@vatio-ai/cli@0.84.1
Vatio CLI — deploy and manage Vatio agent workspaces
AI Security Review
scanned 20d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiAutomatic telemetry sends the saved bearer token to a configurable destination without validating that it remains Vatio, creating conditional credential exposure. The flagged agent configuration write is tied to explicit workspace initialization, so it does not independently establish an attack.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.; previous stored version diff introduced dangerous source
Trigger
Running a CLI command while telemetry is enabled.
Impact
A non-Vatio destination can receive the token, allowing its operator to use that credential.
Mechanism
The command report request includes the saved token as a bearer credential and uses the configurable base URL.
AI rationale
Automatic telemetry sends the saved bearer token to a configurable destination without validating that it remains Vatio, creating conditional credential exposure. The flagged agent configuration write is tied to explicit workspace initialization, so it does not independently establish an attack.
Evidence
lib/telemetry.mjslib/config.mjsbin/vatio.mjs
Network endpoints1
vatio.ai/api/developer/v1/cli/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package exposes a CLI entry point through `bin/vatio.mjs`.
- The CLI writes a Vatio note to the current workspace’s `AGENTS.md` only through the explicit `init` command.
- The skills hint runs from improve commands and checks the npm registry for a version update.
- The CLI reports command outcomes on normal and error paths; its telemetry is enabled unless explicitly disabled.
- Telemetry requests attach the saved bearer token and send it to the configured base URL; that URL can come from the environment or config, and defaults to Vatio.
- Session sharing is a separate CLI command with a confirmation gate before it sends a transcript.
Evidence against
- The agent configuration write is part of user-invoked workspace setup, while the skills hint checks for an update rather than installing or modifying agent files.
- The credential exposure depends on a custom base URL; the default destination is Vatio, and telemetry can be disabled.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoEnvironmentVars
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 unpkgbin/vatio.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1View file
•stage = ast_semantic_analysis; reason = ast_parse_error; limitedFiles = 4
High
Semantic Analysis Limited
Findings
3 High5 Medium4 Low
HighTrigger Reachable External Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationlib/skills-hint.mjs
HighSemantic Analysis Limitedbin/vatio.mjs#virtual:normalized:round1
HighPrevious Version Dangerous Deltalib/support.mjs
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumAi Review Evidencepackage.json
MediumAi Review Evidencebin/vatio.mjs
MediumAi Review Evidencelib/commands/misc.mjs
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @vatio-ai/cli@0.84.1.
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