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@cotal-ai/cli@0.121.6
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged capabilities serve the CLI’s usage reporting, setup, and feedback functions. Telemetry is disclosed with an off setting and scrubs error details; setup writes managed skills only when invoked, and the reviewed feedback path requires explicit submission.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry runs at command exit when enabled; skills reconciliation and optional global installation occur during setup; feedback submission requires an explicit command.
Impact
No unauthorized collection or action was identified in the reviewed paths.
Mechanism
Telemetry sends command metadata to Cotal’s telemetry endpoint, setup writes managed skill files, and feedback posts a user-supplied report to the configured intake.
AI rationale
The flagged capabilities serve the CLI’s usage reporting, setup, and feedback functions. Telemetry is disclosed with an off setting and scrubs error details; setup writes managed skills only when invoked, and the reviewed feedback path requires explicit submission.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints3
cotal.ai/v1/telemetrybroker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines CLI entry points and has no install lifecycle scripts.
- Telemetry is disclosed as anonymous command usage data, with regular-level error text scrubbed before sending.
- Telemetry is armed for commands and skipped when the effective setting is off; users can change the level with the telemetry command.
- Agent skills are written under ~/.agents/skills during explicit setup and the installer limits changes to Cotal-owned skill files.
- Global npm installation is offered only during an npx setup run, with an interactive confirmation or explicit non-interactive setup.
Evidence against
- No malicious behavior was identified in the reviewed runtime paths.
- Feedback sends user-provided report details only through the explicit feedback command.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
7 flaggeddist/seed/reconcile.jsView file
1import { existsSync, renameSync } from "node:fs";
L2: import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
L3: import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/seed/reconcile.jsView on unpkg · L1dist/lib/persona-files.jsView file
274process.on(signal, pass);
L275: const child = program ? spawn(program, [draft], { stdio: "inherit" }) : spawn(`${editor} ${quoted}`, { shell: true, stdio: "inherit" });
L276: return new Promise(resolve => {
High
dist/lib/nats-bin.jsView file
Findings
1 Critical5 High4 Medium4 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/telemetry.js
HighChild Processdist/seed/reconcile.js
HighShelldist/lib/persona-files.js
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/lib/agent-skills.js
HighRuntime Package Installdist/commands/setup.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/commands/ext.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/lib/nats-bin.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/cli@0.121.6.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.121.6 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.
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