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@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.19
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe inspected flags resolve to intentional CLI behavior: feedback is submitted on request, and agent skills are written during setup. No install-time hook or automatic credential collection was found.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Feedback submission or setup requires a user-run command; no lifecycle hook was found.
Impact
No unauthorized collection, account action, or concealed execution was identified.
Mechanism
Feedback sends user-provided report fields to the configured Cotal intake. Setup installs the package’s canonical skills.
AI rationale
The inspected flags resolve to intentional CLI behavior: feedback is submitted on request, and agent skills are written during setup. No install-time hook or automatic credential collection was found.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints2
broker.cotal.ai/v1/feedbackcotal.ai/v1/feedback
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook; its scripts are development and test tasks.
- Feedback sends a report only when the feedback function is explicitly called.
- Feedback uses the Cotal intake by default, with a user-configured URL override.
- Agent Skills are reconciled through the explicit `cotal setup` flow.
Evidence against
- The published entry points target JavaScript files under `dist`.
- The feedback payload contains the submitted report fields and optional contact email, not discovered credentials or unrelated files.
- The skills installer manages the package’s canonical skill files under the agent skills directory.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
7 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
1 Critical5 High4 Medium4 Low
CriticalPrevious Version Dangerous Deltadist/lib/auth-proc.js
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@0.135.19.
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