@vatio-ai/cli@0.114.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package sends disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry to its own API, but error details can retain local project paths, which are identifying information. This warrants a warning for telemetry; no malicious credential theft or unrelated data transfer was identified.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A CLI command completes or errors while telemetry is enabled, which is the default.
Impact
Vatio may receive identifying project paths in error telemetry.
Mechanism
The CLI posts command outcome data and, on errors, a message or stack excerpt. It replaces the home directory with ~, but other local paths may remain.
AI rationale
The package sends disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry to its own API, but error details can retain local project paths, which are identifying information. This warrants a warning for telemetry; no malicious credential theft or unrelated data transfer was identified.
Evidence
lib/telemetry.mjsbin/vatio.mjs${configHome()}/sessions.json${configHome()}/telemetry-notice
Network endpoints1
${config.resolveBaseUrl()}/api/developer/v1/cli/events (default host: https://vatio.ai)
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI reports command outcomes and error details by default when telemetry is enabled.
- For unexpected errors, the reported message can include the first six stack lines; it replaces the home directory but may leave project paths.
- Telemetry is posted to the Vatio CLI events endpoint.
- A first-run notice describes the reporting, and VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1 disables it.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no lifecycle scripts, and the package is a Vatio workspace management CLI.
- Telemetry goes to the configured Vatio API and uses the saved Vatio token; no unrelated collector was identified.
- The AGENTS.md write occurs only during the explicit vatio init command.
- The transcript-sharing command asks for confirmation unless --yes is supplied and offers --save to inspect the transcript first.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
Source & flagged code
6 flaggedlib/skills-hint.mjsView file
•Manifest-trigger-reachable source links an external AI-agent control path to a behavior-bearing write operation.
import { existssync, mkdirsync, readfilesync, writefilesync } from "node:fs";
import { homedir } from "node:os";
import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
import { confighome } from "./config.mjs";
import { paint } from "./support.mjs";
const skill = "vatio-improve";
const version_file = ".vatio-sk[redacted]";
const latest_url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vatio-ai/skills/latest";
const show_every_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
const check_every_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
const fetch_timeout_ms = 1_500;
export async function printskillshint(startdir = process.cwd()) {
if (process.env.ci || process.env.vatio_no_skills_hint) return;
const path = join(confighome(), "sk
High
Trigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutation
Manifest-trigger-reachable source writes behavior-bearing configuration into a user or project AI-agent control surface.
lib/skills-hint.mjsView on unpkglib/commands/support-commands.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file
•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 5
Findings
3 High5 Medium4 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/skills-hint.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/commands/support-commands.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/commands/workspace-admin.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
MediumAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
MediumAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.114.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
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