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@botbuddy/cli@1.64.5
BotBuddy — Swarm coordination CLI for multi-agent workflows
AI Security Review
scanned 15h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe reviewed network requests and credential use match the CLI's update and wait features, and persistence requires an explicit staging-pool install command. The native daemon binaries were unreadable, but their presence is consistent with the package's daemon feature and does not alone establish malicious behavior.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
CLI commands; staging-pool persistence runs only after an explicit install command.
Impact
No unrelated credential collection, hidden persistence, or unsolicited account action was identified.
Mechanism
The package checks for its own newer version, sends wait credentials to the BotBuddy relay for wait operations, and installs the staging-pool job on request.
AI rationale
The reviewed network requests and credential use match the CLI's update and wait features, and persistence requires an explicit staging-pool install command. The native daemon binaries were unreadable, but their presence is consistent with the package's daemon feature and does not alone establish malicious behavior.
Evidence
~/.botbuddy/update-check.json~/.botbuddy/staging-session-pool/
Network endpoints2
registry.npmjs.orgapi.bot-buddy.ai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest describes a swarm coordination CLI and declares command entrypoints without lifecycle scripts.
- The update check fetches the package's latest version from registry.npmjs.org.
- Wait recovery sends its session token to the BotBuddy relay endpoint for the requested operation.
- Staging-pool installation is an explicit, human-gated command that writes and starts its job.
Evidence against
- The bundled native daemon binaries are unreadable in the available source views.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 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
4 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
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@1.64.5.
See all versions of @botbuddy/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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