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@cotal-ai/cli@0.129.0
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged network and filesystem behavior has package-related purposes: telemetry is documented with an opt-out, feedback is user-submitted, and agent skills are installed through explicit setup. The manifest declares no lifecycle scripts, and the reviewed paths show no malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry runs when a CLI command is dispatched; skill installation and feedback require explicit commands.
Impact
No malicious credential transport, unrelated account action, concealed payload, or unauthorized install-time mutation was identified.
Mechanism
Telemetry sends documented command and runtime metadata to Cotal's telemetry endpoint. Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skills into the cross-vendor skills directory. Feedback posts a user-submitted report to a Cotal intake.
AI rationale
The flagged network and filesystem behavior has package-related purposes: telemetry is documented with an opt-out, feedback is user-submitted, and agent skills are installed through explicit setup. The manifest declares no lifecycle scripts, and the reviewed paths show no malicious behavior.
Evidence
~/.cotal/telemetry.json~/.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 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package has no lifecycle scripts; its entry points expose the CLI dispatcher and service modules.
- Runtime telemetry goes to https://cotal.ai/v1/telemetry and documents the fields collected, masking, and opt-out command.
- Telemetry payload base fields are an install ID, package/runtime versions, OS, architecture, CI status, and command outcome metadata.
- Agent skills are reconciled into ~/.agents/skills only through the explicit `cotal setup` flow.
- Feedback submits to the Cotal intake through an explicit feedback command; the credential is read from a protected file or configured environment variable.
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@0.129.0.
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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