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@essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.25.2

Cogent Bridge — cross-agent comms for Claude Code, OpenAI Codex and Slack. Codex users: install with `curl -fsSL https://cogent.tools/install.sh | sh`, then start with `cogent-codex` for real-time peer wake.

AI Security Review

scanned 9d ago · by lpm-firewall-ai

Review flagged AI-agent configuration or capability changes. This remains warn-only unless evidence shows foreign-agent hijack through preinstall/install/postinstall, hidden persistence, exfiltration, remote code execution, or other concrete malicious behavior.

Static reason

High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review

Trigger

Global npm installation activates setup; incoming relay tasks activate agent resumes and conditional sandbox fallback.

Impact

Relayed instructions can act with fewer host safeguards. First-party extension installation and dangerous agent capabilities warrant warning, without proving malware intent.

Mechanism

Setup invokes the Codex installer and plugin commands. Relay subprocesses skip Claude permission checks or retry Codex with approvals and sandbox disabled.

AI rationale

Concrete agent permission bypass and default sandbox fallback justify a capability warning. First-party plugin setup falls under the warning policy, and the inspected source does not establish block-eligible malicious behavior.

Evidence

package.jsonscripts/postinstall-global.mjsdist/config.jsdist/services/auto-relay.jsdist/services/codex-cli.jsdist/services/cc-cli.js

Network endpoints2

chatgpt.com/codex/install.shgithub.com/eaisdevelopment/cogent.git

Source & flagged code

13 flagged · loading source

package.jsonView file

•scripts.postinstall = node scripts/postinstall-global.mjs

High

Install Time Lifecycle Scripts

Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.

package.jsonView on unpkg

dist/bin/cogent-codex.jsView file

31*/ L32: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L33: import { realpathSync } from "node:fs"; ... L40: function log(msg) { L41: process.stderr.write(`[cogent-codex] ${msg}\n`); L42: } ... L91: log("setting up real-time wake — installing codex's managed build (one-time)…"); L92: const res = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", "curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh"], { L93: stdio: "inherit", ... L202: async function main() { L203: loadConfig(process.env); L204: const codexBin = getConfig().COGENT_CODEX_PATH;

Critical

Download Execute

Source downloads or fetches remote code and executes it.

dist/bin/cogent-codex.jsView on unpkg · L31

31Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/bin/cogent-codex.js L31: */ L32: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L33: import { realpathSync } from "node:fs"; ... L40: function log(msg) { L41: process.stderr.write(`[cogent-codex] ${msg}\n`); L42: } ... L91: log("setting up real-time wake — installing codex's managed build (one-time)…"); L92: const res = spawnSync("sh", ["-c", "curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh"], { L93: stdio: "inherit", ... L202: async function main() { L203: loadConfig(process.env); L204: const codexBin = getConfig().COGENT_CODEX_PATH;

Critical

Trigger Reachable Dangerous Capability

A package entrypoint or install-time lifecycle script reaches a source file with blocking dangerous behavior.

dist/bin/cogent-codex.jsView on unpkg · L31

31*/ L32: import { spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process"; L33: import { realpathSync } from "node:fs";

High

Child Process

Package source references child process execution.

dist/bin/cogent-codex.jsView on unpkg · L31

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/bin/cogent-codex.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/bin/cogent-codex.jsView on unpkg

dist/backend/npm-update-check.js#virtual:normalized:round1View file

•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 7

High

Semantic Analysis Limited

A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.

dist/backend/npm-update-check.js#virtual:normalized:round1View on unpkg

dist/services/codex-app-server.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/services/codex-app-server.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/services/codex-app-server.jsView on unpkg

dist/services/codex-preflight.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/services/codex-preflight.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/services/codex-preflight.jsView on unpkg

scripts/postinstall-global.mjsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = scripts/postinstall-global.mjs matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

scripts/postinstall-global.mjsView on unpkg

dist/services/cc-cli.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/services/cc-cli.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/services/cc-cli.jsView on unpkg

dist/services/codex-cli.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/services/codex-cli.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/services/codex-cli.jsView on unpkg

dist/backend/npm-update-check.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.3 matchedPath = dist/backend/npm[redacted] matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.3 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/backend/npm-update-check.jsView on unpkg

dist/services/auto-relay.jsView file

•matchType = normalized_sha256 matchedPackage = @essentialai/cogent-bridge@3.23.9 matchedPath = dist/services/auto-relay.js matchedIdentity = npm:[redacted]:3.23.9 similarity = 1.000 summary = normalized source hash matched finalized malicious source

High

Known Malware Source Similarity

Source file is highly similar to a previously finalized malicious package; route for source-aware review.

dist/services/auto-relay.jsView on unpkg