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@telora/daemon@0.23.56

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

AI Security Review

scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The source confirms automatic npm ci during worktree provisioning, which can execute project dependency scripts with the daemon user's privileges. This is a runtime execution risk; the package manifest only defines a prepublishOnly hook, and the flagged script-analysis and hot-reload locations do not establish a separate attack.

Static reason

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

Trigger

A spawned worktree becomes ready and a package is stale or absent.

Impact

A malicious dependency install script could execute code with the daemon user's privileges.

Mechanism

The daemon invokes npm ci in the package directory without disabling dependency lifecycle scripts.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/spawn/worktree-session.jsdist/composition/execution-worktree-context.jsdist/worktree/worktree-package-provisioning.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

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

Evidence for warning

When a spawned worktree is ready, the daemon starts package provisioning; its provisioning dependency uses the npm ci installer.
The installer runs npm ci in each selected package directory, which can execute that project’s dependency lifecycle scripts.
Provisioning skips worktrees under verification and filters out packages already current; the flagged install-inputs and install-script-effects code analyzes scripts rather than triggering them.
The manifest has a prepublishOnly build hook and no npm install lifecycle hook.

Evidence against

The provisioning is tied to project worktrees and skips worktrees held by verification; the inspected sources show no publisher-directed endpoint or payload in this behavior.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

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 } from './version-check.js';

33import { resolveUpdateChannelUrl, scopedInstallArgs, scopedInstallCommand, } from '../config/update-channel.js';

34import { createLogger } from '../log/daemon-log.js';

35import { loadEnvConfig } from '@telora/daemon-core';

36const log = createLogger({ module: 'self-update' });

37// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

38// Installation mode detection (TEL-1)

39// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

40/**

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

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

43 *

44 * Heuristics (in order):

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

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

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

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

250// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L251: /** Spawn `sh -c command` in cwd and capture the FULL combined stdout+stderr and how it ended. */ L252: export function runShellCapture(command, cwd, timeoutMs) {

High

Shell

Package source references shell execution.

dist/verify/attribution/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg · L250

dist/completion/team-progress/team-progress-measure.jsView file

Lines 295-335javascript

295export function __resetTeamProgressMeasureForTesting() {

296 activityByFocus.clear();

297}

298/** Content of one worktree path for the fingerprint: its bytes, a symlink's target, or its absence. */

299function worktreePathContent(absPath) {

300

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 = 39

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/worktree/worktree-package-provisioning.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @telora/daemon@0.23.5 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRlbG9yYS9kYWVtb24:0.23.5 similarity = 0.792 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/worktree/worktree-package-provisioning.jsView 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/attribution/verification-baseline-run.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

Findings

1 Critical4 High4 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/worktree/worktree-package-provisioning.js

HighChild Processdist/update/self-update.js

HighShelldist/verify/attribution/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

LowWeak Cryptodist/completion/team-progress/team-progress-measure.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @telora/daemon@0.23.56.

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

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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 03:50:22.941Z (UTC).

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