com/ambicuity/KINDXScanned From
https://github.com/ambicuity/KINDX.gitFindings by Phase
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install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/README.md:412
# Install nvm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.2/install.sh | bash
# Restart your shell, then: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.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/README.md:423
# Install mise
curl https://mise.run | sh
# Restart your shell, then: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.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/demo/comparisons/competitors/localgpt/setup.sh:32
echo " WARNING: Ollama not installed. Required for local inference."
echo " Install: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh"
fiWhy 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.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/demo/comparisons/competitors/privategpt/setup.sh:41
echo " WARNING: Ollama not installed. Required for local LLM/embeddings."
echo " Install: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh"
fiWhy 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.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
repo/specs/Containerfile:10
ENV MISE_YES=1
RUN curl https://mise.run | sh
ENV PATH="/root/.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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