@vatio-ai/cli@0.129.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe CLI discloses runtime telemetry and provides an opt-out, but unexpected-error telemetry includes stack traces that may expose local paths beyond what the notice describes. This is a telemetry concern, not evidence of credential theft or malicious behavior.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review
Trigger
A CLI command runs with telemetry enabled and ends with an unexpected error.
Impact
A local path may be disclosed to the Vatio service without explicit per-run consent.
Mechanism
The CLI posts run data to the configured Vatio API; unexpected errors contribute up to six stack lines, which can contain local paths.
AI rationale
The CLI discloses runtime telemetry and provides an opt-out, but unexpected-error telemetry includes stack traces that may expose local paths beyond what the notice describes. This is a telemetry concern, not evidence of credential theft or malicious behavior.
Evidence
lib/telemetry.mjs~/.vatio/sessions.json~/.vatio/telemetry-notice
Network endpoints1
vatio.ai/api/developer/v1/cli/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Default runtime telemetry reports command outcomes and an error field without user action.
- Unexpected errors include up to six stack lines; those can expose local source paths despite the telemetry notice saying files are never sent.
Evidence against
- The CLI displays a telemetry notice and supports VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.
- Telemetry is posted to the configured Vatio API, and normal command arguments are not included.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
10 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
Semantic Analysis Limited
A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.
Findings
10 High2 Medium4 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/skills-hint.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedlib/commands/improve.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/support.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/telemetry.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/codex-session.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/commands/workspace-admin.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/update-notice.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/commands/identity-key.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/release-notes.mjs
HighKnown Malware Source Similaritylib/docs-sections.mjs
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.129.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @vatio-ai/cli@0.129.0 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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