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@cotal-ai/cli@0.140.0
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install hooks, and the reviewed configuration writes and package installation are tied to explicit setup flows. Feedback sends user-submitted report fields to Cotal's intake; the inspected sources show no unrelated credential collection or hidden transfer.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs setup, extension-seeding, or feedback commands.
Impact
Expected setup and user-requested feedback behavior; no unauthorized credential or data transfer identified.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles Cotal-authored skills; feedback sends the submitted report to Cotal's intake.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install hooks, and the reviewed configuration writes and package installation are tied to explicit setup flows. Feedback sends user-submitted report fields to Cotal's intake; the inspected sources show no unrelated credential collection or hidden transfer.
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
- package.json exposes JavaScript entry points and declares no lifecycle scripts.
- The flagged skill reconciliation is part of the explicit `cotal setup` command.
- Skill reconciliation writes Cotal's own `SKILL.md` files under `~/.agents/skills` and backs up divergent edits.
- Feedback submits user-provided feedback fields to the Cotal intake endpoint.
Evidence against
- No automatic install-time attack behavior was identified.
- The flagged process execution is used by CLI setup or extension-seeding flows.
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@0.140.0.
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