Beads AI Agent
by gastownhallBeads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Beads is an open-source ai agent by gastownhall, written mainly in Go, with 28,373 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit c19a460. Seen able to run shell commands, read environment and secrets. Scan policy
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c19a460 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings.
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Findings (27)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/postinstall.js:132 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/postinstall.js:193 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/postinstall.js:195 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/postinstall.js:292 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/test.js:14 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
npm-package/scripts/test.js:19 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.dnspython@2.8.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-45c3-73f7-pv4m
integrations/beads-mcp/uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.In tests/examples/docs: Downloads a script and pipes it straight into a shell (often an installer command shown to users; check where it runs).
examples/python-agent/agent.py:142 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.In tests/examples/docs: Touches a sensitive credential location (SSH keys, cloud credentials, browser data or wallets). Expected for some tools, such as browser automation; check why.
tools/bazel/ci_analytics_extract_test.py:623 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cmd/bd/envfile_test.go:358 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cmd/bd/linear_test.go:908 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
engdocs/design/otel/otel-data-model.md:419 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
internal/httpclient/open_with_test.go:59 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
internal/httpclient/credential_source_test.go:35 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
internal/httpclient/credential_test.go:86 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
internal/linear/oauth_test.go:359 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
internal/storage/dbproxy/proxy/control_test.go:73 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key5 matches in this file
internal/storage/dbproxy/identity/identity_test.go:50 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
scripts/bazel_rrc_test.go:845 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
scripts/ci_workflow_test.go:1721 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.golang.org/x/crypto@0.58.0: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2026-5932, GO-2026-5932, GO-2026-5932
examples/bd-example-extension-go/go.mod - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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