@vatio-ai/cli@0.122.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry to the package's own service, but error stacks can contain identifying local paths. That makes the telemetry a warning-level privacy risk under the review rules.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A CLI command fails with an error whose stack is reported, while telemetry is enabled.
Impact
The service may receive identifying local filesystem paths from the failed command's stack.
Mechanism
reportRun includes an error description; for many errors, that description contains up to six stack lines and is posted to the configured Vatio API.
AI rationale
This is disclosed, opt-out runtime telemetry to the package's own service, but error stacks can contain identifying local paths. That makes the telemetry a warning-level privacy risk under the review rules.
Evidence
lib/telemetry.mjs~/.vatio/sessions.json
Network endpoints1
vatio.ai/api/developer/v1/cli/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Run telemetry is enabled by default unless VATIO_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK disables it.
- Failed runs include an error description in the telemetry event.
- For many errors, the description includes up to six lines of the error stack, which can contain local file paths.
- The event is posted to the configured Vatio API endpoint.
Evidence against
- The CLI announces its runtime telemetry and provides an opt-out.
- The source says it does not send command arguments, file contents, or secrets.
- The skill hint fetches a version from the npm registry and writes its cache under the Vatio config directory.
- The AGENTS.md write occurs only during the explicit init 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/improve.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file
•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 7
High
Findings
3 High5 Medium4 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/skills-hint.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/commands/improve.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/telemetry.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@0.122.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @vatio-ai/cli@0.122.0 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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