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@cotal-ai/cli@0.129.3
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 6d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged process execution and agent-skill writes support the package’s CLI and explicit setup flow. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited as described in source, and can be disabled; no malicious behavior was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Telemetry is sent on command exit; skill reconciliation and the optional global install occur during an explicit setup run.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Skill changes are scoped to Cotal-managed files; telemetry is disclosed and has an off setting.
Mechanism
Telemetry sends documented usage events to Cotal. Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skill files and may install the CLI globally when invoked through npx without an existing cotal command.
AI rationale
The flagged process execution and agent-skill writes support the package’s CLI and explicit setup flow. Its runtime telemetry is disclosed, limited as described in source, and can be disabled; no malicious behavior was identified.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal
Network endpoints3
cotal.ai/v1/telemetrybroker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 93.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json defines no install lifecycle hook; its scripts are build and development checks.
- Agent Skills reconciliation is part of the explicit setup command and limits writes to Cotal-managed SKILL.md files, preserving user edits.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled, and is sent to https://cotal.ai/v1/telemetry; the notice says it excludes arguments, paths, names, and content.
- The changed static-session module describes a user-started chat session and keeps its credential leaf in memory.
Evidence against
- Setup can offer a global npm installation when run through npx; in noninteractive mode that offer proceeds by default.
- The package includes process execution, network operations, and writes to user configuration directories as part of its CLI and setup functions.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
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@0.129.3.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.129.3 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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