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@telora/daemon@0.24.29

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

AI Security Review

scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The dependency's automatic postinstall mutates global Claude Code hook configuration without user consent. This meets the policy for blocking unconsented lifecycle mutation of an AI-agent control surface.

Static reason

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

Trigger

Installing the package when both Telora hook binaries are on PATH.

Impact

Claude Code automatically invokes the added commands during prompt and tool events.

Mechanism

The dependency postinstall adds commands to the global Claude Code hook arrays and writes the settings file without asking for consent.

Policy narrative

Installing this package can run its declared dependency's postinstall automatically. When both Telora hook binaries are available on PATH, that script updates global Claude Code settings and registers commands for prompt and tool events without an affirmative consent step. This is an unconsented change to an agent control surface.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-85837d12-38e3-4a17-b571-05db037eee5b/2/npm-linux/package.json.lpm-dependency-evidence-85837d12-38e3-4a17-b571-05db037eee5b/2/npm-linux/scripts/postinstall.js~/.claude/settings.json

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI identified this as a dangerous AI-agent capability at 98.0% confidence with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for policy risk

The package declares @telora/mcp-products as a runtime dependency, and that dependency runs a postinstall script.
The postinstall script adds hook commands to global Claude Code settings when both Telora hook binaries are on PATH; it has no consent prompt.
The script adds hooks for PostToolUse and UserPromptSubmit with an empty matcher, then writes the settings file.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 971 file(s), 7.34 MB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.anthropic.com, api.github.com, api.openai.com, api.osv.dev, api.syntelyos.com, app.ledgerly.example, registry.npmjs.org, telora.syntelyos.com

Source & flagged code

8 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

251// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L252: /** Spawn `sh -c command` in cwd and capture the FULL combined stdout+stderr and how it ended. */ L253: 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 · L251

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 = 1248 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 = 41

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/composition/execution-spawn-context.jsView file

•matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = @telora/daemon@0.24.25 matchedIdentity = npm:QHRlbG9yYS9kYWVtb24:0.24.25 similarity = 0.917 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/composition/execution-spawn-context.jsView on unpkg

package.jsonView file

•dependencies.@telora/mcp-products = ^0.23.14 previous = ^0.23.13 independentlyConfirmedMalicious = @telora/mcp-products@0.23.14 (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

8 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

2 Critical4 High4 Medium6 Low

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/composition/execution-spawn-context.js

CriticalKnown Malicious Dependency Insertionpackage.json

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

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @telora/daemon@0.24.29.

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

Avoid installing @telora/daemon@0.24.29. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-21 13:57:45.855Z (UTC).

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