@vatio-ai/cli@0.131.0
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 3d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package discloses runtime telemetry and offers opt-outs, but its failure reports can carry identifying details such as paths or user-specific text to Vatio’s service. This is suspicious telemetry, not clear malicious exfiltration.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; source matched previously finalized malicious package; routed for review; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
A CLI command runs and fails while telemetry is enabled by default.
Impact
Error telemetry could reveal local paths or user-specific text to the package service; users can disable telemetry with VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1.
Mechanism
The CLI posts command results, workspace identity, and serialized error messages or stack traces to Vatio’s CLI events endpoint. It shortens the home directory to ~ but does not remove other identifying details.
AI rationale
The package discloses runtime telemetry and offers opt-outs, but its failure reports can carry identifying details such as paths or user-specific text to Vatio’s service. This is suspicious telemetry, not clear malicious exfiltration.
Evidence
bin/vatio.mjslib/telemetry.mjslib/config.mjs~/.vatio/telemetry-notice~/.vatio/sessions.json
Network endpoints1
vatio.ai/api/developer/v1/cli/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The CLI reports run telemetry after each command, unless telemetry is disabled.
- Run reports include the command outcome, error details, and workspace identifier, sent to Vatio’s CLI events endpoint.
- Failure details can include an error message or stack trace; the code replaces the home directory but may leave other local paths or user-specific text.
Evidence against
- The CLI discloses telemetry and provides VATIO_TELEMETRY=0 and DO_NOT_TRACK=1 opt-outs.
- The telemetry comments say arguments, file contents, and secrets are not sent; the code also strips the home directory from error details.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
9 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 = 6
High
Semantic Analysis Limited
A bounded semantic-analysis stage reached its safety limit; remaining detectors completed, but this package requires AI review.
Findings
9 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/codex-session.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
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/telemetry.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
Low
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.131.0.
See all versions of @vatio-ai/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @vatio-ai/cli@0.131.0 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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