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@cotal-ai/cli@0.124.1
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install hook, and the flagged filesystem and process capabilities serve CLI setup and extension functions. Runtime telemetry is sent to Cotal’s endpoint with a stated notice and level controls; its default-on behavior is a transparency concern, but the reviewed source does not establish malicious activity.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry is armed when a CLI command is dispatched; skill reconciliation occurs during setup.
Impact
The reviewed behavior supports product analytics and setup; no malicious collection or control hijack was identified.
Mechanism
Telemetry posts command events to Cotal’s endpoint. Setup reconciles package-provided skill files in the user’s skills directory.
AI rationale
The package has no install hook, and the flagged filesystem and process capabilities serve CLI setup and extension functions. Runtime telemetry is sent to Cotal’s endpoint with a stated notice and level controls; its default-on behavior is a transparency concern, but the reviewed source does not establish malicious activity.
Evidence
~/.cotal/telemetry.json~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai/v1/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 85.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are development and build commands.
- Telemetry is sent to Cotal’s endpoint. The notice describes the regular data categories, and the CLI provides telemetry level controls.
- Agent skills are reconciled by setup into managed SKILL.md files; that write is tied to the setup flow.
Evidence against
- Regular telemetry is enabled by default and the one-time notice is printed only when stderr is a TTY.
- The CLI imports many command modules, but the reviewed telemetry send is armed by command dispatch rather than package import.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
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@0.124.1.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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