@lotics/cli@0.312.11
Lotics SDK and CLI for AI agents
AI Security Review
scanned 25d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source does not establish malicious default behavior: telemetry is opt-in and defaults to the package-aligned Lotics API. Because an unrestricted LOTICS_API_URL override can receive the bearer API key during telemetry, this conditional credential-forwarding risk warrants a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A CLI invocation with LOTICS_TELEMETRY=1 that has at least five queued telemetry events and an authenticated context.
Impact
If LOTICS_API_URL is set to an unrelated endpoint, that endpoint receives the API key and may be able to use it.
Mechanism
Telemetry posts event data to the selected API URL and places the API key in the bearer Authorization header.
AI rationale
The source does not establish malicious default behavior: telemetry is opt-in and defaults to the package-aligned Lotics API. Because an unrestricted LOTICS_API_URL override can receive the bearer API key during telemetry, this conditional credential-forwarding risk warrants a warning.
Evidence
dist/src/cli.js~/.lotics/telemetry-<shard>.ndjson
Network endpoints2
api.lotics.ai/v1/cli/telemetry${baseUrl}/v1/cli/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI entry point is dist/src/cli.js; the manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and prepublishOnly only builds.
- The required agent-integration location is a static documentation-source entry, not an agent configuration mutation.
- Telemetry is disabled unless LOTICS_TELEMETRY is set to 1.
- When telemetry flushes, it sends the API key as a bearer token to the telemetry endpoint at the selected API base URL.
- LOTICS_API_URL can override the default API host, and the CLI passes that selected URL and key to telemetry.
Evidence against
- Telemetry is explicitly opt-in and sends only after at least five queued events.
- The default API host is api.lotics.ai, matching the package's Lotics service. No unrelated recipient or covert default credential export was identified.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
Source & flagged code
8 flaggeddist/src/cli.jsView file
46797// src/cli_dispatch.ts
L46798: import { spawn as spawn2 } from "node:child_process";
L46799:
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/src/cli.jsView on unpkg · L4679746818// docs/cli_reference.md
L46819: var cli_reference_default = "# @lotics/cli \u2014 CLI Command Reference\n\nPer-command syntax, flags, contracts, and gotchas for the public `lotics` CLI. Start at [AGENTS.md](../AG...
L46820:
High
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L663: }
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L955: },
L956: data: function data(value, depth) {
L957: while (value && depth--) {
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L2968:
L2969: // ../../node_modules/handlebars/node_modules/source-map/lib/base64.js
L2970: var require_base64 = __commonJS({
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L5756: (function() {
L5757: var reservedWords = "break else new var case finally return void catch for switch while continue function this with default if throw delete in try do instanceof typeof abstract enu...
L5758: var compilerWords = JavaScriptCompiler.RESERVED_WORDS = {};
Findings
8 High4 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/src/cli.js
HighShelldist/src/cli.js
HighHost Fingerprint Exfiltrationdist/src/cli.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/src/cli.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/src/cli.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/src/cli.js
HighRemote Agent Bridgedist/src/cli.js
HighTrigger Reachable Command Output Exfiltrationdist/src/cli.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
MediumWildcard Dependency
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
Affected versions and remediation
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