thalamus@1.4.0
Mobile and Web client for Claude Code
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe code creates a real remote agent-control capability, but it is activated through the package's user-run service workflow rather than by an unconsented install hook. The explicit credential registration and local-only postinstall lower confidence that this release is outright malware.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running Thalamus sessions after authentication, or explicitly running thalamus connect claude.
Impact
A compromised or over-privileged Thalamus service could control the agents and settings used by wrapped Claude sessions and receive a user-authorized OAuth token.
Mechanism
Remote configuration injection into Claude sessions and user-invoked OAuth token registration.
AI rationale
The code creates a real remote agent-control capability, but it is activated through the package's user-run service workflow rather than by an unconsented install hook. The explicit credential registration and local-only postinstall lower confidence that this release is outright malware.
Evidence
dist/types-BdynFwQf.mjsdist/index.mjstools/unpacked~/.thalamus/settings.json~/.thalamus/access.key
Network endpoints1
thalamus.etai.app
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- A remote Thalamus service supplies managed settings and agent definitions.
- Those remote values are injected into Claude sessions and can change agent behavior.
- The explicit connect command sends an Anthropic OAuth token to the Thalamus service.
Evidence against
- The install hook only extracts bundled platform tools into the package tools directory.
- Credential transfer requires the user to run the connect command; it is not performed during installation.
- No self-dependency or install-time network request was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShellWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/unpack-tools.cjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/lib.cjsView file
•matchType = token_shingles
matchedPackage = claudeputer@1.1.41
matchedPath = dist/lib.cjs
matchedIdentity = npm:Y2xhdWRlcHV0ZXI:1.1.41
similarity = 1.000
shingleOverlap = 48
summary = source token shingles overlapped 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/lib.cjsView on unpkg2L3: var types = require('./types-i-wZmLJV.cjs');
L4: require('axios');
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/lib.cjsView on unpkg · L2Findings
7 High6 Medium5 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.cjs
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencedist/index.cjs
HighShips High Entropy Blobtools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib.cjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib.mjs
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/index.cjs
MediumDynamic Requiredist/lib.cjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumInstall Persistencedist/index.cjs
MediumShips Compressed Blobtools/archives/difftastic-arm64-linux.tar.gz
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to thalamus@1.4.0.
See all versions of thalamus for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of thalamus@1.4.0 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.
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