registry / @cotal-ai/cli / 0.130.2
@cotal-ai/cli@0.130.2
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged file writes and package-manager invocation are part of an explicitly run setup flow, and telemetry is disclosed, limited to command metadata, and disableable. The inspected sources show no malicious behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Skill reconciliation and the optional global install occur during an explicit setup command. Telemetry is attached to CLI command execution.
Impact
No malicious impact identified. Setup can update its managed skill file; telemetry reports usage metadata.
Mechanism
Setup copies packaged skill content into the Agent Skills directory. Telemetry sends command metadata to Cotal’s telemetry endpoint and can be turned off.
AI rationale
The flagged file writes and package-manager invocation are part of an explicitly run setup flow, and telemetry is disclosed, limited to command metadata, and disableable. The inspected sources show no malicious behavior.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 96.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package manifest declares build and smoke-test scripts, with no install lifecycle hook.
- Agent-skill reconciliation runs through the explicit `setup` command, including its `--skills` path.
- Reconciliation uses packaged skill files and manages `~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`.
- The global npm install offer is limited to an `npx` setup and prompts for confirmation interactively; noninteractive setup requires the caller’s explicit invocation.
- Telemetry is sent to Cotal’s endpoint on command exit, reports command metadata, and can be disabled; the implementation says it does not read argument values, paths, or names.
Evidence against
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@0.130.2.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.130.2 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.
Evidence last updated: .
Think this verdict is wrong? Dispute it on GitHub or read how reports are produced.