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agent-takkub@2.1.8

Desktop cockpit for orchestrating a team of Claude Code agents (Windows + macOS). Install globally: npm i -g agent-takkub

AI Security Review

scanned 23d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Installing this package automatically provisions software outside the package. It installs a separate global AI-agent CLI and persistently changes shell or user application state.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; source fingerprint signature matched known malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

npm installation runs the postinstall hook.

Impact

A package install can alter the user's AI-agent tooling, shell startup files or registry PATH, virtual environment, and application launcher without a separate user command.

Mechanism

Automatic global CLI installation and persistent user-environment mutation.

Attack narrative

On npm installation, the postinstall hook creates and updates a Python environment, installs a bundled wheel, and conditionally runs a global npm install of Claude Code. It then changes persistent PATH settings and creates a desktop launcher. On macOS, it removes any existing Takkub Cockpit application copy before replacing it. These changes occur automatically rather than through an explicit setup command.

AI rationale

The automatic postinstall hook mutates a foreign global AI-agent toolchain and persistent user configuration. This is concrete unconsented install-time control-surface mutation, so it meets the publish-block policy.

Evidence

package.jsonnpm/scripts/postinstall.jsnpm/scripts/pathfix.jsnpm/scripts/shortcut.js~/.agent-takkub/venvglobal npm installation of @anthropic-ai/claude-code~/.zshrc~/.bashrc

Source & flagged code

9 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node npm/scripts/postinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node npm/scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

npm/scripts/postinstall.jsView file

1Install-time code directly mutates a foreign AI-agent control surface: L8: // • REUSES an existing cockpit venv (upgrade in place) instead of wiping it. L9: // • Does NOT touch the global claude CLI, ~/.claude plugins, or ~/.takkub L10: // config. Anything shared/missing is left for an explicit, detect-first ... L87: L88: fs.mkdirSync(agentTakkubHome(), { recursive: true }); L89: ... L116: L117: const claudeOk = ensureClaudeCli(env.claudeCli.present); L118: ... L140: } L141: console.log(' Left untouched: ~/.claude plugins, ~/.takkub config (nothing overwritten).'); L142: // #574: the migration itself never runs here (postinstall stays a plain Write operation from npm/scripts/postinstall.js: L8: // • REUSES an existing cockpit venv (upgrade in place) instead of wiping it. L9

Critical

Ai Agent Control Hijack

Source creates an unconsented AI-agent control surface through install-time mutation or a default unauthenticated remote skill channel.

npm/scripts/postinstall.jsView on unpkg · L1

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView file

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

Low

Nested Archive Needs Inspection

Package ships a nested archive or MCP bundle that was inventoried but not recursively analyzed.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

npm/scripts/lib.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 2

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

npm/scripts/lib.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = agent-takkub@2.1.10 matchedPath = npm/scripts/shortcut.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnQtdGFra3Vi:2.1.10 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.

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature signature = 4e1434cf7f50ba4b signatureType = suspicious_hashes sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious matchedPackage = agent-takkub@2.1.10 matchedPath = npm/scripts/shortcut.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnQtdGFra3Vi:2.1.10 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 8 summary = package final verdict is malicious

High

Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

9 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 9-49json

9 "agent-orchestration",

10 "cockpit",

11 "desktop",

12 "cli",

13 "developer-tools"

14 ],

15 "author": "takkub",

16 "repository": {

17 "type": "git",

18 "url": "git+https://github.com/takkub/agent-takkub.git"

19 },

20 "homepage": "https://github.com/takkub/agent-takkub#readme",

21 "bugs": {

22 "url": "https://github.com/takkub/agent-takkub/issues"

23 },

24 "bin": {

25 "agent-takkub": "npm/bin/agent-takkub.js",

26 "takkub": "npm/bin/takkub.js"

27 },

28 "scripts": {

29 "postinstall": "node npm/scripts/postinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L29

30 "prepublishOnly": "node npm/scripts/preflight-publish.js",

31 "test": "node --test npm/scripts/*.test.js"

32 },

33 "files": [

34 "npm/",

35 "!npm/scripts/*.test.js",

36 "dist/*.whl",

37 "assets/icon.ico",

38 "assets/icon.png",

39 "assets/cockpit-main.png"

40 ],

41 "os": [

42 "win32",

43 "darwin"

44 ],

45 "engines": {

46 "node": ">=18"

47 },

48 "engines-note": "This floor is for agent-takkub itself. The OPTIONAL graft code-intelligence feature (installed separately via `takkub doctor --fix`, not an npm dependency of this package) needs Node >=20 — see README's Requirements section. Not raised here because it would force the >=20 floor onto every user even though graft stays off until explicitly enabled.",

49 "license": "MIT"

npm/scripts/postinstall.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1'use strict';

2// npm postinstall bootstrap for `npm install -g agent-takkub`.

3//

4// SAFETY MODEL — check first, never clobber:

5// • Detects what's already present (preflight.js, non-mutating) and REPORTS it.

6// • Provisions ONLY into the isolated AGENT_TAKKUB_HOME (default

7// ~/.agent-takkub) — never a repo `.venv`, never shared user state.

8// • REUSES an existing cockpit venv (upgrade in place) instead of wiping it.

9// • Does NOT touch the global claude CLI, ~/.claude plugins, or ~/.takkub

10

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView file

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

•path = dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection sizeBytes = 4765911 magicHex = [redacted]

Low

Nested Archive Needs Inspection

Package ships a nested archive or MCP bundle that was inventoried but not recursively analyzed.

dist/agent_takkub-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whlView on unpkg

npm/scripts/lib.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 2

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

npm/scripts/lib.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = agent-takkub@2.1.10 matchedPath = npm/scripts/shortcut.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnQtdGFra3Vi:2.1.10 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.

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = malicious_source_fingerprint_signature signature = 4e1434cf7f50ba4b signatureType = suspicious_hashes sourceLabel = final_verdict:malicious matchedPackage = agent-takkub@2.1.10 matchedPath = npm/scripts/shortcut.js matchedIdentity = npm:YWdlbnQtdGFra3Vi:2.1.10 similarity = 1.000 shingleOverlap = 8 summary = package final verdict is malicious

High

Known Malware Source Fingerprint Signature

Source fingerprint signature matches a known malicious package signature; route for source-aware review.

npm/scripts/shortcut.jsView on unpkg