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@cotal-ai/cli@0.141.9
Cotal mesh CLI: up, join, watch, console, spawn, mint, channels, history, ext.
AI Security Review
scanned 8h ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe manifest has no install lifecycle scripts, and the reviewed file writes and network request occur through user-invoked CLI features for this package. The process and shell execution paths are consistent with broker management and persona editing.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Setup, feedback, and service actions require invoking their respective CLI commands; no install lifecycle trigger was found.
Impact
Expected setup writes are limited to managed skill files and a Cotal ownership manifest; feedback sends the fields supplied for that submission.
Mechanism
Setup reconciles the package's authored agent skills. Feedback sends a user-submitted report to its official intake or an explicitly configured HTTPS intake.
AI rationale
The manifest has no install lifecycle scripts, and the reviewed file writes and network request occur through user-invoked CLI features for this package. The process and shell execution paths are consistent with broker management and persona editing.
Evidence
~/.agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md~/.cotal/agent-skills.json
Network endpoints3
broker.cotal.aicotal.aiUser-configured HTTPS feedback intake
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 points to a CLI entry point and has no install lifecycle scripts.
- Skill reconciliation is reached through the invoked `setup` command, including the explicit `--skills` path.
- Skill management writes Cotal's own `SKILL.md` files under `~/.agents/skills` and tracks ownership in `~/.cotal`; the code limits removal to files it previously managed.
- Feedback is submitted by the invoked feedback command to the official intake or an explicitly configured HTTPS URL; its request contains the report fields and optional feedback key.
Evidence against
- The CLI has process and shell execution paths for operations such as broker startup and persona editing, but these serve the package's stated CLI features.
- Setup can write agent skills and may offer a global npm install during an interactive setup flow; these actions are tied to invoking setup.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
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@0.141.9.
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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