---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.12.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.12.2.md"
package: "@viraatdas/rudder"
report_status: "published"
title: "@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.12.2"
---

# @viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 14 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 2.12.2
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** Static Scan Results (rust-scanner)

Static analysis flagged 14 finding(s) at 72.0% confidence. This version is warn-only unless an AI or security-team review confirms malicious behavior.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 72.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-16T01:13:15.035Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-16T01:13:16.806Z
- **Download time:** 774 ms
- **Static scan time:** 995 ms
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** 1771 ms

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/package.json>)

Install-time lifecycle script is not statically allowlisted and needs review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 3. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 4. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/util.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/dist/util.js>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L2: import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
...
L7: import readline from "node:readline/promises";
L8: import { stdin as input, stdout as output } from "node:process";
L9: const DEFAULT_PATH = [
...
L24: export function rudderHome() {
L25: return path.resolve(process.env.RUDDER_HOME?.trim() || path.join(os.homedir(), ".rudder"));
L26: }
...
L65: const raw = await fsp.readFile(filePath, "utf8");
L66: return JSON.parse(raw);
L67: }
...
L160: const TOOL_INSTALL_HINTS = {
```

### 5. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 6. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 7. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/cloud.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/dist/cloud.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
L2: import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
...
L5: import path from "node:path";
L6: import { WebSocket } from "ws";
L7: import { currentBranch, currentCommit, findRepoRoot } from "./git.js";
...
L30: // Shell rc so PATH/aliases/env exports come along
L31: "~/.zshrc",
L32: "~/.zprofile",
...
L60: // can ship; .ssh/.gnupg/keychains stay blocked because they contain
L61: // private key material that isn't recoverable if leaked.
L62: const SECRET_PATH_PARTS = new Set([
...
L263: method: "POST",
```

### 8. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/scripts/postinstall.mjs>)

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L5: // install: on any problem it prints guidance and exits 0.
L6: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L7: 
...
L13: try {
L14: const probe = process.platform === "win32" ? "where" : "which";
L15: return spawnSync(probe, [cmd], { stdio: "ignore" }).status === 0;
...
L34: warn("  Rust:   cargo install jj-cli");
L35: warn("  Other:  https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/install-and-setup/");
L36: warn("Then run: rudder doctor");
...
L39: function main() {
L40: if (process.env.RUDDER_SKIP_POSTINSTALL) {
L41: return;
```

### 10. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 11. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 12. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-native
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-native>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-native
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 3042400
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 13. High: Ships High Entropy Blob
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** assets/sounds/ping.mp3
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.12.2/assets/sounds/ping.mp3>)

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = assets/sounds/ping.mp3
kind = high_entropy_blob
sizeBytes = 40704
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 14. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 1
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 5
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1

### Published dependency entries
- ws ^8.18.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @viraatdas/rudder
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.12.2
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-07-16T01:12:28.844Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T18:27:55.536Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-25T13:08:29.251Z
- **Known versions:** 34
- **Latest version:** 2.14.51
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** A Claude Code-style terminal app for running coding agents with worktree-isolated runs.
- **Maintainers:** viraatdas
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 147
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 10,679,498 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.12.2>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/viraatdas/rudder>)
- [Homepage](<https://rudder.viraat.dev/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/viraatdas/rudder/issues>)
