registry / Remote code execution / orquesta-agent

orquesta-agent

Local agent for Orquesta - connects your VM to the Orquesta dashboard

This report shows the evidence for orquesta-agent@0.2.246. 2 of 36 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.2.287, is allowed. See all versions.

AI Security Review

scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

The package contains a complete server-driven remote shell execution path and an automatic forced self-update path with optional sudo. Its harmless install banners do not mitigate these runtime behaviors.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source

Trigger

Run the connected agent or daemon with a valid token; a server command containing the installer marker activates it.

Impact

Remote code can run with the agent's user privileges and may replace the globally installed agent.

Mechanism

Remote prompt-controlled curl-to-shell execution and automatic privileged self-update.

Attack narrative

After connection, heartbeat data can deliver pending commands to the execution handler. A specially marked command is parsed as an installer request and passed to a function that runs curl piped to sh for a remote sudosudo.dev URL. Separately, daemon mode periodically checks for and force-installs newer global releases, escalating to passwordless sudo when available. The hostname restriction does not constrain the downloaded script content.

AI rationale

Evidence

dist/sudosudo.jsdist/executor.jsdist/supabase.jsdist/daemon.js

Network endpoints2

getorquesta.com*.sudosudo.dev

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Malicious at 96.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.

Evidence for block

A server-delivered prompt can invoke a shell pipeline that downloads and executes remote content.
The remote installer is selected from prompt content and executed without an interactive confirmation step.
The daemon automatically force-installs newer releases of this package, including through passwordless sudo.
Heartbeat responses dispatch pending server commands to the execution handler.
Heartbeat handling dispatches each missed server command to the pending-command callback.

Evidence against

The npm preinstall and postinstall scripts only print messages and check the Node.js version.
The installer URL is restricted to HTTPS hosts under sudosudo.dev.

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings

Source & flagged code

24 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 1-38json

2 "name": "orquesta-agent",

3 "version": "0.2.246",

4 "description": "Local agent for Orquesta - connects your VM to the Orquesta dashboard",

5 "type": "module",

6 "main": "dist/index.js",

7 "bin": {

8 "orquesta-agent": "./dist/index.js"

9 },

10 "scripts": {

11 "build": "tsc && cp -r src/ui/public dist/ui/",

12 "build:bundle": "npm run build && npx esbuild dist/index.js --bundle --platform=node --target=node20 --format=esm --outfile=bin/orquesta-agent.mjs --external:@homebridge/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch --banner:js=\"import{createRequire}from'module';const require=createRequire(import.meta.url);\" --minify",

13 "build:binary": "npm run build && bash scripts/build-binaries.sh",

14 "dev": "tsc --watch",

15 "start": "node dist/index.js",

16 "prepublishOnly": "npm run build:binary",

17 "preinstall": "node scripts/preinstall.js",

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L17

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L17

18 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js"

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L18

19 },

20 "keywords": [

21 "orquesta",

22 "agent",

23 "claude",

24 "ai",

25 "automation"

26 ],

27 "author": "Orquesta",

28 "license": "MIT",

29 "dependencies": {

30 "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.95.1",

31 "@homebridge/node-pty-prebuilt-multiarch": "^0.13.1",

32 "@types/cors": "^2.8.19",

33 "@types/express": "^5.0.6",

34 "chalk": "^5.3.0",

35 "commander": "^11.1.0",

36 "cors": "^2.8.6",

37 "express": "^5.2.1",

38 "orquesta-cli": "0.2.141",

dist/ui/onboarding.jsView file

Lines 1-33javascript

1// First-run onboarding: the guided welcome experience that opens on the user's

2// machine the first time the agent connects after install. It explains what the

3// agent is, the execution modes (LLM engine / permissions / sandbox) and the

4// localhost:8080 manager UI — and lets the user apply those settings live.

5//

6// Design: the agent process itself serves the welcome page (embedded UI server)

7// so the "Configure now" step can apply changes to the RUNNING agent with no

8// restart. We open the browser only when a local display is present; on headless

9// servers (VMs, customer boxes over SSH) we just print a prominent URL banner.

dist/index.jsView file

Lines 1-35javascript

1#!/usr/bin/env node

2// Node.js version check — must run before any imports that use fetch/etc.

3const [major] = process.versions.node.split('.').map(Number);

4if (major < 20) {

5 console.error(

dist/supabase.jsView file

Lines 1-21javascript

1import * as os from 'os';

2import { execSync } from 'child_process';

3import * as logger from './logger.js';

dist/sudosudo.jsView file

6* path) instead of letting the LLM interpret a privileged setup script. The L7: * installer URL is validated to be https://*.sudosudo.dev. This is how the L8: * Orquesta dashboard "activates" sudosudo on a box that already runs this agent — ... L10: */ L11: import { spawn } from 'child_process'; L12: const MARKER_RE = /<<ORQ_SUDOSUDO_INSTALL>>([\s\S]*?)<<\/ORQ_SUDOSUDO_INSTALL>>/; ... L17: try { L18: const spec = JSON.parse(m[1]); L19: if (typeof spec.install_url !== 'string' || !spec.install_url) ... L41: * Fetch + run the official sudosudo installer, streaming each output line to L42: * `onLine`. Resolves with the exit code. Rejects only if the URL is not a L43: * sudosudo.dev https URL or the process can't be spawned.

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

dist/sudosudo.jsView on unpkg · L6

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = dist/sudosudo.js matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

dist/sudosudo.jsView on unpkg

dist/init.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. token: options.token, apiurl, }; fs.writefilesync(configpath, json.stringify(config, null, 2) + '\n'); console.log(' created .orquesta.json'); const gitignorepath = path.join(cwd, '.gitignore'); const entry = '.orquesta.json'; if (fs.existssync(gitignorepath)) { const content = fs.readfilesync(gitignorepath, 'utf8'); if (!content.includes(entry)) { fs.appendfilesync(gitignorepath, `\n# orquesta hook config (contains token)\n${entry}\n`); console.log(' added .orquesta.json to .gitignore'); } } else { fs.writefilesync(gitignorepath, `# orquesta hook co

High

Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation

Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.

dist/init.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = dist/init.js matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

dist/init.jsView on unpkg

scripts/generate-manifest.shView file

•path = scripts/generate-manifest.sh kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 2081 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

scripts/generate-manifest.shView on unpkg

dist/hook.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 1

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/hook.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/ui/server.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = dist/ui/server.js matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

dist/ui/server.jsView on unpkg

scripts/build-binaries.shView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = scripts/build-binaries.sh matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

scripts/build-binaries.shView on unpkg

dist/daemon.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = dist/daemon.js matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

dist/daemon.jsView on unpkg

dist/coordination.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = orquesta-agent@0.2.239 matchedPath = dist/coordination.js matchedIdentity = npm:b3JxdWVzdGEtYWdlbnQ:0.2.239 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.

dist/coordination.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

24 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.preinstall = node scripts/preinstall.js

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.preinstall = node scripts/preinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.js

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/ui/onboarding.jsView file

Findings

5 Critical16 High8 Medium5 Low

CriticalSame File Env Network Executiondist/index.js

CriticalHardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltrationdist/supabase.js

CriticalDownload Executedist/sudosudo.js

CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/index.js

CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/ui/onboarding.js

HighShell

HighCredential Exfiltrationdist/index.js

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/init.js

HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/index.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistence

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to orquesta-agent@0.2.246.

The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.

Avoid installing orquesta-agent@0.2.246. 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-13 10:55:20.542Z (UTC).

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Versions

36 known versions

0.2.287latestManual Review—AllowUnder ReviewOct 22, 2026, 7:24 PM 0.2.286SuspiciousAgent extension lifecycle riskWarnPublishedOct 21, 2026, 12:56 PM 0.2.285Clean—AllowPublishedOct 21, 2026, 1:12 AM 0.2.282SuspiciousRemote Code ExecutionWarnPublishedOct 20, 2026, 2:43 PM

AI Security Review

Decision evidence

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Findings

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