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@cotal-ai/cli@0.129.8
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged process execution and agent-skill writes are tied to user-invoked CLI commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, sent to Cotal, and has an opt-out.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Telemetry runs after CLI commands when enabled; skill reconciliation runs during an explicit setup command; package installation runs during explicit setup or extension commands.
Impact
No unauthorized credential transfer, account action, or install-time package behavior was identified.
Mechanism
Telemetry goes to Cotal’s endpoint and has an off setting. Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skill files; package installation invokes npm for the selected package.
AI rationale
The package has no install lifecycle hook, and the flagged process execution and agent-skill writes are tied to user-invoked CLI commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, sent to Cotal, and has an opt-out.
Evidence
~/.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 84.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are development and test commands.
- Runtime telemetry targets Cotal’s own endpoint, is disclosed in the source, and can be disabled with `cotal telemetry off`.
- The `~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` reconciliation runs as part of setup and is limited to Cotal’s skill files.
- The global npm install and extension package installation are command-driven operations.
Evidence against
- Telemetry can include command metadata and environment-derived shell and terminal names.
- Setup writes skills into the user’s shared `~/.agents/skills` directory.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
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/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
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritydist/commands/setup-start.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/cli@0.129.8.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.129.8 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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