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@cotal-ai/cli@0.128.3
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged capabilities map to normal CLI behavior: configurable, disclosed runtime telemetry; explicitly submitted feedback; and agent-skill file management through `cotal setup`. The manifest has no install hooks, and the reviewed code provides no evidence of a malicious action.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry follows the configured runtime telemetry level; feedback and agent-skill setup require explicit commands.
Impact
No unauthorized credential disclosure, account action, or install-time behavior was found in the reviewed paths.
Mechanism
Telemetry posts to the package's declared endpoint. Feedback submits a user-provided report to its intake. Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skill files under ~/.agents/skills.
AI rationale
The flagged capabilities map to normal CLI behavior: configurable, disclosed runtime telemetry; explicitly submitted feedback; and agent-skill file management through `cotal setup`. The manifest has no install hooks, and the reviewed code provides no evidence of a malicious action.
Network endpoints3
cotal.ai/v1/telemetrybroker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes the CLI entrypoint and has no install lifecycle scripts.
- Telemetry is documented as anonymous, with its fields described in the package’s telemetry documentation.
- Telemetry returns without sending when its effective level is off; runtime sends occur at process exit.
- Telemetry can be disabled through its settings or environment configuration.
- Cross-vendor agent skills are reconciled by the explicit `cotal setup` flow.
- Feedback sends a request only when the feedback command is explicitly invoked.
Evidence against
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@0.128.3.
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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