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@cotal-ai/cli@0.131.0
⚠ Under reviewCotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest shows no install hooks, and the available setup excerpt describes user-invoked setup. However, the flagged telemetry and skill-write behavior could not be fully inspected, so the evidence is insufficient to decide whether the package is clean or suspicious.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
CLI setup, feedback submission, and telemetry worker execution; their exact triggering conditions could not be verified.
Impact
Unknown; the inspected material does not show an attack chain, but does not fully resolve the telemetry and setup paths.
Mechanism
The package includes code for external skill-file writes, runtime package installation, feedback submission, and telemetry. The available excerpts do not establish whether any behavior is automatic or harmful.
AI rationale
The manifest shows no install hooks, and the available setup excerpt describes user-invoked setup. However, the flagged telemetry and skill-write behavior could not be fully inspected, so the evidence is insufficient to decide whether the package is clean or suspicious.
Evidence
dist/lib/agent-skills.jsdist/commands/setup.jsdist/telemetry.js~/.agents/skills
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Manual Review at 42.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
AI review observations
- package.json defines no lifecycle scripts; its scripts are development and test commands.
- The manifest exposes a CLI package with `dist/index.js` as its main entry point.
- The setup command describes skill reconciliation as part of explicit setup, with a separate `--skills` option.
- Feedback submits user-provided report details and an email or bearer key to a configured intake URL.
Evidence against
- The flagged setup code invokes `npm install -g` at runtime; the available excerpt does not establish its full trigger or package target.
- Telemetry code posts to a URL held in worker data; the available excerpt does not reveal the payload, destination, or caller.
- The agent-skills implementation writes to `~/.agents/skills`; the available excerpt does not establish all callers or the full write behavior.
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/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@0.131.0.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.131.0 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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