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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.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (98cfd64c3f4382ad0470faa70a1604f84cb385a64dbc1eed9bbf68fd244ab887)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'gemini-computer-use' @ 0.4.3 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-21T17:21:03+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-29T14:30:40.9934246+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"gemini-computer-use","ranges":[],"versions":["0.1.2","0.4.3","0.4.5"],"rawVersionEvidence":null}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://www.npmjs.com/package/gemini-computer-use/v/0.1.2","https://www.npmjs.com/package/gemini-computer-use/v/0.4.3","https://www.npmjs.com/package/gemini-computer-use/v/0.4.5"],"sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-16355","license":"OSV · upstream source license applies","key":"osv:MAL-2026-16355","identifiers":["MAL-2026-16355"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[{"source":"cisa-kev:global","scope":"Complete CISA KEV catalog; all vendors. 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