registry / Credential exfiltration / @viraatdas/rudder / 3.1.13

@viraatdas/rudder@3.1.13

A TUI for managing coding agents: run Claude Code, Codex and opencode side by side, each in its own isolated jj workspace.

AI Security Review

scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The explicit cloud handoff does not establish consent to send a saved third-party login credential to the package-selected cloud recipient. This is concrete credential forwarding, so the package should be blocked.

Static reason

One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

A user runs the cloud handoff for a run while the cloud account has no vault secrets.

Impact

The remote workspace receives a saved third-party login credential and may use it to access the associated account.

Mechanism

The handoff includes credentials, reads the Claude Code credential from macOS Keychain, stages it in the snapshot, and uploads the snapshot archive to the default Rudder Cloud endpoint.

Attack narrative

When a user hands a run to Rudder Cloud, the code enables credential inclusion if the cloud account has no vault secrets. On macOS it reads the saved Claude Code credential from Keychain, stages it in the snapshot, and sends the archive to the package’s default cloud host. The handoff is user-invoked, but the source does not require separate consent to export that third-party credential.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/cloud.js

Network endpoints1

rudder-cloud-control.fly.dev/api/rudder/sail/onload

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Malicious at 96.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

A cloud handoff with a run ID enters the handoff flow.
When the cloud account has no vault secrets, the handoff enables credential inclusion in its snapshot.
That path reads the Claude Code credential from macOS Keychain and stages it as a credentials file.
The snapshot archive is sent in a POST request to the Rudder Cloud handoff endpoint, whose default host is rudder-cloud-control.fly.dev.

Evidence against

The credential transfer occurs during an explicit cloud run handoff and supports resuming the agent remotely; the source does not show a separate credential-specific consent prompt.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinifiedUrlStrings

ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.

scanned 56 file(s), 973 KB of source, external domains: 127.0.0.1, api.anthropic.com, api.openai.com, chatgpt.com, github.com, jj-vcs.github.io, models.dev, registry.npmjs.org, rudder-cloud-control.fly.dev, us.i.posthog.com, www.apple.com, www.w3.org

Source & flagged code

21 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 18-58json

18 "repository": {

19 "type": "git",

20 "url": "git+https://github.com/viraatdas/rudder.git"

21 },

22 "type": "module",

23 "bin": {

24 "rudder": "dist/index.js"

25 },

26 "scripts": {

27 "clean": "node -e \"require('fs').rmSync('dist',{recursive:true,force:true})\"",

28 "build": "npm run clean && tsc -p tsconfig.json && npm run build-board && npm run build-native && npm run copy-native && npm run chmod-cli",

29 "build-board": "esbuild src/board/ui/index.tsx --bundle --minify --format=esm --jsx=automatic --jsx-import-source=preact --outfile=dist/board/board.js && esbuild src/board/ui/board.css --bundle --minify --outfile=dist/board/board.css",

30 "build-native": "cargo build --release --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml",

31 "check": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit",

32 "test": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && npm run chmod-cli && node --test tests/*.test.mjs",

33 "test:tui": "node --test tests/tui/*.test.mjs",

34 "test:worker-scroll": "cargo test --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml top_origin_scroll_region_history_scrolls_like_terminal_scrollback && cargo test --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml worker_wheel && cargo test --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml wheel_scroll && cargo test --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml worker_page && cargo test --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml codex_alternate_screen_page_key",

35 "copy-native": "node scripts/copy-native.mjs",

36 "chmod-cli": "node -e \"require('fs').chmodSync('dist/index.js',0o755)\"",

37 "prepack": "npm run build",

38 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.mjs",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L38

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L38

39 "start": "node dist/index.js",

40 "test:tui:report": "rm -rf .tui-report tui-report.html && node --test --test-reporter=spec --test-reporter-destination=stdout --test-reporter=tui-integration-tests/reporter --test-reporter-destination=tui-report.html tests/tui/*.test.mjs",

41 "mutate:tui": "node tests/tui/mutate.mjs"

42 },

43 "files": [

44 "dist/",

45 "assets/",

46 "scripts/copy-native.mjs",

47 "scripts/postinstall.mjs",

48 "README.md",

49 "package.json"

50 ],

51 "publishConfig": {

52 "access": "public"

53 },

54 "engines": {

55 "node": ">=22"

56 },

57 "devDependencies": {

58 "@types/node": "^22.15.3",

dist/util.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

2import { createHash, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";

3import fs from "node:fs";

4import fsp from "node:fs/promises";

dist/improve/schedule.jsView file

Lines 1-27javascript

1import os from "node:os";

2import path from "node:path";

3import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";

4import { ensureDir, pathExists, runCommand, shortenHome } from

dist/cloud.jsView file

•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/hooks", "~/.claude/CLAUDE.md", "~/.claude.json", "~/.codex/auth.json", "~/.codex/config.toml", "~/.codex/AGENTS.md",

High

Credential Redirect Persistence

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

dist/cloud.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/cloud.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/cloud.jsView on unpkg

scripts/postinstall.mjsView file

Lines 1-25javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// Ensures jj (Jujutsu) is installed. Rudder uses jj as its required internal

3// version-control substrate, so a fresh `npm install -g @viraatdas/rudder`

4// should leave the user ready to run. This runs on install and NEVER fails the

5// install: on any problem it prints guidance and exits 0.

6import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";

8const TAG

dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-nativeView file

•path = dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-native kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 5124248 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Native Binary

Package ships native binary artifacts.

dist/native/darwin-x64/rudder-nativeView on unpkg

dist/improve/collect.jsView file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_alias_growth_limit_exceeded; limitedFiles = 7

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/improve/collect.jsView on unpkg

dist/usage.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/usage.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/usage.jsView on unpkg

dist/backends.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/backends.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/backends.jsView on unpkg

dist/board/daemon.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/board/daemon.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/board/daemon.jsView on unpkg

dist/handoff.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/handoff.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/handoff.jsView on unpkg

dist/run-manager.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/run-manager.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/run-manager.jsView on unpkg

dist/task-summary.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/task-summary.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/task-summary.jsView on unpkg

dist/version-check.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/version-check.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/version-check.jsView on unpkg

dist/feedback.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/feedback.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/feedback.jsView on unpkg

dist/improve/state.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/improve/state.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/improve/state.jsView on unpkg

dist/models.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/models.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/models.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

21 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/util.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.12 matchedPath = dist/util.js matchedIdentity = npm:QHZpcmFhdGRhcy9ydWRkZXI:3.1.12 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

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

dist/util.jsView on unpkg

Findings

17 High6 Medium5 Low

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/cloud.js

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilityscripts/postinstall.mjs

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/improve/schedule.js

HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/improve/collect.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/cloud.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/usage.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/util.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/backends.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/board/daemon.js

HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/handoff.js

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.13.

See all versions of @viraatdas/rudder for other recorded verdicts.

Avoid installing @viraatdas/rudder@3.1.13. 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: 2026-10-17 00:00:15.934Z (UTC).

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