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termdock@1.4.295

A complete web-based terminal application with modern UI

AI Security Review

scanned 7d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Source inspection supports a warning for automatic system package installation from the postinstall hook and foreground startup check. The inspected behavior does not establish a malicious payload or another concrete attack.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Package installation, or foreground CLI startup when tmux is missing.

Impact

When privileges permit, this changes the machine's installed system software.

Mechanism

The scripts select an available system package manager and may run its installation command with sudo, without a separate package-specific confirmation step.

AI rationale

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall.mjsdist/server/cli.jsdist/server/utils/bootCheck.js

Decision evidence

public snapshot

AI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.

Evidence for warning

The manifest runs scripts/postinstall.mjs after package installation.
The postinstall checks for tmux and enters automatic installation logic when it is absent.
On Linux, that logic selects system package managers and runs installation commands with sudo, including noninteractive package flags; it also retries without sudo.
Foreground CLI startup calls runBootChecks, which can also invoke sudo package-manager commands when tmux is missing.
The flagged plugin installation path requires an explicit CLI option and a supplied source.
The flagged terminal path searches Codex session directories for a requested session identifier.

Evidence against

Behavioral surface

Source

ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket

Supply chain

HighEntropyStringsMinified

Source & flagged code

31 flagged

package.jsonView file

Lines 24-64json

24 "dev:client": "vite",

25 "dev:server": "cross-env PORT=9835 tsx watch src/server/entry.ts",

26 "build": "npm run clean && npm run build:client && npm run build:server && npm run build:runtime-manifest",

27 "build:desktop": "rimraf .desktop-dist && node scripts/prepare-desktop-tokens.mjs && tsc -p tsconfig.desktop.json && esbuild desktop/preload.cts --bundle --platform=node --format=cjs --external:electron --outfile=.desktop-dist/preload.cjs && esbuild desktop/renderer/services.tsx --bundle --platform=browser --format=iife --minify --outfile=desktop/renderer/services.js",

28 "desktop:dev": "npm run build && npm run build:desktop && electron-forge start",

29 "desktop:prepare": "npm run build && npm run build:desktop",

30 "desktop:make": "node scripts/ensure-macos-appdmg.mjs && npm run desktop:prepare && electron-forge make",

31 "build:client": "vite build && node scripts/precompress-client.mjs",

32 "build:server": "tsc -p tsconfig.server.json && node -e \"require('fs').chmodSync('dist/server/cli.js', 0o755)\"",

33 "build:runtime-manifest": "node scripts/generate-runtime-manifest.mjs",

34 "generate:pwa-assets": "pwa-assets-generator --config pwa-assets.config.ts",

35 "preview": "vite preview",

36 "start": "node dist/server/cli.js",

37 "lint": "tsc --noEmit",

38 "trace:diff": "node scripts/inspect-diff-trace.mjs",

39 "trace:fsio": "node scripts/inspect-fs-io.mjs",

40 "release:classify": "node scripts/classify-release.mjs",

41 "test": "vitest --passWithNoTests",

42 "test:ui": "vitest --ui",

43 "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",

44 "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.mjs"

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg · L44

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg · L44

45 },

46 "dependencies": {

47 "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "17.0.0",

48 "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.3.1",

49 "@dnd-kit/sortable": "^10.0.0",

50 "@dnd-kit/utilities": "^3.2.2",

51 "@ffmpeg/core": "^0.12.10",

52 "@ffmpeg/ffmpeg": "^0.12.15",

53 "@ffmpeg/util": "^0.12.2",

54 "@hello-pangea/dnd": "^18.0.1",

55 "@libp2p/crypto": "5.1.9",

56 "@libp2p/interface": "3.1.0",

57 "@libp2p/peer-id": "6.0.0",

58 "@libp2p/utils": "7.0.7",

59 "@noble/hashes": "2.4.0",

60 "@serenity-kit/opaque": "1.1.0",

61 "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.10",

62 "@types/csurf": "^1.11.5",

63 "@types/refractor": "^2.8.0",

64 "@use-gesture/react": "^10.3.1",

dist/server/supervisor.jsView file

Lines 3-43javascript

3 * termdock supervisor — 盯住服务子进程，挂了就重启，并把原因记下来。

4 *

5 * 它解决的是两件今天无人负责的事：

6 * 1. 自动更新后新进程没起来（旧实现是发射后不管的 `node -e` bridge，不验证、不重试）；

7 * 2. 运行中崩溃（全仓没有 uncaughtException 处理，server.log 连时间戳都没有）。

dist/server/utils/bootCheck.jsView file

Lines 31-71javascript

31 }

32 catch { /* not in PATH */ }

33 // macOS non-interactive SSH 的 PATH 不包含 Homebrew 路径，手动检查

34 const extraPaths = [

35 '/opt/homebrew/bin',

36 '/usr/local/bin'

dist/client/assets/diffWorker-BP4IBsm9.jsView file

Lines 1-38javascript

1(function(){"use strict";"global"in globalThis||(globalThis.global=globalThis);var we=typeof globalThis<"u"?globalThis:typeof window<"u"?window:typeof global<"u"?

dist/server/utils/version.jsView file

Lines 1-34javascript

1import path from 'node:path';

2import { createRequire } from 'node:module';

3import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';

4const currentDir = path.

dist/server/routes/terminal.jsView file

Lines 1-37javascript

1import { androidRecordings } from '../android/recording.js';

2import { assertPeerRegistrationAuthority } from '../agent/collaborationPeerTransport.js';

3import { progressRoutes } from '../notifications/progressRoutes.js';

4import { ensureNodePty } from '../utils/ensureNodePty.js'

dist/server/ptyhost/manager.jsView file

Lines 244-284javascript

244 catch { /* already gone */ }

245 deadline = Date.now() + 1_000;

246 while (alive() && Date.now() < deadline) {

scripts/postinstall.mjsView file

10L11: import { execSync, spawnSync } from 'child_process'; L12: import { createRequire } from 'module'; ... L31: const r = spawnSync(cmd, [], { shell: true, timeout: timeoutMs, encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }); L32: return { ok: r.status === 0, stdout: r.stdout, stderr: r.stderr }; L33: } catch { ... L51: const { ensureNodePty } = require_('./ensure-node-pty.cjs'); L52: const PTY_PATH = require_.resolve('node-pty/package.json', { paths: [pkgRoot] }).replace('/package.json', ''); L53: ... L83: const pty = require_(PTY_PATH); L84: const proc = pty.spawn(process.env.SHELL || '/bin/bash', [], { name: 'xterm', cols: 80, rows: 24 }); L85: proc.kill();

High

Sandbox Evasion Gated Capability

Source gates dangerous network, credential, or execution behavior behind CI, host, platform, time, or geo fingerprint checks.

scripts/postinstall.mjsView on unpkg · L10

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = scripts/postinstall.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/postinstall.mjsView on unpkg

dist/server/agent/installers.jsView file

•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation. import fs from 'node:fs'; import os from 'node:os'; import path from 'node:path'; import { execfile, spawn } from 'node:child_process'; import { agentbyslug, ispluginagent } from './registry.js'; import { loadplugins, resolvehooktarget } from './plugins.js'; export const hook_agents = ['claude', 'codex', 'copilot', 'opencode', 'pi', 'grok', 'kimi']; const display_names = { claude: 'claude code', codex: 'codex', copilot: 'copilot cli', opencode: 'opencode', pi: 'pi', grok: 'grok build', kimi: 'kimi code', };

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/server/agent/installers.jsView on unpkg

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/agent/installers.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/agent/installers.jsView on unpkg

dist/client/assets/terminal-C7X98Amf.jsView file

4contains invisible/control Unicode U+200E (left-to-right mark) `)})),this._register(this._bufferService.onResize(()=>this.queueSync())),this._register(this._bufferService.buffers.onBufferActivate(()=>{this._latestYDisp=void 0,this.queueSync()})),this._register(this._bufferService.onScroll(()=>this._syn

Critical

Trojan Source Unicode

Source contains bidi control or invisible Unicode characters associated with Trojan Source attacks.

dist/client/assets/terminal-C7X98Amf.jsView on unpkg · L4

dist/server/cli.jsView file

4Detached bundled service listener: dist/server/cli.js spawns dist/server/entry.js; helper exposes a broad-bound HTTP listener. L4: // 设置（同步 fs 不占线程池，所以放在文件体顶部仍然足够早）。 L5: process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE ||= '16'; L6: import { config as loadDotenv } from 'dotenv'; ... L10: // dotenv 不会覆盖已存在的环境变量，因此系统环境变量和命令行参数优先级最高 L11: loadDotenv({ path: resolve(os.homedir(), '.termdock', '.env'), quiet: true }); L12: loadDotenv({ path: resolve(process.cwd(), '.env'), quiet: true }); ... L23: import { getMissingCertificateNames } from './utils/certificateNames.js'; L24: import http from 'http'; L25: import https from 'https'; ... L28: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto'; L29: import { spawn, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process'; L30: import { promisify } from 'util';

High

Spawned Bundled Service Listener

Source launches a detached bundled service that exposes a broad-bound HTTP listener.

dist/server/cli.jsView on unpkg · L4

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/cli.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/cli.jsView on unpkg

scripts/ensure-node-pty.cjsView file

51console.log('Rebuilding node-pty with the Termdock macOS FD cleanup fix...'); L52: const result = spawnSync('npx', ['--yes', 'node-gyp', 'rebuild'], { L53: cwd: ptyRoot, stdio: 'inherit', timeout: 180_000,

High

Runtime Package Install

Package source invokes a package manager install command at runtime.

scripts/ensure-node-pty.cjsView on unpkg · L51

dist/client/shell-integration/termdock.bashView file

•path = dist/client/shell-integration/termdock.bash kind = build_helper sizeBytes = 3514 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Build Helper

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

dist/client/shell-integration/termdock.bashView on unpkg

dist/client/sw-encrypted-background.js.brView file

•path = dist/client/sw-encrypted-background.js.br kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 65011 magicHex = [redacted]

High

Ships High Entropy Blob

Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs.

dist/client/sw-encrypted-background.js.brView on unpkg

•path = dist/client/sw-encrypted-background.js.br kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 65011 magicHex = [redacted]

Medium

Ships Compressed Blob

Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs.

dist/client/sw-encrypted-background.js.brView on unpkg

scripts/android-bitrate/bitrate.jarView file

•path = scripts/android-bitrate/bitrate.jar kind = nested_archive_needs_inspection sizeBytes = 2609 magicHex = [redacted]

Low

Nested Archive Needs Inspection

Package ships a nested archive or MCP bundle that was inventoried but not recursively analyzed.

scripts/android-bitrate/bitrate.jarView on unpkg

dist/client/assets/chunk-TICWLB2K-BwyiSQgx.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 5

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

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

dist/client/assets/chunk-TICWLB2K-BwyiSQgx.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/server/agent/pluginPackages.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/agent/pluginPackages.jsView on unpkg

dist/server/android/adb.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/android/adb.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/android/adb.jsView on unpkg

dist/server/android/scrcpy.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/android/scrcpy.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/android/scrcpy.jsView on unpkg

dist/server/utils/npmUpdate.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/utils/npmUpdate.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/utils/npmUpdate.jsView on unpkg

dist/client/assets/DiffViewer-3bJV_A5s.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/client/assets/DiffViewer-CYEoT3NM.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/client/assets/DiffViewer-3bJV_A5s.jsView on unpkg

dist/server/agent/titleNamerCatalog.jsView file

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/server/agent/titleNamerCatalog.jsView on unpkg

dist/server/android/recording.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.268 matchedPath = dist/server/android/recording.js matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.268 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/server/android/recording.jsView on unpkg

Source & flagged code

31 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs

Medium

Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script

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

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/server/supervisor.jsView file

23*/ L24: import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'; L25: import fs from 'node:fs';

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/server/supervisor.jsView on unpkg · L23

Findings

1 Critical23 High8 Medium8 Low

CriticalTrojan Source Unicodedist/client/assets/terminal-C7X98Amf.js

HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json

HighChild Processdist/server/supervisor.js

HighShelldist/server/utils/bootCheck.js

HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/server/ptyhost/manager.js

HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilityscripts/postinstall.mjs

HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/server/agent/installers.js

HighSpawned Bundled Service Listenerdist/server/cli.js

HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/server/routes/terminal.js

HighRuntime Package Installscripts/ensure-node-pty.cjs

High

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to termdock@1.4.295.

See all versions of termdock for other recorded verdicts.

Review the evidence and your use of termdock@1.4.295 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.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-16 02:44:11.842Z (UTC).

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