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@cotal-ai/cli@0.133.9
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged file writes and package-manager invocation are reached through explicit setup flows, and the skills code limits changes to its own skill files. Feedback reads only its configured intake credential and sends it with a user-submitted report to the selected intake; no malicious behavior was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs a CLI command; skill reconciliation occurs during setup, and feedback sends only when the user submits feedback.
Impact
No unintended credential transfer, account action, or agent control change was identified in the inspected paths.
Mechanism
Setup installs Cotal-authored skill files in ~/.agents/skills and maintains an ownership manifest. Feedback posts user-provided report fields to its configured or Cotal intake.
AI rationale
The flagged file writes and package-manager invocation are reached through explicit setup flows, and the skills code limits changes to its own skill files. Feedback reads only its configured intake credential and sends it with a user-submitted report to the selected intake; no malicious behavior was identified.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json
Network endpoints2
broker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package exports a CLI entry point; no install lifecycle scripts are declared.
- Setup is an explicit command and describes starting only after preparation is complete.
- Skill reconciliation is invoked by setup and limits changes to Cotal-authored SKILL.md files under ~/.agents/skills.
- Global installation is offered only when running through npx without a global cotal command; interactive users receive a prompt.
- Feedback submission is an explicit command, with the selected intake URL and request details validated before sending.
Evidence against
- The CLI imports modules that provide process execution, filesystem writes, and network requests, but inspected uses are tied to setup or explicit commands.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
6 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
5 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
MediumDynamic Requiredist/lib/nats-bin.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/cli@0.133.9.
See all versions of @cotal-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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