@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.13
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI enables regular telemetry by default and sends it after normal commands. Although it provides opt-out controls and an interactive notice, headless runs skip that notice while the install event reports additional configuration metadata, so this merits a telemetry warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The first ordinary CLI command creates regular telemetry settings by default; subsequent commands send telemetry unless it is disabled.
Impact
Cotal receives usage and installation or mesh configuration metadata; no raw credentials were observed in the telemetry flow.
Mechanism
The dispatcher arms events for normal commands and sends them on exit to Cotal’s telemetry endpoint. The one-time notice is conditional on an interactive terminal.
AI rationale
The CLI enables regular telemetry by default and sends it after normal commands. Although it provides opt-out controls and an interactive notice, headless runs skip that notice while the install event reports additional configuration metadata, so this merits a telemetry warning.
Evidence
dist/command.jsdist/telemetry.js.lpm-dependency-evidence-b54d8a98-2632-4980-b7b7-752860664fc8/1/npm-linux/dist/telemetry.jsuserCotalDir()/telemetry.jsonhomeCotalDir()/idp-sessions.json
Network endpoints1
cotal.ai/v1/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- When no telemetry settings exist, the workspace dependency creates them at the regular level with a random install ID.
- The command dispatcher arms telemetry for commands, and the telemetry module sends its events on process exit.
- The notice is printed only when stderr is a TTY; other runs skip it while telemetry can remain enabled.
- The daily install event includes installed extensions and runtimes, mesh count, hosted-mesh status, and uptime in addition to the notice’s listed fields.
Evidence against
- Telemetry goes to Cotal’s own endpoint, and the package provides minimal/off controls and a documentation link.
- The inspected telemetry code hashes the account identifier and scrubs error text; no raw credential transfer was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
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@0.135.13.
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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