@telora/daemon@0.22.79

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

AI Security Review

scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed agent configuration is part of the explicit first-party connect/setup flow. Runtime subprocess and update behavior inspected here is tied to daemon operation or configured setup, with no source evidence of a concrete attack.

Static reason

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

Trigger

The operator runs the connect flow with a valid Telora token, or uses the harness setup command.

Impact

The agent can access the package’s intended Telora tool surface. The inspected behavior does not establish credential theft, unconsented third-party control-surface mutation, or malicious execution.

Mechanism

The selected harness receives Telora instructions or a Telora MCP server registration; connect may install and start the daemon globally.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/cli/connect.jsdist/cli/connect/agents.jsdist/cli/connect/claude.jsdist/cli/connect/cline.jsdist/cli/connect/codex.jsdist/cli/connect/config-write.jsdist/cli/connect/ide.js

Network endpoints1

api.syntelyos.com

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 78.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly runs build and stamping commands.
The explicit connect flow redeems a caller-provided token and then writes harness-specific agent instructions and MCP registrations.
Connect can install and start the first-party daemon globally; harness configuration exposes its MCP server to the selected agent or IDE.
Lacuna installation runs only when the sidecar is started and its virtualenv Python is absent; it installs from configured source into daemon-owned paths.
The flagged runtime operations are ordinary install-step error reporting and merge-resolution logging.

Evidence against

The harness setup changes agent configuration and registers a package-owned MCP server; those integrations can later invoke the daemon’s tools with the agent’s authority.
The package has runtime update and subprocess capabilities, but inspected code ties them to daemon operation, explicit update paths, or configured sidecar setup; no concrete malicious behavior was established.

Behavioral surface

Source

Source & flagged code

6 flagged

dist/update/self-update.jsView file

Lines 1-45javascript

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/npx-run-guard.test.ts,

3// packages/daemon/src/update/package-root-paths.test.ts, packages/daemon/src/update/self-update.test.ts

4// PINNED-BY-END

5/**

6 * Self-update mechanism for the Telora daemon.

7 *

8 * Handles the full update lifecycle:

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

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

11 * 3. Pre-update snapshot for rollback

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

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

14 * 6. Migration auto-apply after update

15 *

16 * Three installation modes:

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

18 * Updates via `npm install -g @telora/daemon@latest`.

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 */

26import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process';

27import { 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 · L16

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/update/self-update.jsView on unpkg · L25

28import { dirname, resolve, join } from 'node:path';

29import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

30import { checkForUpdates } from './version-check.js';

31import { createLogger } from '../shell/log.js';

32import { loadEnvConfig } from '@telora/daemon-core';

33const log = createLogger({ module: 'self-update' });

34// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

35// Installation mode detection (TEL-1)

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

37/**

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

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

40 *

41 * Heuristics (in order):

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

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

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

45 *

dist/verify/verification-baseline.jsView file

Lines 102-142javascript

102 const failing = [...parseFailingTests(output)];

103 deps.writeCache(productId, baseSha, failing);

104 return new Set(failing);

105}

106// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

build-info.jsonView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 19

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

build-info.jsonView on unpkg

dist/backends/lacuna/supervisor.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @telora/daemon@0.20.89 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRlbG9yYS9kYWVtb24:0.20.89 similarity = 0.475 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/backends/lacuna/supervisor.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

6 flagged · loading source

dist/update/self-update.jsView file

25*/ L26: import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process'; L27: 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 · L25

16* Three installation modes: L17: * - **npm**: Installed globally via `npm install -g @telora/daemon`. L18: * Updates via `npm install -g @telora/daemon@latest`. ... L25: */ L26: import { execFileSync, execFile } from 'node:child_process'; L27: 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 · L16

dist/verify/verification-baseline.jsView file

122} L123: /** Spawn `sh -c command` in cwd and capture the FULL combined stdout+stderr. */ L124: function runShellCapture(command, cwd, timeoutMs) {

Findings

1 Critical4 High4 Medium5 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/backends/lacuna/supervisor.js

HighChild Processdist/update/self-update.js

HighShelldist/verify/verification-baseline.js

HighRuntime Package Installdist/update/self-update.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbuild-info.json

MediumNetwork

MediumEnvironment Vars

MediumShips Build Helperscripts/telora-daemon-wrapper.sh

MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review

LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts

LowScripts Present

LowFilesystem

LowHigh Entropy Strings

LowUrl Strings

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @telora/daemon@0.22.79.

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Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-20 03:19:01.449Z (UTC).

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