@taskless/cli-nightly@0.13.5-20261102022221x0907f20
Nightly build of [`@taskless/cli`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@taskless/cli) — the same source and the same build, published from an unreleased commit on `main`.
AI Security Review
scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package discloses runtime telemetry and offers opt-outs, but the telemetry also sends a GitHub owner derived from the repository remote, which is identifying repository information. This is a telemetry privacy concern, not evidence of credential theft or malicious install behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Telemetry initialization during CLI use, unless disabled by configuration or environment variable.
Impact
Taskless can associate CLI usage with a repository owner despite describing the telemetry as anonymous; no credential or file-content transmission was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI derives a GitHub owner from the project’s Git remote and includes it in PostHog identify properties sent to z.taskless.io.
AI rationale
The package discloses runtime telemetry and offers opt-outs, but the telemetry also sends a GitHub owner derived from the repository remote, which is identifying repository information. This is a telemetry privacy concern, not evidence of credential theft or malicious install behavior.
Evidence
dist/index.js
Network endpoints1
z.taskless.io
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 90.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI resolves the repository URL from its Git remote and derives a GitHub owner from it.
- Telemetry identifies users with an anonymous ID and includes the derived GitHub owner in identifying properties sent to https://z.taskless.io.
- The telemetry events include the CLI command, although the package describes the collection as anonymous.
Evidence against
- The package discloses telemetry and provides environment-variable and configuration-file opt-outs.
- The manifest has no install, preinstall, or postinstall lifecycle script.
- The npm credential lead is consistent with a launcher temporarily copying project .npmrc for npm ci, then deleting the copied file; the install uses --ignore-scripts.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
10import { AsyncLocalStorage as sy } from "node:async_hooks";
L11: import { execFile as nn, spawn as Jt } from "node:child_process";
L12: import { R as te, T as vf, E as Ue, a as Je, b as ve, L as Te, i as sn } from "./index-QQC7OE4T.js";
High
•Manifest-reachable source captures an API credential, sends it to a fixed unofficial gateway, and persists that redirection in agent or shell configuration.
dist/index.js:
import { readFile as C, mkdir as q, writeFile as P, rm as Q, readdir as Y, stat as ue, mkdtemp as tr, copyFile as $a, glob as yf, access as wf, readlink as Jm, chmod as Ym, rename ...
import ny, { createInterface as sr } from "node:readline";
this.flushPromise = null, this.shutdownPromise = null, this.promiseQueue = new E0(), this._events = new F0(), this._isInitialized = !1, O0(t, "You must pass your PostHog project's ...
throw this.beginBackoff(), new gn(`Your project key or personal API key is invalid. Setting next polling interval to ${this.getPollingInterval()}ms. More information: https://posth...
throw this.beginB
High
Credential Redirect Persistence
Manifest-reachable source sends a prompted API credential to a fixed unofficial gateway and persists the redirection.
dist/index.jsView on unpkgFindings
3 High3 Medium6 Low
HighChild Processdist/index.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/index.js
MediumNetwork
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/index.js
MediumAi Review Evidencedist/index.js
LowScripts Present
LowEval
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowTelemetry
LowUrl Strings
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @taskless/cli-nightly@0.13.5-20261102022221x0907f20.
See all versions of @taskless/cli-nightly for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @taskless/cli-nightly@0.13.5-20261102022221x0907f20 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.
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