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@cotal-ai/cli@0.128.0
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged process execution and agent-skill writes serve documented CLI setup flows, and telemetry is disclosed with minimal and off settings. The inspected source shows no malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry runs after CLI commands when enabled; skill reconciliation and feedback submission require explicit commands.
Impact
No malicious impact identified.
Mechanism
Disclosed telemetry sends command metadata to Cotal. Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skills; feedback sends a user-submitted report.
AI rationale
The flagged process execution and agent-skill writes serve documented CLI setup flows, and telemetry is disclosed with minimal and off settings. The inspected source shows no malicious behavior.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints5
cotal.ai/v1/telemetrybroker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedbackCOTAL_TELEMETRY_URL (user-configured HTTP or HTTPS URL)COTAL_FEEDBACK_URL (user-configured URL)
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest points to a CLI entry point and lists development scripts, with no install lifecycle hook.
- Telemetry is disclosed in the source, can be set to minimal or off, and is skipped when disabled.
- Telemetry events contain command metadata and scrubbed error details; sends happen after a command completes.
- Global npm installation is limited to an npx setup flow and prompts for confirmation in an interactive terminal.
- The agent skills are authored and bundled by Cotal; setup reconciles those files into the standard skills directory while checking for symlinks and preserving divergent copies.
Evidence against
- Runtime telemetry and writes to ~/.agents/skills occur, but the source describes the telemetry and these writes are tied to CLI commands and setup.
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@0.128.0.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.128.0 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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