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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.14.85"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.14.85.md"
package: "@viraatdas/rudder"
report_status: "published"
title: "@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "2.14.85"
---

# @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 24 finding(s) warrant review before installing.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Credential Exfiltration
- **Selected version:** 2.14.85
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

Cloud operations transfer existing credentials to a publisher-default or operator-configured endpoint without a recipient-specific consent check in the inspected path. Because the transfer is tied to an explicit cloud operation and no independent attack behavior was established, this warrants a warning rather than a block.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-14T01:03:14.430Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-14T01:05:41.399Z
- **Download time:** 4827 ms
- **Static scan time:** 1775 ms
- **AI review time:** 140366 ms
- **Total time:** 146969 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** A cloud snapshot can contain existing Claude credentials and selected environment secrets. The package uploads it to the configured cloud control plane, whose host is not restricted by the source.

- **Trigger:** A user invokes a cloud launch or handoff command.

- **Impact:** Credentials may be exposed to the configured remote cloud operator; the source does not establish misuse or a covert transfer.

- **Evidence paths:** dist/cloud.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-14T01:05:41.399Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The snapshot includes credentials by default, then is sent in a request to the cloud endpoint selected by RUDDER\_CLOUD\_URL or the package default.

- **Rationale:** Cloud operations transfer existing credentials to a publisher-default or operator-configured endpoint without a recipient-specific consent check in the inspected path. Because the transfer is tied to an explicit cloud operation and no independent attack behavior was established, this warrants a warning rather than a block.

- **Files touched:** dist/cloud.js

- **Network endpoints:** https://rudder-cloud-control.fly.dev

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 86.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for warning:** The cloud launch path creates a snapshot, requires a Rudder Cloud token, then uploads the snapshot archive., Snapshots include credentials by default; the code stages Claude Keychain credentials and captures selected environment secrets for the cloud worker., The cloud destination defaults to the Rudder control plane but can be changed through RUDDER\_CLOUD\_URL; the source validates the URL scheme without restricting the host., The flagged handoff and model locations read local Claude conversation directories and the Codex model cache; they do not show credential transfers., The postinstall hook is limited to attempting installation of the required jj tool when it is absent.

- **Evidence against:** Credential transfer is conditional on invoking the cloud feature, and the upload uses the cloud snapshot workflow., The default cloud URL uses HTTPS, and the cloud client requires Rudder Cloud authentication for launch.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85.

- Review the evidence and your use of @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85 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.

## 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@2.14.85/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@2.14.85/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@2.14.85/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/improve/schedule.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/improve/schedule.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: function plistPath() {
L8: return path.join(os.homedir(), "Library", "LaunchAgents", `${LAUNCHD_LABEL}.plist`);
L9: }
...
L49: export async function scheduleCommand(action) {
L50: if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
L51: throw new Error("rudder improve schedule currently supports macOS (launchd) only; run `rudder improve run` from cron/systemd on other platforms.");
...
L59: // Re-bootstrap idempotently: boot out any prior registration first.
L60: await runCommand("launchctl", ["bootout", `gui/${uid}/${LAUNCHD_LABEL}`], { allowFailure: true });
L61: const bootstrap = await runCommand("launchctl", ["bootstrap", `gui/${uid}`, plistPath()], {
```

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

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/cloud.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/cloud.js>)

Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/cloud.js:
"~/.claude/.credentials.json",
"~/.claude/settings.json",
"~/.claude/CLAUDE.md",
"~/.claude.json",
"~/.codex/auth.json",
"~/.codex/config.toml",
"~/.codex/AGENTS.md",
"~/.codex/hooks.json",
```

### 10. High: Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/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;
```

### 11. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/improve/schedule.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/improve/schedule.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: scripts.start -> dist/index.js -> dist/main.js -> dist/improve/index.js -> dist/improve/schedule.js
L7: function plistPath() {
L8: return path.join(os.homedir(), "Library", "LaunchAgents", `${LAUNCHD_LABEL}.plist`);
L9: }
...
L49: export async function scheduleCommand(action) {
L50: if (process.platform !== "darwin") {
L51: throw new Error("rudder improve schedule currently supports macOS (launchd) only; run `rudder improve run` from cron/systemd on other platforms.");
...
L59: // Re-bootstrap idempotently: boot out any prior registration first.
L60: await runCommand("launchctl", ["bootout", `gui/${uid}/${LAUNCHD_LABEL}`], { allowFailure: true });
L61: const bootstrap = await runCommand("launchctl", ["bootstrap", `gui/${uid}`, plistPath()], {
```

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

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

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

Package source contains URL literals.

### 14. 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@2.14.85/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 = 5027936
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 15. 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.

### 16. High: Semantic Analysis Limited
- **Category:** Scanner Coverage
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Path:** dist/improve/collect.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/improve/collect.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 6
```

### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/util.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/util.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/util.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 18. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/board/daemon.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/board/daemon.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/board/daemon.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 19. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/handoff.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/handoff.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/handoff.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 20. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/version-check.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/version-check.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/version-check.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/feedback.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/feedback.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/feedback.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/improve/state.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/improve/state.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/improve/state.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** dist/models.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/dist/models.js>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = dist/models.js
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity
- **Category:** Static
- **Confidence:** 97.0%
- **Path:** scripts/postinstall.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@viraatdas/rudder@2.14.85/scripts/postinstall.mjs>)

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = normalized_sha256
matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@2.14.69
matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.mjs
matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:2.14.69
similarity = 1.000
summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall
- **Dependencies:** 1
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 7
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1

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

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @viraatdas/rudder
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.14.85
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-14T00:50:42.675Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T18:27:55.536Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-23T00:49:32.505Z
- **Known versions:** 98
- **Latest version:** 3.9.7
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** A TUI for managing coding agents: run Claude Code, Codex and opencode side by side, each in its own isolated jj workspace.
- **Maintainers:** viraatdas
- **Keywords:** tui, coding-agents, claude-code, codex, opencode, ai-agents, jujutsu, terminal, cli
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22
- **Artifact files:** 163
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 16,942,909 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** Yes
- **Provenance:** https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@viraatdas/rudder/v/2.14.85>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/viraatdas/rudder>)
- [Homepage](<https://rudder.viraat.dev/>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/viraatdas/rudder/issues>)
