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@cotal-ai/cli@0.129.2
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged agent-surface writes occur during explicit setup and are constrained to Cotal's own skill files. Telemetry is disclosed and has an off setting; no malicious behavior was found.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
The user invokes a CLI command; skill reconciliation runs during `setup` or `setup --skills`.
Impact
No unauthorized account action, credential transfer, or broader agent-setting change was identified.
Mechanism
Setup installs or refreshes Cotal-authored skill files; telemetry sends disclosed usage events to Cotal when enabled.
AI rationale
The flagged agent-surface writes occur during explicit setup and are constrained to Cotal's own skill files. Telemetry is disclosed and has an off setting; no malicious behavior was found.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/telemetry.json
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai/v1/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 92.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install lifecycle hooks; importing the main entry registers commands, and the dispatcher runs a command only when invoked.
- Agent skills are reconciled through the explicit `setup` command or `setup --skills`.
- The skill reconciler writes Cotal-authored `SKILL.md` files under `~/.agents/skills`, preserves divergent copies in backups, and refuses symlinks.
- The shipped topology skill requires the user's explicit agreement before deployment.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, masks values and paths, and can be changed to `minimal` or `off`.
Evidence against
- At the regular telemetry level, the CLI sends command metadata and a daily install summary to Cotal.
- Setup writes skill files into the user's shared `~/.agents/skills` directory.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
18 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
17 High4 Medium4 Low
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
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/telemetry.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/commands/spawn.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/commands/up.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/self-exec.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/lib/service-process.js
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/commands/ext.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/cli@0.129.2.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.129.2 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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