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@telora/daemon@0.22.169

Agent orchestration daemon for Telora - spawns and manages Claude Code instances

AI Security Review

scanned 15d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The source shows an explicit connect flow modifying Codex and Claude agent configuration, a concrete agent capability that merits a warning. The manifest declares only prepublishOnly, so the inspected evidence does not show unconsented install-time mutation or a confirmed malicious chain.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

A user invokes the connect command.

Impact

The configured agents may receive Telora instructions and hook behavior in later sessions; no unauthorized installation or data theft was established.

Mechanism

Connect writes or merges Codex AGENTS.md files and Claude repository settings, including a SessionStart hook.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/cli/connect.jsdist/cli/connect/agents.jsdist/cli/connect/claude.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

Running the explicit connect flow writes daemon configuration and registers the Telora integration for the selected harness.
The connect integration can write or merge Codex AGENTS.md instructions, including the operator-wide ~/.codex/AGENTS.md file.
The Claude integration can merge permissions and a SessionStart hook into the repository's .claude/settings.json.
The manifest has only a prepublishOnly script, which builds and stamps package metadata; no install lifecycle hook is declared.

Evidence against

The Codex and Claude configuration changes are in the connect flow, rather than an npm install hook.
The inspected manifest has no runtime self-dependency on @telora/daemon.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Manifest

Source & flagged code

7 flagged

dist/update/self-update.jsView file

Lines 1-47javascript

1// PINNED-BY-BEGIN (generated by gen:pinned-by -- do not hand-edit; checked by lint:pinned-by)

2// Pinned by: packages/daemon/src/update/auto-update.test.ts,

3// packages/daemon/src/update/npx-run-guard.test.ts, packages/daemon/src/update/package-root-paths.test.ts,

4// packages/daemon/src/update/self-update.test.ts

5// PINNED-BY-END

6/**

7 * Self-update mechanism for the Telora daemon.

8 *

9 * Handles the full update lifecycle:

10 * 1. Detect installation mode (npm global, npx cache, or git source)

11 * 2. Dependency-ordered rebuild chain for git source mode

12 * 3. Pre-update snapshot for rollback

13 * 4. Update orchestration (stop engines, update, restart)

14 * 5. Version check and up-to-date detection

15 * 6. Migration auto-apply after update

16 *

17 * Three installation modes:

18 * - **npm**: Installed globally via `npm install -g @telora/daemon`.

19 * Updates via `npm install -g --@telora:registry=<channel> @telora/daemon@latest`

20 * (the update channel: npmjs unless TELORA_REGISTRY_URL overrides it).

21 * - **npx**: Running from an ephemeral npx cache (`~/.npm/_npx/<hash>/`).

22 * Self-update can't replace the running binary in place. The update path

23 * clears the npx cache and instructs the user to re-run via `npx`, which

24 * will then fetch the latest version. Auto-update is disabled.

25 * - **git**: Running from a git checkout (development mode).

26 * Updates via `git pull` + dependency-ordered rebuild.

27 */

28import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process';

29import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/update/self-update.jsView on unpkg · L17

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/update/self-update.jsView on unpkg · L27

30import { dirname, resolve, join } from 'node:path';

31import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

32import { checkForUpdates, resolveUpdateChannelUrl, scopedInstallArgs, scopedInstallCommand, } from './version-check.js';

33import { createLogger } from '../shell/log.js';

34import { loadEnvConfig } from '@telora/daemon-core';

35const log = createLogger({ module: 'self-update' });

36// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

37// Installation mode detection (TEL-1)

38// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

39/**

40 * Detect whether the daemon is running from an npm global install,

41 * an ephemeral npx cache, or a git source checkout.

42 *

43 * Heuristics (in order):

44 * - Path contains `/_npx/` -> npx mode (ephemeral cache).

45 * - Source directory contains a `.git` directory (or a parent does) -> git mode.

46 * - Otherwise -> npm mode (global install, project node_modules, etc.).

47 *

dist/verify/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

246// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L247: /** Spawn `sh -c command` in cwd and capture the FULL combined stdout+stderr and how it ended. */ L248: export function runShellCapture(command, cwd, timeoutMs) {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/verify/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L246

scripts/telora-daemon-wrapper.shView file

•path = scripts/telora-daemon-wrapper.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 774 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

scripts/telora-daemon-wrapper.shView on unpkg

dist/audit/audit-phase.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 30

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/audit/audit-phase.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/shell/unified-shell.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @telora/daemon@0.22.104 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRlbG9yYS9kYWVtb24:0.22.104 similarity = 0.625 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file

Critical

Previous Version Dangerous Delta

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

dist/shell/unified-shell.jsView on unpkg

package.jsonView file

•dependencies.@telora/mcp-products = ^0.22.157 previous = ^0.22.156 independentlyConfirmedMalicious = @telora/mcp-products@0.22.167 (lpm_ai_confirmed)

Critical

Known Malicious Dependency Insertion

A newly added or changed runtime dependency can resolve to an independently confirmed malicious package version.

package.jsonView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

7 flagged · loading source

dist/update/self-update.jsView file

27*/ L28: import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process'; L29: import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/update/self-update.jsView on unpkg · L27

17* Three installation modes: L18: * - **npm**: Installed globally via `npm install -g @telora/daemon`. L19: * Updates via `npm install -g --@telora:registry=<channel> @telora/daemon@latest` ... L27: */ L28: import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process'; L29: import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

dist/update/self-update.jsView on unpkg · L17

dist/verify/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

Findings

2 Critical4 High4 Medium5 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/shell/unified-shell.js

CriticalKnown Malicious Dependency Insertionpackage.json

HighChild Processdist/update/self-update.js

HighShelldist/verify/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1

HighRuntime Package Installdist/update/self-update.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/audit/audit-phase.js#virtual:normalized:round1

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helperscripts/telora-daemon-wrapper.sh

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

LowScripts Present

Low

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @telora/daemon@0.22.169.

See all versions of @telora/daemon for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of @telora/daemon@0.22.169 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-07 20:51:53.353Z (UTC).

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