@taskless/cli-nightly@0.13.5-20261103213417x8951788
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 1d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package discloses runtime telemetry and provides opt-outs, but the telemetry includes a GitHub owner and hashed workspace and repository identifiers. This is a telemetry privacy risk; the reviewed authentication code did not substantiate the scanner’s credential-redirection warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
Telemetry initialization during CLI use, unless disabled by environment or project settings.
Impact
The service can correlate usage with an account and project despite the telemetry being described as anonymous.
Mechanism
The CLI sends a GitHub owner and hashed workspace and repository identifiers with telemetry to z.taskless.io.
AI rationale
The package discloses runtime telemetry and provides opt-outs, but the telemetry includes a GitHub owner and hashed workspace and repository identifiers. This is a telemetry privacy risk; the reviewed authentication code did not substantiate the scanner’s credential-redirection warning.
Evidence
dist/index.js~/.config/taskless/anonymous_id (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/taskless/anonymous_id)
Network endpoints1
z.taskless.io
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Runtime telemetry is sent to https://z.taskless.io using a persistent anonymous ID.
- Telemetry identifies the GitHub owner and includes workspace and repository identifiers; the repository ID is derived from the git origin and hashed.
- Telemetry can be disabled with TASKLESS_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1, DO_NOT_TRACK=1, or a project setting.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no install lifecycle scripts; the main entry is also the CLI binary.
- The telemetry notice describes anonymous usage telemetry and gives users an opt-out.
- The inspected authentication flow sends Taskless tokens to the Taskless API; no foreign credential redirect was found.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
5 flaggeddist/index.jsView file
10import { AsyncLocalStorage as cy } from "node:async_hooks";
L11: import { execFile as sn, spawn as Yt } from "node:child_process";
L12: import { R as ee, T as Sf, E as Ve, a as Qe, b as ve, L as Ie, i as rn } 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 F, mkdir as q, writeFile as D, rm as Q, readdir as J, stat as ue, glob as $f, access as Ea, readlink as ty, chmod as ny, rename as st, cp as sy, rmdir as Ei, l...
import ly, { createInterface as sr } from "node:readline";
this.flushPromise = null, this.shutdownPromise = null, this.promiseQueue = new N0(), this._events = new q0(), this._isInitialized = !1, D0(t, "You must pass your PostHog project's ...
throw this.beginBackoff(), new mn(`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@0.13.5-20261103213417x8951788.
See all versions of @taskless/cli-nightly for other recorded verdicts.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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