--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/thalamus/v/1.3.2" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/thalamus/v/1.3.2.md" package: "thalamus" report_status: "published" title: "thalamus@1.3.2 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "1.3.2" --- # thalamus@1.3.2 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 **Flagged as AI-agent capability risk** — Allowed by default with warning: agent-facing configuration or capability changes need review before use. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Warn-only AI-agent capability risk - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** AI-agent capability abuse - **Selected version:** 1.3.2 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The source exposes powerful remote agent control, credential handling, optional log upload, and persistence, so it warrants a warning. The install hook only unpacks bundled tools, and no unconsented credential exfiltration or install-time control-surface mutation was found. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 86.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-09T08:47:05.952Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-09T08:49:39.819Z - **Download time:** 1523 ms - **Static scan time:** 4795 ms - **AI review time:** 147548 ms - **Total time:** 153867 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 can run a detached remote-control daemon, access Claude OAuth credentials, and transfer user-authorized vendor tokens to Thalamus. It also has opt-in remote logging and an explicit privileged persistent daemon installer. - **Trigger:** Running the thalamus CLI starts its daemon; running thalamus connect claude transfers a token; setting the remote-log variables uploads logs; thalamus daemon install creates persistence. - **Impact:** A user who enables these features grants the package broad control of Claude sessions and access to authentication material; an unsafe configured log endpoint could receive diagnostic content. - **Evidence paths:** dist/index.cjs, dist/types-EcYPGjBE.cjs - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-09T08:49:39.819Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Remote Claude orchestration with credential access, optional log upload, and explicit daemon persistence. - **Rationale:** The source exposes powerful remote agent control, credential handling, optional log upload, and persistence, so it warrants a warning. The install hook only unpacks bundled tools, and no unconsented credential exfiltration or install-time control-surface mutation was found. - **Files touched:** ~/.claude/.credentials.json, ~/.thalamus, /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.thalamus-cli.daemon.plist - **Network endpoints:** https://thalamus.etai.app, https://api.anthropic.com, THALAMUS\_SERVER\_URL ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 86.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The normal CLI path starts a detached background daemon., The code reads the Claude OAuth credential file to obtain an access token., The explicit connect command registers Anthropic OAuth tokens with the Thalamus service., An environment-controlled option posts unencrypted diagnostic logs to its configured server., The explicit daemon installer creates a persistent macOS root launch daemon. - **Evidence against:** The postinstall hook only unpacks bundled local archives into the package tools directory., Sending an Anthropic token to Thalamus requires the user to run the connect command., Remote log upload requires both explicit environment variables., The persistent daemon install is a separate command and requires root privileges., No self-dependency, install-time network request, or automatic mutation of Claude configuration was found. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to thalamus@1.3.2. - Review the evidence and your use of thalamus@1.3.2 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. ## Public findings ### 1. High: Install Time Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```json scripts.postinstall = node scripts/unpack-tools.cjs ``` ### 2. Low: Non Install Lifecycle Scripts - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 80.0% Package declares lifecycle scripts that are not normally run for registry tarball installs. ### 3. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 4. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/types-EcYPGjBE.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: L3: var axios = require('axios'); L4: var chalk = require('chalk'); ``` ### 5. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 6. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 7. Medium: Install Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/index.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L6: var types = require('./types-EcYPGjBE.cjs'); L7: var node_child_process = require('node:child_process'); L8: var node_fs = require('node:fs'); ... L10: var promises = require('node:fs/promises'); L11: var axios = require('axios'); L12: require('node:events'); ... L93: thinking = false; L94: /** Exit code from the last Claude process. Used to propagate to thalamus process exit. */ L95: lastExitCode = null; ... L209: const projectId = node_path.resolve(workingDirectory).replace(/[\\\/\.: ]/g, "-"); L210: const claudeConfigDir = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR || node_path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude"); L211: return node_path.join(claudeConfigDir, "projects", projectId); ``` ### 8. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 9. High: Credential Redirect Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/index.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration. dist/index.cjs: var readline = require('node:readline'); var readline__namespace = /*#__PURE__*/_interopNamespaceDefault(readline); this.claudeEnvVars = opts.claudeEnvVars; this.claudeArgs = opts.claudeArgs; if (!this.claudeArgs) return; for (let i = 0; i < this.claudeArgs.length; i++) { if (this.claudeArgs[i] === "--resume") { if (i + 1 < this.claudeArgs.length) { ``` ### 10. High: Trigger Reachable Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 94.0% - **Path:** dist/index.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() A manifest entrypoint or package-local install chain reaches persistence behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Trigger-reachable persistence chain: manifest.main -> dist/index.cjs L6: var types = require('./types-EcYPGjBE.cjs'); L7: var node_child_process = require('node:child_process'); L8: var node_fs = require('node:fs'); ... L10: var promises = require('node:fs/promises'); L11: var axios = require('axios'); L12: require('node:events'); ... L93: thinking = false; L94: /** Exit code from the last Claude process. Used to propagate to thalamus process exit. */ L95: lastExitCode = null; ... L209: const projectId = node_path.resolve(workingDirectory).replace(/[\\\/\.: ]/g, "-"); L210: const claudeConfigDir = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR || node_path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude"); L211: return node_path.join(claudeConfigDir, "projects", projectId); ``` ### 11. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 12. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 13. Medium: Ships Compressed Blob - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 70.0% - **Path:** tools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships compressed or archive-like blobs. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = tools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz kind = compressed_blob sizeBytes = 11425536 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 14. High: Ships High Entropy Blob - **Category:** Artifact Inventory - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** tools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz - **Public source:** [View source]() Package ships high-entropy non-source blobs. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text path = tools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz kind = high_entropy_blob sizeBytes = 11425536 magicHex = [redacted] ``` ### 15. 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. ### 16. High: Previous Version Dangerous Delta - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 93.0% - **Path:** dist/index.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() 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 = thalamus@1.3.1 matchedIdentity = npm:dGhhbGFtdXM:1.3.1 similarity = 0.765 summary = stored previous version shares package body but lacks this dangerous source file ``` ### 17. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 95.0% - **Path:** dist/lib.mjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript matchType = token_shingles matchedPackage = @buzzni/happy-cli@1.1.10-aplus.113 matchedPath = dist/lib.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:QGJ1enpuaS9oYXBweS1jbGk:1.1.10-aplus.113 similarity = 0.744 shingleOverlap = 29 summary = source token shingles overlapped finalized malicious source ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 26 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 13 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 26 ### Published dependency entries - @anthropic-ai/sdk 0.65.0 (Dependency) - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.17.3 (Dependency) - @stablelib/base64 ^2.0.1 (Dependency) - @stablelib/hex ^2.0.1 (Dependency) - @types/cross-spawn ^6.0.6 (Dependency) - @types/ps-list ^6.2.1 (Dependency) - @types/react ^19.1.9 (Dependency) - axios ^1.10.0 (Dependency) - chalk ^5.4.1 (Dependency) - cross-spawn ^7.0.6 (Dependency) - expo-server-sdk ^3.15.0 (Dependency) - fastify ^5.5.0 (Dependency) - fastify-type-provider-zod 4.0.2 (Dependency) - ink ^6.1.0 (Dependency) - libsodium-wrappers-sumo 0.8.4 (Dependency) - node-pty ^1.1.0 (Dependency) - open ^10.2.0 (Dependency) - privacy-kit 0.0.25 (Dependency) - ps-list ^8.1.1 (Dependency) - react ^19.1.1 (Dependency) - sharp ^0.34.5 (Dependency) - socket.io-client ^4.8.1 (Dependency) - tar ^7.4.3 (Dependency) - tweetnacl ^1.0.3 (Dependency) - yaml ^2.9.0 (Dependency) - zod ^3.23.8 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** thalamus - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 1.3.2 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-09T02:40:26.459Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-09-05T01:28:35.526Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-01T10:32:41.424Z - **Known versions:** 63 - **Latest version:** 1.5.108 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Mobile and Web client for Claude Code - **Author:** Jayce Rushton - **Maintainers:** not\_jayce - **Artifact files:** 35 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 100,363,972 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 1 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Issues]()