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@botbuddy/cli@1.63.39
BotBuddy — Swarm coordination CLI for multi-agent workflows
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe reviewed automatic network activity checks for this package’s update and delivers pending run results; relay credentials go to the package’s BotBuddy service. The flagged persistence behavior is behind explicit staging-pool commands, and no malicious behavior was established.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Normal CLI invocations may check for updates and deliver pending run results; relay activity occurs when a wait or recovery operation is requested. Pool persistence requires an explicit staging-pool command.
Impact
No unauthorized collection, credential forwarding to an unrelated host, or unrequested account action was found in the reviewed paths.
Mechanism
The CLI checks the npm registry for its own version, sends wait credentials to the BotBuddy relay, and can install or refresh a launchd-backed pool when explicitly invoked.
AI rationale
The reviewed automatic network activity checks for this package’s update and delivers pending run results; relay credentials go to the package’s BotBuddy service. The flagged persistence behavior is behind explicit staging-pool commands, and no malicious behavior was established.
Evidence
$HOME/.botbuddy/update-check.json$HOME/.botbuddy/staging-session-pool/<poolId>/
Network endpoints2
registry.npmjs.orgapi.bot-buddy.ai (overridable via BOTBUDDY_RELAY_URL)
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest defines CLI binaries and library exports, with no lifecycle scripts.
- The launcher runs pending delivery work during normal CLI invocations; help and inspection commands skip it.
- The update check contacts the npm registry for this package’s latest version and offers an update.
- Wait credentials are sent to the BotBuddy relay by default; the relay URL can be configured by the user.
- Staging-pool installation is a human-invoked command that checks its context before network or file operations.
- Runtime refresh accepts only tenant and pool identifiers and validates the existing pool before updating it.
Evidence against
- The package uses child processes, network access, and filesystem writes, including explicit staging-pool persistence.
- The shipped native daemon binaries could not be assessed from readable source in this review.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
Source & flagged code
7 flaggedsrc/update-check.mjsView file
16import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
L17: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L18: import { homedir } from "node:os";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
src/update-check.mjsView on unpkg · L16src/staging-pool/refresh-runtime.mjsView file
26const jobPath = join(app, "job.mjs");
L27: async function owned(path, directory = false, privateFile = false) {
L28: const info = await fs.lstat(path);
...
L42: const before = await configBytes();
L43: const installed = validateInstalledConfig(JSON.parse(before));
L44: const previous = installed.poolBinding;
...
L61: const rows = await fetchRegisteredPools({
L62: exec: (file, args, callOptions) => exec(process.execPath, [file, ...args], callOptions),
L63: botbuddyBin: cliEntry, env, tenant, poolId, preserveAgentContext: true, requireTenantMatch: true,
...
L125: await fs.rename(configTemp, configPath);
L126: return { ok: true, command: "refresh-runtime", tenant, poolId, runtimeVersion: metadata.version, runtimeSha256: contentDigest, personaAliases: Object.keys(next.personas), producer:
Medium
Install Persistence
Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration.
Findings
5 High5 Medium3 Low
HighChild Processsrc/update-check.mjs
HighSame File Env Network Executionsrc/pw/daemon.mjs
HighTrigger Reachable Persistencesrc/staging-pool/cli.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedsrc/agent-credential-store.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltasrc/wait-core.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumInstall Persistencesrc/staging-pool/refresh-runtime.mjs
MediumShips Native Binarydaemon/bin/darwin-arm64/botbuddy-daemon
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @botbuddy/cli@1.63.39.
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