--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/totem-llm/v/0.17.0" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/totem-llm/v/0.17.0.md" package: "totem-llm" report_status: "published" title: "totem-llm@0.17.0 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "0.17.0" --- # totem-llm@0.17.0 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 — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 33 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Matched warn-list - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Install Hook Abuse - **Selected version:** 0.17.0 - **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. This is an unresolved install-time supply-chain risk, not evidence of a concrete malicious payload. The scanner's credential-exfiltration indication was not confirmed in the inspected web-search implementation. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 82.0% - **Started:** 2026-09-08T19:15:59.677Z - **Finished:** 2026-09-08T19:17:31.720Z - **Download time:** 1020 ms - **Static scan time:** 12801 ms - **AI review time:** 78220 ms - **Total time:** 92043 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:** Installing the package automatically launches nested dependency installation. That installation includes a Git dependency resolved from a moving branch. - **Trigger:** npm installation of totem-llm - **Impact:** Dependency lifecycle code from registries and the Git branch can execute during installation. - **Evidence paths:** package.json, scripts/postinstall.mjs, collector/package.json - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-09-08T19:17:31.720Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** Postinstall launches npm installs in bundled subprojects. - **Rationale:** This is an unresolved install-time supply-chain risk, not evidence of a concrete malicious payload. The scanner's credential-exfiltration indication was not confirmed in the inspected web-search implementation. - **Files touched:** scripts/postinstall.mjs, server/node\_modules, collector/node\_modules, collector/package.json - **Network endpoints:** github.com ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 82.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Unknown - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** The automatic postinstall hook runs npm install for bundled server and collector projects., The collector dependency set includes a Git dependency pinned to a moving main branch, so install fetches code not fixed by the published package., The bundled server exposes terminal execution, although the source gates it behind feature settings, admin enablement, and approval. - **Evidence against:** No runtime dependency on totem-llm itself was found in the root, server, or collector manifests., The lifecycle script targets only its bundled server and collector directories; no AI-agent configuration writes were found., The inspected search plugin sends configured API credentials only to the selected search provider when a user-triggered search runs. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to totem-llm@0.17.0. - Review the evidence and your use of totem-llm@0.17.0 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. ## 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/postinstall.mjs ``` ### 2. Medium: Ambiguous Install Lifecycle Script - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** package.json - **Public source:** [View source]() 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. Critical: Critical Secret - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** server/.env - **Public source:** [View source]() Package contains a critical-looking secret pattern. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text patternName = blocked_file severity = critical blockedFile = server/.env redactedSecretContext = secretLikeLines = 7 L5: OLLAMA_MODEL_TOKEN_LIMIT= L6: OLLAMA_AUTH_TOKEN= L8: OPENROUTER_API_KEY= L9: OPENROUTER_MODEL_PREF= L12: JWT_SECRET= L14: STORAGE_DIR= L18: DATABASE_URL= ``` ### 6. High: Child Process - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% - **Path:** collector/utils/WhisperProviders/ffmpeg/index.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references child process execution. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L2: const path = require("path"); L3: const { execSync, spawnSync } = require("child_process"); L4: const { patchShellEnvironmentPath } = require("../../shell"); ``` ### 7. High: Shell - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 85.0% Package source references shell execution. ### 8. High: Eval - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 80.0% - **Path:** server/public/assets/ort.min-faca3c2b.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic code evaluation. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L4: * Licensed under the MIT License. L5: */var vd=Object.create,Pn=Object.defineProperty,_d=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor,Od=Object.getOwnPropertyNames,Id=Object.getPrototypeOf,Sd=Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,L=(e,r)... L6: precision highp float; ``` ### 9. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** collector/middleware/verifyIntegrity.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: const { CommunicationKey } = require("../utils/comKey"); L2: const RuntimeSettings = require("../utils/runtimeSettings"); ``` ### 10. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 11. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 12. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 13. Critical: Credential Exfiltration - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 90.0% - **Path:** server/utils/agents/aibitat/plugins/web-browsing.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L40: parameters: { L41: $schema: "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", L42: type: "object", ... L157: _serpApi: async function (query) { L158: if (!process.env.AGENT_SERPAPI_API_KEY) { L159: this.super.introspect( ... L173: L174: const params = new URLSearchParams({ L175: engine: engine, ... L185: .then((res) => { L186: if (res.ok) return res.json(); L187: throw new Error( ``` ### 14. High: Cross File Remote Execution Context - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 72.0% - **Path:** lib/launcher.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source spawns a local helper that also contains network and dynamic execution context; review data flow before blocking. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript Cross-file remote execution chain: lib/launcher.js spawns server/public/index.js; helper contains network access plus dynamic code execution. L1: import { spawn } from "child_process"; L2: import { join } from "path"; ... L67: L68: child.stdout.on("data", (c) => flush(c)); L69: child.stderr.on("data", (c) => flush(c)); ... L78: function getLocalIP() { L79: const interfaces = os.networkInterfaces(); L80: for (const name of Object.keys(interfaces)) { ... L131: // Display startup banner with professional formatting L132: process.stdout.write("\n"); L133: process.stdout.write(startupBanner(appVersion, "production")); ... L150: highlightBox( ``` ### 15. Medium: Protestware - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 90.0% Package source has broad protestware-like patterns that need review. ### 16. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 17. Low: Telemetry - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references telemetry or analytics APIs. ### 18. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 19. 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. ### 20. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** lib/setup.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 8 ``` ### 21. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** collector/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = collector/index.js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 22. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/endpoints/system.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = server/endpoints/system.js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 23. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/endpoints/utils.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = server/endpoints/utils.js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 24. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/swagger/utils.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = server/swagger/utils.js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 25. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/apipie/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 26. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/cometapi/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 27. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/dockerModelRunner/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 28. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/fireworksAi/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 29. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/gemini/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 30. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/giteeai/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 31. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/novita/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 32. High: Known Malware Source Similarity - **Category:** Static - **Confidence:** 97.0% - **Path:** server/utils/AiProviders/openRouter/index.js - **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 = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = totem-llm@0.15.1 matchedPath = [redacted].js matchedIdentity = npm:dG90ZW0tbGxt:0.15.1 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source ``` ### 33. Medium: Secret Pattern - **Category:** Secrets - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** server/endpoints/system.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Hardcoded password in server/endpoints/system.js Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript patternName = generic_password severity = medium line = 411 ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** Yes - **Published lifecycle scripts:** postinstall, prepublishOnly - **Dependencies:** 1 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 16 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 1 ### Published dependency entries - qrcode-terminal ^0.12.0 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** totem-llm - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 0.17.0 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-09-08T19:13:55.059Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-08-10T10:31:01.349Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-10-17T16:09:31.014Z - **Known versions:** 9 - **Latest version:** 0.19.0 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Totem LLM – Your Private AI. Run a self-hosted AI assistant locally on Linux, macOS, or Windows. - **Author:** Fred Terzi - **Maintainers:** fred\_terzi - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=18 - **Artifact files:** 825 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 29,159,173 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]() - [Repository]() - [Homepage]() - [Issues]()