---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/termdock/v/1.4.88"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/termdock/v/1.4.88.md"
package: "termdock"
report_status: "published"
title: "termdock@1.4.88 npm security report"
verdict: "suspicious"
version: "1.4.88"
---

# termdock@1.4.88 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Flagged as agent extension risk** — Allowed by default with warning: install-time first-party agent extension setup was detected.

- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Warn
- **Firewall policy:** Warn-only agent extension risk
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Agent extension lifecycle risk
- **Selected version:** 1.4.88
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

LPM treats this as warn-only first-party agent extension lifecycle risk. Installation can install tmux through local package managers. During explicit runtime hook setup, Termdock writes status-emitter hooks to supported AI-agent config paths and later refreshes stale owned entries.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Verdict:** Suspicious
- **Confidence:** 91.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-22T13:44:19.952Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-22T13:45:37.504Z
- **Download time:** 507 ms
- **Static scan time:** 3873 ms
- **AI review time:** 73170 ms
- **Total time:** 77552 ms

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** Installation can install tmux through local package managers. During explicit runtime hook setup, Termdock writes status-emitter hooks to supported AI-agent config paths and later refreshes stale owned entries.

- **Trigger:** npm postinstall; explicit Termdock agent-hook install followed by server startup

- **Impact:** Unconsented OS dependency installation; previously enabled agent hooks persist across package moves or updates.

- **Evidence paths:** scripts/postinstall.mjs, dist/server/agent/installers.js, dist/server/routes/terminal.js, dist/server/agentHook.js

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-08-22T13:45:37.504Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** system package installation and persistent AI-agent hook registration

- **Rationale:** This is not concrete malware or unconsented install-time AI-agent control-surface mutation, but it has real lifecycle and persistence risk. Warn rather than block.

- **Files touched:** scripts/postinstall.mjs, node\_modules/node-pty/prebuilds/\*/spawn-helper, ~/.termdock/.boot-check-ok, ~/.claude/settings.json, ~/.codex/hooks.json, ~/.copilot/hooks/termdock.json, ~/.config/opencode/plugins/termdock.js, ~/.pi/agent/extensions/termdock/index.ts, ~/.grok/hooks/termdock.json, ~/.kimi-code/config.toml

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Suspicious

- **Confidence:** 91.0%

- **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn

- **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability

- **False-positive risk:** Low

- **Evidence for:** postinstall automatically invokes OS package managers to install tmux, including sudo on Linux., Runtime hook installer writes commands into several AI-agent configuration surfaces., Server startup silently refreshes already-installed stale agent hooks, extending their persistence.

- **Evidence against:** No AI-agent configuration mutation is reached from postinstall., Hook installation is exposed through an explicit runtime install route., Hook emitter is gated to Termdock/tmux contexts and only emits terminal status., No credential harvesting, exfiltration, or remote payload execution was confirmed.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/package.json>)

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** package.json
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/package.json>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```json
scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall.mjs
```

### 3. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 80.0%

Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs.

### 4. Low: Scripts Present
- **Category:** Manifest
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Package declares npm scripts.

### 5. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/certificateWatcher.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/certificateWatcher.js>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L1: import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
L2: import { execFile } from 'child_process';
L3: import { promisify } from 'util';
```

### 6. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/utils/bootCheck.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/utils/bootCheck.js>)

Package source references shell execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L50: const r = spawnSync(cmd, [], {
L51: shell: true,
L52: timeout: timeoutMs,
```

### 7. Low: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 45.0%

Package source references a known benign dynamic code generation pattern.

### 8. Medium: Dynamic Require
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

### 9. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 10. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 11. Medium: Install Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/routes/terminal.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/routes/terminal.js>)

Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L7: import QRCode from 'qrcode';
L8: import { execFile, spawn } from 'child_process';
L9: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
...
L36: const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
L37: const TERMDOCK_DIR = `${os.homedir()}/.termdock`;
L38: async function readJsonFileIfExists(filePath) {
...
L40: const raw = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8');
L41: return JSON.parse(raw);
L42: }
...
L58: const require_ = createRequire(import.meta.url);
L59: // dist/server/routes/terminal.js → ../../../package.json
L60: const pkg = require_(path.join(__dirname || '', '..', '..', '..', 'package.json'));
```

### 12. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 13. Critical: Same File Env Network Execution
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/cli.js>)

A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution with blocking evidence.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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';
...
L13: import fs from 'fs';
L14: import http from 'http';
L15: import https from 'https';
...
L18: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
L19: import { spawn, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process';
L20: import { promisify } from 'util';
```

### 14. Critical: Download Execute
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/cli.js>)

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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 });
L13: import fs from 'fs';
L14: import http from 'http';
L15: import https from 'https';
...
L18: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
L19: import { spawn, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process';
L20: import { promisify } from 'util';
```

### 15. High: Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/agent/installers.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/agent/installers.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
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',
};
```

### 16. High: Spawned Bundled Service Listener
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 78.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/cli.js>)

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

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Detached 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 });
L13: import fs from 'fs';
L14: import http from 'http';
L15: import https from 'https';
...
L18: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
L19: import { spawn, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process';
L20: import { promisify } from 'util';
```

### 17. Critical: Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/cli.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/cli.js>)

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable chain: scripts.start -> dist/server/cli.js
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 });
L13: import fs from 'fs';
L14: import http from 'http';
L15: import https from 'https';
...
L18: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
L19: import { spawn, spawnSync, execFile } from 'child_process';
L20: import { promisify } from 'util';
```

### 18. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 94.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/routes/terminal.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/routes/terminal.js>)

A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.exports -> dist/server/entry.js -> dist/server/routes/terminal.js
L7: import QRCode from 'qrcode';
L8: import { execFile, spawn } from 'child_process';
L9: import { createHash, randomUUID } from 'crypto';
...
L36: const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
L37: const TERMDOCK_DIR = `${os.homedir()}/.termdock`;
L38: async function readJsonFileIfExists(filePath) {
...
L40: const raw = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8');
L41: return JSON.parse(raw);
L42: }
...
L58: const require_ = createRequire(import.meta.url);
L59: // dist/server/routes/terminal.js → ../../../package.json
L60: const pkg = require_(path.join(__dirname || '', '..', '..', '..', 'package.json'));
```

### 19. Medium: Protestware
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 90.0%

Package source has broad protestware-like patterns that need review.

### 20. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 21. Low: Telemetry
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs.

### 22. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 23. Medium: Ships Build Helper
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/shell-integration/termdock.bash
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/client/shell-integration/termdock.bash>)

Package ships non-JavaScript build or shell helper files.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

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

### 24. 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.

### 25. Critical: Previous Version Dangerous Delta
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 93.0%
- **Path:** dist/server/routes/filesystem.js
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/termdock@1.4.88/dist/server/routes/filesystem.js>)

This package version adds a dangerous source file absent from the previous stored version; route for source-aware review.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
matchType = previous_version_dangerous_delta
matchedPackage = termdock@1.4.87
matchedIdentity = npm:dGVybWRvY2s:1.4.87
similarity = 0.983
summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file
```

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes
- **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly
- **Dependencies:** 45
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 30
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 45

### Published dependency entries
- @dnd-kit/core ^6.3.1 (Dependency)
- @dnd-kit/sortable ^10.0.0 (Dependency)
- @dnd-kit/utilities ^3.2.2 (Dependency)
- @hello-pangea/dnd ^18.0.1 (Dependency)
- @parcel/watcher ^2.5.6 (Dependency)
- @types/cookie-parser ^1.4.10 (Dependency)
- @types/csurf ^1.11.5 (Dependency)
- @types/refractor ^2.8.0 (Dependency)
- @use-gesture/react ^10.3.1 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-clipboard ^0.3.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-fit ^0.12.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-image ^0.10.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-ligatures ^0.11.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-progress ^0.3.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-search ^0.17.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-serialize ^0.15.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-unicode11 ^0.10.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-web-links ^0.13.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/addon-webgl ^0.20.0-beta.286 (Dependency)
- @xterm/headless ^6.1.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- @xterm/xterm ^6.1.0-beta.287 (Dependency)
- browser-haptic ^1.0.13 (Dependency)
- busboy ^1.6.0 (Dependency)
- cookie-parser ^1.4.7 (Dependency)
- dompurify ^3.4.11 (Dependency)
- dotenv ^17.4.2 (Dependency)
- express ^5.2.1 (Dependency)
- katex ^0.17.0 (Dependency)
- lucide-react ^1.17.0 (Dependency)
- mermaid ^11.16.0 (Dependency)
- motion ^12.40.0 (Dependency)
- multicast-dns ^7.2.5 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency)
- qrcode ^1.5.4 (Dependency)
- react ^18.2.0 (Dependency)
- react-diff-view ^3.3.3 (Dependency)
- react-dom ^18.2.0 (Dependency)
- refractor ^2.10.1 (Dependency)
- swiper ^12.1.3 (Dependency)
- tailwind-merge ^2.2.0 (Dependency)
- three ^0.185.1 (Dependency)
- uuid ^13.0.0 (Dependency)
- web-push ^3.6.7 (Dependency)
- ws ^8.21.0 (Dependency)
- zustand ^4.5.0 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** termdock
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.4.88
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-08-22T13:39:26.100Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-29T14:48:49.471Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-30T18:39:29.630Z
- **Known versions:** 33
- **Latest version:** 1.4.115
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** A complete web-based terminal application with modern UI
- **Maintainers:** jovines
- **Keywords:** terminal, termdock, xterm, express, cli
- **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18.0.0
- **Artifact files:** 281
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 18,327,419 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 1
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/termdock/v/1.4.88>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/Jovines/termdock>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/Jovines/termdock#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/Jovines/termdock/issues>)