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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/elephant-tusk-runner/v/1.0.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/elephant-tusk-runner/v/1.0.0.md"
package: "elephant-tusk-runner"
report_status: "published"
title: "elephant-tusk-runner@1.0.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.0"
---

# elephant-tusk-runner@1.0.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 1.0.0
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-13445 confirms this npm version as malicious. server.js starts an Express + WebSocket server via app.listen(PORT,...) with no host argument, defaulting the bind to 0.0.0.0, with fully open CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: \*) and no authentication. A WebSocket route /terminal-stream and HTTP POST /api/v1/workspace-terminal-command each spawn a bash or powershell.exe PTY and pipe network-received bytes directly into ptySession.write(...), giving any peer that...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-07T00:35:08.254Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-07T00:35:08.254Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

server.js starts an Express + WebSocket server via app.listen(PORT,...) with no host argument, defaulting the bind to 0.0.0.0, with fully open CORS (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: \*) and no authentication. A WebSocket route /terminal-stream and HTTP POST /api/v1/workspace-terminal-command each spawn a bash or powershell.exe PTY and pipe network-received bytes directly into ptySession.write(...), giving any peer that can reach port 4201 an interactive shell on the host running the tool. Additional endpoints on the same listener call child\_process.exec with attacker-controllable arguments, including \`git clone --depth=1 ${targetGitUrl}...\`, \`composer install && php artisan key:generate\`, \`npm install\`, \`php "${terminalFile}"\`, and taskkill/kill on arbitrary PIDs, plus a fetch-proxy that forwards arbitrary target URLs. The listener is started by \`npm start\` and by the \`tusk\`/\`elephant\` CLI shipped in the package's bin entries. On any developer or build machine on a shared or reachable network, this exposes a full remote-shell and remote-code-execution surface for the duration the tool runs.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 19
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 19

### Published dependency entries
- @seald-io/nedb ^4.1.2 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-fit ^0.11.0 (Dependency)
- @xterm/xterm ^6.0.0 (Dependency)
- adm-zip ^0.6.0 (Dependency)
- cors ^2.8.6 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.4.2 (Dependency)
- express ^5.2.1 (Dependency)
- ink ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- ink-spinner ^5.0.0 (Dependency)
- mongodb ^7.5.0 (Dependency)
- mongoose ^9.8.1 (Dependency)
- multer ^2.2.0 (Dependency)
- mysql2 ^3.23.1 (Dependency)
- node-fetch ^3.3.2 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- open ^11.0.0 (Dependency)
- react ^18.2.0 (Dependency)
- terminal-image ^5.0.1 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.21.1 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** elephant-tusk-runner
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **License:** ISC
- **Version published:** 2026-08-06T15:32:21.307Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-07T00:35:08.254Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-11T11:48:11.853Z
- **Known versions:** 7
- **Latest version:** 1.0.7
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** CLI Terminal Dashboard using Tusk runner. With user interface built into it - 'elephant tusk \<port\>' for UI.
- **Maintainers:** tech\_bros
- **Keywords:** ink, cli, tui, react, terminal
- **Artifact files:** 992
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 11,072,511 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/elephant-tusk-runner/v/1.0.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-13445>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/elephant-tusk-runner/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/elephant-tusk-runner/v/1.0.0>)