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@cotal-ai/cli@0.135.21
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 2d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged process execution and agent-skill writes serve CLI maintenance and setup features. No install hook or unauthorized data collection was identified in the reviewed paths.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
No install-time trigger was found; skill installation requires running `cotal setup`, and feedback requires a user-invoked command.
Impact
No unauthorized collection, account action, or control-surface hijack was established.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skill files; feedback sends the user-provided report to Cotal's feedback endpoint.
AI rationale
The flagged process execution and agent-skill writes serve CLI maintenance and setup features. No install hook or unauthorized data collection was identified in the reviewed paths.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/
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
- package.json has no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle hook; its declared scripts are build and development checks.
- The package entry point imports CLI command modules; no malicious import-time behavior was identified in the inspected entry code.
- Agent skill files are reconciled by the explicit `cotal setup` flow, which installs Cotal-authored skills under `~/.agents/skills/`.
- The skill reconciler limits writes to each skill's `SKILL.md` and documents safeguards for symlinks and user-edited copies.
- Feedback is a user-invoked feature that posts the report body to Cotal's feedback service; its flags warn users not to include credentials or private logs.
Evidence against
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@0.135.21.
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