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@vatio-ai/cli@0.116.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe source matches a Vatio workspace CLI: its flagged agent-file update is tied to explicit initialization, and the skills hint only checks for installed skills and caches its notice state. Runtime telemetry is disclosed and has an opt-out; no concrete malicious behavior was found.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Telemetry runs during CLI command execution; the skills hint runs in selected `flags` and `test` flows; project agent instructions are written only by `vatio init`.
Impact
No malicious impact identified from the inspected source.
Mechanism
Telemetry sends command outcome details to Vatio and has an environment-variable opt-out. The hint checks the npm registry and stores local state. Initialization creates a project manifest and may add an AGENTS.md section.
AI rationale
The source matches a Vatio workspace CLI: its flagged agent-file update is tied to explicit initialization, and the skills hint only checks for installed skills and caches its notice state. Runtime telemetry is disclosed and has an opt-out; no concrete malicious behavior was found.
Evidence
~/.vatio/skills-hint.json~/.vatio/skills-check.jsonAGENTS.md (on `vatio init`)vatio.yml (on `vatio init`)
Network endpoints2
registry.npmjs.org/@vatio-ai/skills/latestvatio.ai/api/developer/v1/cli/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 90.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes a CLI binary and has no install lifecycle scripts.
- Runtime telemetry is disclosed, can be disabled with VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1, and reports command, exit status, and error details.
- The skills hint checks the official npm registry for a version and stores its own hint state; it is called from explicit CLI workflows.
- The AGENTS.md write occurs during `vatio init` in the current project.
Evidence against
- No automatic credential theft, unrelated collection, or concealed code execution was identified.
- The new visitor token is included in an eval request only when an identity was supplied to that command.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
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 High2 Medium7 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
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
LowSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
LowAi Review Evidencelib/telemetry.mjs
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.116.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @vatio-ai/cli@0.116.0 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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