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@cotal-ai/cli@0.136.5
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged process, network, and agent-skill behaviors serve documented CLI workflows. No install hook or unrequested credential or account activity was identified.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
No install-time trigger was found. Skills writes and feedback submissions occur through user-run commands; the optional global install follows setup when run via npx.
Impact
No unauthorized credential collection, account action, or broader agent configuration change was identified.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles Cotal-authored SKILL.md files under ~/.agents/skills, feedback posts a user-supplied report to Cotal intake, and npx setup may offer to install the CLI globally.
AI rationale
The flagged process, network, and agent-skill behaviors serve documented CLI workflows. No install hook or unrequested credential or account activity was identified.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md
Network endpoints2
broker.cotal.aicotal.ai
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 91.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest declares JavaScript entry points and no install lifecycle scripts.
- Agent skills are reconciled by the explicit setup workflow into ~/.agents/skills; the code manages skill files rather than broader agent settings.
- Feedback is sent when the feedback command is invoked, to Cotal’s feedback endpoints, with user-provided report fields.
- The optional global install is a setup convenience for npx use; interactive runs prompt first.
Evidence against
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@0.136.5.
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