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@cotal-ai/cli@0.132.1
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged process execution and agent-skill writes are tied to explicit extension or setup commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, has an opt-out, and is sent to the package's own service.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Telemetry is sent when a CLI command exits; skill files are reconciled by setup; npm runs when an extension is added.
Impact
These reviewed behaviors match the package's CLI purpose; telemetry disclosure and opt-out are provided.
Mechanism
The CLI posts telemetry to its own service, copies its authored skills into the user skills directory during setup, and invokes npm for the selected extension.
AI rationale
The flagged process execution and agent-skill writes are tied to explicit extension or setup commands. Runtime telemetry is disclosed, has an opt-out, and is sent to the package's own service.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai/v1/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 87.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json declares JavaScript entry points and has no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle script.
- Telemetry includes a notice describing the collected fields and opt-out commands.
- Telemetry is posted to the package's own https://cotal.ai/v1/telemetry endpoint.
- The cross-vendor skills install runs from the setup command and reports the files it installs.
- The npm install path belongs to the extension-add workflow and installs the requested extension.
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@0.132.1.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.132.1 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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