--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/channel-worker/v/2.5.100" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/channel-worker/v/2.5.100.md" package: "channel-worker" report_status: "published" title: "channel-worker@2.5.100 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "2.5.100" --- # channel-worker@2.5.100 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 12 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Remote Code Execution - **Selected version:** 2.5.100 - **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. No install hook, self-dependency, or direct theft behavior was found. Automatic unverified extension replacement and global self-updating remain a concrete dangerous capability. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-11T19:05:57.046Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-11T19:07:52.006Z - **Download time:** 759 ms - **Static scan time:** 1289 ms - **AI review time:** 112911 ms - **Total time:** 114960 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:** After an operator starts and pairs the worker, it polls its dashboard and replaces a configured browser extension with downloaded code. It also auto-installs newer package releases. - **Trigger:** An operator runs the paired worker daemon. - **Impact:** A compromised dashboard or registry release can replace browser-extension or worker code on the host. - **Evidence paths:** lib/daemon.js, lib/extension-updater.js, lib/updater.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-11T19:07:52.006Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Authenticated remote extension delivery and automatic registry update. - **Rationale:** No install hook, self-dependency, or direct theft behavior was found. Automatic unverified extension replacement and global self-updating remain a concrete dangerous capability. - **Network endpoints:** api.channel.tunasm.art, registry.npmjs.org ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The daemon automatically downloads and replaces a browser extension from its dashboard., The downloaded archive is extracted with a shell command and copied into the configured extension directory., The daemon also periodically installs and restarts from the latest registry release. - **Evidence against:** package.json has no install lifecycle hook or self-dependency., The remote-command and browser automation behavior matches the stated worker-daemon purpose., No source evidence shows credential harvesting or exfiltration to an unrelated endpoint. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to channel-worker@2.5.100. - Review the evidence and your use of channel-worker@2.5.100 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. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L182: L183: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L184: const LOG_FILE = path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'daemon.log'); ``` ### 3. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: L3: const fs = require('fs'); L4: const path = require('path'); ``` ### 4. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 5. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. High: Runtime Package Install - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Path:** lib/updater.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L29: console.log(`[updater] Installing ${PKG_NAME}@${version}...`); L30: execSync(`npm install -g ${PKG_NAME}@${version}`, { stdio: 'inherit', windowsHide: true }); L31: console.log(`[updater] Installed ${PKG_NAME}@${version}`); ``` ### 8. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 9. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 10. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 95.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 11. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** lib/daemon.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 3 ``` ### 12. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** lib/command-poller.js - **Public source:** [View source]() This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta matchedPackage = channel-worker@2.5.92 matchedIdentity = npm:Y2hhbm5lbC13b3JrZXI:2.5.92 similarity = 0.714 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 3 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 3 ### Published dependency entries - node-fetch ^3.3.2 (Dependency) - playwright-core ^1.48.0 (Dependency) - ws ^8.18.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** channel-worker - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.5.100 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-10T08:58:33.622Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-02T16:31:24.520Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-19T17:52:13.988Z - **Known versions:** 68 - **Latest version:** 2.5.158 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Channel Manager worker daemon — runs on remote machines to execute video pipeline jobs - **Deprecated:** Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info. - **Maintainers:** gatoasang94 - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18 - **Artifact files:** 29 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 611,970 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()