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@cotal-ai/cli@0.127.4
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package’s automatic runtime telemetry targets its own service, is described in a user-facing notice, and has an opt-out; its regular event contains command metadata with error details scrubbed. The flagged skill writes are part of the explicit setup flow and limited to managed skill files.
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 and sent on process exit; skill reconciliation runs through `cotal setup`.
Impact
Usage metadata is sent to the package’s own service. Setup writes managed skill files when explicitly invoked.
Mechanism
Telemetry posts command events to Cotal’s endpoint. Setup reconciles the package’s authored skill files into the user’s skills directory.
AI rationale
The package’s automatic runtime telemetry targets its own service, is described in a user-facing notice, and has an opt-out; its regular event contains command metadata with error details scrubbed. The flagged skill writes are part of the explicit setup flow and limited to managed skill files.
Evidence
~/.cotal/telemetry.json~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai/v1/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package exposes a CLI entry point and no install lifecycle scripts are declared.
- Telemetry is sent when a command exits; the notice describes collection and tells users how to disable it.
- Telemetry goes to Cotal’s own endpoint and contains command metadata; error text and stack paths are scrubbed before inclusion.
- Agent skills are reconciled by the explicit `cotal setup` command and limited to the package’s authored skill files.
Evidence against
- Telemetry defaults to the `regular` level and may send an event even when no interactive notice is shown.
- The regular telemetry event includes an account hash and environment details such as shell and terminal.
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@0.127.4.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.127.4 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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