@lotics/cli@0.315.13
Lotics SDK and CLI for AI agents
AI Security Review
scanned 19d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe telemetry path has an effective opt-in, but it sends the API key to a destination that can be changed through LOTICS_API_URL. This supports a warning for conditional credential exposure, not a block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
The user sets LOTICS_TELEMETRY=1 and the CLI sends a telemetry batch.
Impact
A custom destination could receive the API key along with telemetry data.
Mechanism
The telemetry request places the API key in a bearer Authorization header; LOTICS_API_URL can override the default destination.
AI rationale
The telemetry path has an effective opt-in, but it sends the API key to a destination that can be changed through LOTICS_API_URL. This supports a warning for conditional credential exposure, not a block.
Evidence
dist/src/cli.js
Network endpoints1
api.lotics.ai/v1/cli/telemetry
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI sends batched telemetry with its API key as a bearer credential.
- Telemetry collection and sending are gated on LOTICS_TELEMETRY=1.
- The default API destination is api.lotics.ai, but LOTICS_API_URL can replace it.
- The required agent-configuration location is a documentation catalog entry.
Evidence against
- The package exposes the CLI and client through declared entrypoints; the manifest has no install lifecycle hook.
- The inspected agent-configuration location only catalogs documentation and does not mutate agent settings.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationUrlStrings
WildcardDependency
Source & flagged code
7 flaggeddist/src/cli.jsView file
46888// src/cli_dispatch.ts
L46889: import { spawn as spawn2 } from "node:child_process";
L46890:
High
Child Process
Package source references child process execution.
dist/src/cli.jsView on unpkg · L4688846909// docs/cli_reference.md
L46910: 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...
L46911:
High
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L662: _logger2["default"].log("error", 'Handlebars: Access has been denied to resolve the property "' + propertyName + '" because it is not an "own property" of its parent.\nYou can add ...
L663: }
...
L955: },
L956: data: function data(value, depth) {
L957: while (value && depth--) {
...
L2968:
L2969: // ../../node_modules/handlebars/node_modules/source-map/lib/base64.js
L2970: var require_base64 = __commonJS({
...
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
7 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
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
LowEval
LowFilesystem
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @lotics/cli@0.315.13.
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