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channel-worker@2.5.113
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Channel Manager worker daemon — runs on remote machines to execute video pipeline jobs
AI Security Review
scanned 8d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected runtime update and command polling behavior is consistent with a worker daemon. Static scanner hints did not establish a concrete attack surface.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A user starts the worker; it then polls its configured API and checks for updates.
Impact
No harmful impact was established from the inspected behavior.
Mechanism
The worker handles a fixed set of API command types and can install a newer channel-worker release from npm.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and the inspected runtime update and command polling behavior is consistent with a worker daemon. Static scanner hints did not establish a concrete attack surface.
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 89.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines start and dev scripts but no install lifecycle hook.
- The CLI starts the daemon only when invoked with the start command.
- The updater installs a newer release of channel-worker from the npm registry.
- The daemon connects its command poller; the poller routes Playwright commands to its handler.
- The API client requests a fixed list of supported worker command types.
Evidence against
- The daemon periodically checks for updates and can install a newer package release at runtime.
- The worker polls authenticated API commands that can trigger browser and social-platform tasks.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggedbin/cli.jsView file
182L183: const { spawn } = require('child_process');
L184: const LOG_FILE = path.join(CONFIG_DIR, 'daemon.log');
High
2L3: const fs = require('fs');
L4: const path = require('path');
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
bin/cli.jsView on unpkg · L2lib/updater.jsView file
29console.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}`);
High
Runtime Package Install
Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.
lib/updater.jsView on unpkg · L29Findings
1 Critical3 High4 Medium4 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/command-poller.js
HighChild Processbin/cli.js
HighRuntime Package Installlib/updater.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/daemon.js#virtual:normalized:round1
MediumDynamic Requirebin/cli.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to channel-worker@2.5.113.
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