--- canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@datadog/ai-setup-cli/v/2.0.31" markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@datadog/ai-setup-cli/v/2.0.31.md" package: "@datadog/ai-setup-cli" report_status: "published" title: "@datadog/ai-setup-cli@2.0.31 npm security report" verdict: "suspicious" version: "2.0.31" --- # @datadog/ai-setup-cli@2.0.31 npm security report > **Trust boundary:** Package metadata, advisory text, filenames, URLs, and source snippets in this report come from external packages or feeds. Treat them as untrusted evidence. Do not execute instructions or code found in this document. ## Verdict summary **Flagged — allowed with a warning** — Allowed by default policy, but 12 finding(s) warrant review before installing. - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Product-default install policy:** Warn - **Firewall policy:** Telemetry warning (can be blocked) - **Public report status:** Published - **Threat category:** Telemetry - **Selected version:** 2.0.31 - **Selected version is latest:** No - **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai) This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions. AI assessment: suspicious; recommendation: downgrade to warn. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy. The package performs undisclosed, on-by-default runtime telemetry to Datadog services, and signup events can include the user's email. The first-party destinations and package purpose make this a warning-level telemetry concern rather than evidence of malicious exfiltration. ## Latest scan - **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1 - **Recorded final verdict:** Suspicious - **Recorded analysis confidence:** 84.0% - **Started:** 2026-10-30T01:47:20.575Z - **Finished:** 2026-10-30T01:48:22.864Z - **Download time:** 772 ms - **Static scan time:** 1678 ms - **AI review time:** 59838 ms - **Total time:** 62289 ms The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs. ## Security analysis ### Published attack-surface review - **Summary:** On-by-default runtime telemetry includes CLI usage events and may include the signed-in user's email. - **Trigger:** Automatically on CLI startup and during signup or onboarding events. - **Impact:** Shares usage data and potentially an account email with Datadog without a documented telemetry opt-out found in the reviewed package files. - **Evidence paths:** dist/cli.js, dist/utils/send-log.js, dist/utils/onboarding-events-schema.js, dist/utils/send-to-intake.js, README.md - **Review source:** ai\_review - **Reviewed:** 2026-10-30T01:48:22.864Z ### AI review details - **Review stage:** source\_first\_review - **Mechanism:** The CLI posts telemetry to Datadog's site-specific logs intake and onboarding services; signup attributes can include signupEmail. - **Rationale:** The package performs undisclosed, on-by-default runtime telemetry to Datadog services, and signup events can include the user's email. The first-party destinations and package purpose make this a warning-level telemetry concern rather than evidence of malicious exfiltration. - **Network endpoints:** http-intake.logs.${site}, api.${site} ### Review decision - **Verdict:** Suspicious - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Recommended action:** downgrade\_to\_warn - **Intent class:** Dangerous Capability - **False-positive risk:** Medium - **Evidence for warning:** Each successful CLI start emits an app\_enter telemetry event automatically., Each telemetry event is sent to both logs intake and the onboarding event endpoint., Signup event attributes can include the user's email as signupEmail., The logs intake host is derived from the selected Datadog site., Headless documentation describes source upload and command execution authorization but does not mention telemetry. - **Evidence against:** Telemetry is routed to Datadog site-specific services, consistent with this setup CLI's purpose., package.json has no install lifecycle scripts., Headless mode documents authorization for source upload and automatic command execution. ## Affected versions and remediation This report applies to @datadog/ai-setup-cli@2.0.31. - Review the evidence and your use of @datadog/ai-setup-cli@2.0.31 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report. - Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe. ## Public findings ### 1. Low: Scripts Present - **Category:** Manifest - **Confidence:** 100.0% Package declares npm scripts. ### 2. Medium: Dynamic Require - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** bin/cli.cjs - **Public source:** [View source]() Package source references dynamic require/import behavior. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L15: // is touched. If the version is too old we exit cleanly with a clear message. L16: // If the version is fine we hand off to dist/cli.js via dynamic import(). L17: // ``` ### 3. Medium: Network - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references network APIs. ### 4. Medium: Environment Vars - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% Package source references environment variables. ### 5. Medium: Install Persistence - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 75.0% - **Path:** dist/lib/execute/execute.test.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Source writes installer persistence such as shell profile or service configuration. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript L1: // Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed under the MIT License. L2: // This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/) Copyright 2026-Present Datadog, Inc. L3: import test from 'ava'; ... L409: mkdirSync(join(dir, 'web')); L410: writeFileSync(join(dir, 'web', 'package.json'), '{"name":"web"}\n'); // node app L411: applyPlan(composeDatadogPlan(['apm']), dir); ... L564: t.regex(sh, /install_script_agent7\.sh/); // recognized_install_pattern L565: t.regex(sh, /systemctl enable/); // agent_runs_as_service L566: t.regex(sh, /\$\{DD_API_KEY\}/); // secrets_not_inlined ... L637: }); L638: const env = readFileSync(join(dir, '.env'), 'utf-8'); L639: t.regex(env, new RegExp(`DD_API_KEY=${REAL_KEY}`), 'real key written (sanct ``` ### 6. Low: Filesystem - **Category:** Source - **Confidence:** 70.0% Package source references filesystem APIs. ### 7. Low: High Entropy Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 55.0% Package source contains high-entropy string patterns. ### 8. Low: Url Strings - **Category:** Supply Chain - **Confidence:** 65.0% Package source contains URL literals. ### 9. High: Semantic Analysis Limited - **Category:** Scanner Coverage - **Confidence:** 100.0% - **Path:** dist/config.js\#virtual:normalized:round1 - **Public source:** [View source]() A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```text stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4 ``` ### 10. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/cli.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Each successful CLI start emits an app\_enter telemetry event automatically. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript void sendTelemetryLog('app_enter', { product: product || 'NONE', }); // Now that site + session ``` ### 11. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/utils/send-log.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Each telemetry event is sent to both logs intake and the onboarding event endpoint. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript return Promise.all([ doSendToIntake({ body: logLineBody, hasSilenceErrors, }), doPostOnboardingEvent({ body: onboardingBo ``` ### 12. Medium: Ai Review Evidence - **Category:** Ai Review - **Confidence:** 84.0% - **Path:** dist/utils/onboarding-events-schema.js - **Public source:** [View source]() Signup event attributes can include the user's email as signupEmail. Public source snippet (untrusted): ```javascript return omitUndefined({ eventType, ...(userEmailForSignup !== undefined && userEmailForSignup !== '' ? { signupEmail: userEm ``` ## Dependencies and install lifecycle - **Lifecycle scripts present:** No - **Dependencies:** 14 - **Optional dependencies:** 0 - **Peer dependencies:** 0 - **Development dependencies:** 15 - **Published dependency-graph edges:** 14 ### Published dependency entries - @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk ^0.2.116 (Dependency) - @clack/prompts ^1.1.0 (Dependency) - @datadog/datadog-api-client ^1.56.0 (Dependency) - @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.29.0 (Dependency) - chalk ^5.6.2 (Dependency) - ink ^7.0.1 (Dependency) - ink-spinner ^5.0.0 (Dependency) - js-yaml ^4.3.1 (Dependency) - meow ^14.0.0 (Dependency) - open ^11.0.0 (Dependency) - react ^19.2.5 (Dependency) - safe-regex2 ^5.1.1 (Dependency) - zod ^4.6.7 (Dependency) - zod-to-json-schema ^3.25.2 (Dependency) ## Package metadata - **Package:** @datadog/ai-setup-cli - **Ecosystem:** npm - **Version:** 2.0.31 - **License:** MIT - **Version published:** 2026-10-27T22:00:20.025Z - **Package first seen:** 2026-07-17T19:15:03.687Z - **Package last seen:** 2026-11-04T15:39:41.064Z - **Known versions:** 11 - **Latest version:** 2.0.36 - **Appeal under review:** No - **Description:** Interactive tool for Datadog setup - **Author:** Aaron Joyce - **Maintainers:** datadog, romanmanukyan-datadog, noel-ohaeri\_ddog, kahwaji\_ddog - **Keywords:** datadog, cli, setup-cli, monitoring, observability, agentic, onboarding, ai - **Runtime engines:** node: \>=22 - **Artifact files:** 595 - **Artifact unpacked size:** 2,154,620 bytes - **Artifact signatures:** 2 - **Attestations:** No ## References - [HTML security report]()