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@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.20
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed filesystem, subprocess, and network actions are associated with CLI features. Agent-skill writes are limited to owned files and are triggered by setup; feedback submission sends the user-provided report to Cotal’s intake or a user-configured URL.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Explicit CLI commands such as setup, connector reconciliation, or feedback submission.
Impact
No unauthorized credential collection, unrelated data transfer, or unrequested account action was identified.
Mechanism
Setup may reconcile owned skill files, seed connectors, and offer a global install when run through npx; feedback sends a user-submitted report to an intake URL.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed filesystem, subprocess, and network actions are associated with CLI features. Agent-skill writes are limited to owned files and are triggered by setup; feedback submission sends the user-provided report to Cotal’s intake or a user-configured URL.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json
Network endpoints2
broker.cotal.aicotal.ai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 94.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The package exposes a CLI entry point and has no install lifecycle hook in its manifest.
- Agent skills are reconciled by explicit `cotal setup` or `cotal setup --skills`; writes are limited to Cotal-owned skill files.
- The global npm install is an `npx` convenience in setup, with an interactive prompt unless setup is non-interactive or `--yes` is used.
- Feedback is sent by the explicit feedback command to Cotal’s intake or a validated, user-configured URL.
Evidence against
- The CLI performs filesystem writes and runs subprocesses for connector seeding and setup, but the inspected paths tie them to CLI operations.
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@0.135.20.
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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