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@cotal-ai/cli@0.132.3
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no lifecycle scripts, and the flagged filesystem, process, and network behavior is tied to user-invoked setup or feedback commands, or disclosed runtime telemetry that can be disabled. The reviewed sources do not show an unauthorized attack chain.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
Explicit CLI commands such as setup or feedback; runtime telemetry is armed for a command and skips when telemetry is off.
Impact
No unauthorized credential collection, unrelated account action, or concealed install-time behavior was identified.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles the package's skills into the user's agent skills directory and may offer a same-version global install during npx use. Telemetry sends command/runtime metadata to Cotal's endpoint.
AI rationale
The manifest has no lifecycle scripts, and the flagged filesystem, process, and network behavior is tied to user-invoked setup or feedback commands, or disclosed runtime telemetry that can be disabled. The reviewed sources do not show an unauthorized attack chain.
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 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest defines the CLI entry points and has no install lifecycle scripts.
- Agent skill files are reconciled by the explicit `cotal setup` command; the installer manages its own `SKILL.md` files under `~/.agents/skills`.
- Global npm installation is offered only during an `npx` setup run, with a prompt or the documented non-interactive default.
- Telemetry is runtime command telemetry, can be disabled, and reports package/runtime fields such as version, OS, architecture, and CI status.
- Feedback is sent to the configured intake only through the feedback command.
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@0.132.3.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @cotal-ai/cli@0.132.3 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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