@cotal-ai/connector-jcode@0.133.3
Cotal connector for Jcode: a host-mode mesh peer driven through Jcode's Harness API bridge.
AI Security Review
scanned 4d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe connector automatically makes several other AI providers' credentials available to Jcode when its host starts, without a separate opt-in. This is a meaningful credential-delegation risk, but the inspected source does not prove the credentials are sent to an unrelated host, so the finding is suspicious rather than malicious.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Automatic when the connector host starts.
Impact
Jcode can act using credentials for other AI providers without a separate opt-in. The inspected source does not show those credentials being exfiltrated to an unrelated endpoint.
Mechanism
The host enumerates external credential files under the user's home and mirrors them into its Jcode home before launching the Harness API bridge.
AI rationale
The connector automatically makes several other AI providers' credentials available to Jcode when its host starts, without a separate opt-in. This is a meaningful credential-delegation risk, but the inspected source does not prove the credentials are sent to an unrelated host, so the finding is suspicious rather than malicious.
Evidence
dist/host.jspackage.json~/.claude/.credentials.json~/.codex/auth.json~/.gemini/oauth_creds.json~/.cursor/auth.json~/.config/cursor/auth.jsonprivate Jcode home: external/<credential-relative-path>
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 84.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The host enumerates credential files for external AI tools, including Claude, Codex, Gemini and Cursor.
- Its credential inventory reads from the user's home directory and maps credentials into a Jcode home.
- When the host starts, it calls the credential mirroring routine before preparing the Jcode session.
Evidence against
- The package describes itself as a Cotal connector for Jcode's Harness API bridge, which is consistent with launching Jcode.
- The inspected code shows local credential staging for Jcode; it does not establish that these credentials are sent to an unrelated host.
- The launcher disables the SDK's own login inheritance, so the observed staging is performed by the connector's explicit mirroring code.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkWebSocket
HighEntropyStringsMinified
Source & flagged code
7 flaggeddist/host.jsView file
111L112: Set the \`cycles\` parameter to \`"ref"\` to resolve cyclical schemas with defs.`)}}}for(const entry of ctx.seen.entries()){const seen=entry[1];if(schema===entry[0]){extractToDef(e...
L113: `}}function tryAcquireOnce({path:path4,nonce:nonce3,content}){if(publishAtomic(path4,content)){let released=false;return{kind:"acquired",held:{nonce:nonce3,release(){if(released)re...
High
111L112: Set the \`cycles\` parameter to \`"ref"\` to resolve cyclical schemas with defs.`)}}}for(const entry of ctx.seen.entries()){const seen=entry[1];if(schema===entry[0]){extractToDef(e...
L113: `}}function tryAcquireOnce({path:path4,nonce:nonce3,content}){if(publishAtomic(path4,content)){let released=false;return{kind:"acquired",held:{nonce:nonce3,release(){if(released)re...
L114: Your last answer was refused: ${a.refused}`:"";return`
High
Same File Env Network Execution
A single source file combines environment access, network access, and code or shell execution; review context before blocking.
dist/host.jsView on unpkg · L111109L110: `)}}doc.write(`payload.value = newResult;`);doc.write(`return payload;`);const fn=doc.compile();return(payload,ctx)=>fn(shape,payload,ctx)};let fastpass;const isObject2=isObject;co...
L111:
L112: Set the \`cycles\` parameter to \`"ref"\` to resolve cyclical schemas with defs.`)}}}for(const entry of ctx.seen.entries()){const seen=entry[1];if(schema===entry[0]){extractToDef(e...
L113: `}}function tryAcquireOnce({path:path4,nonce:nonce3,content}){if(publishAtomic(path4,content)){let released=false;return{kind:"acquired",held:{nonce:nonce3,release(){if(released)re...
L114: Your last answer was refused: ${a.refused}`:"";return`
Findings
5 High4 Medium5 Low
HighChild Processdist/host.js
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/host.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/host.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/host.js
HighShips High Entropy Blobdist/docs-bundle.bin
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Compressed Blobdist/docs-bundle.bin
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowEvaldist/host.js
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @cotal-ai/connector-jcode@0.133.3.
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