@whalent/agent
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
This report shows the evidence for @whalent/agent@0.3.298. 40 of 194 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.3.528, is flagged. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 3mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10721 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-10721
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in @whalent/agent (npm)
Details
The package installs a `whalent` CLI daemon that opens a persistent WebSocket connection (`wss://`) to a Whalent Memory gateway and, per its own README, accepts remote commands including 'upgrade' and 'restart' from that gateway. `dist/index.cjs` contains an `npmInstallCommand` builder that assembles `npm install -g @whalent/agent@<version> --registry=<DEFAULT_NPM_REGISTRY|CHINA_NPM_REGISTRY>` strings driven by the gateway's chosen version — meaning whoever controls (or compromises) the gateway can cause the daemon's host to install and execute an arbitrary version of the package as the user running the daemon. The core bundle additionally references `process.env.SHELL` and localhost RDP/VNC ports (127.0.0.1:3389, 5900, 5901), and the dependency set includes `@xterm/headless`, `node-pty` (optional), `ssh2`, and `ws`, indicating terminal/PTY and remote-session capability reachable from the same gateway channel. Both `dist/index.cjs` (main/bin entry) and the 13 MB `dist/core.cjs` are transformed with javascript-obfuscator (string-array rotator, `_0x`-named helpers, control-flow flattening), and `javascript-obfuscator` is listed in devDependencies — the obfuscation covers the gateway command dispatcher and shell sinks. The daemon fires only when the operator explicitly runs `whalent --token …`, not on `npm install` or on `require()`, but once running it provides a network-reachable code-execution and shell surface on the host controlled by the gateway operator.
Independent LPM AI assessment
SuspiciousIndependent AI assessment: suspicious. LPM AI assessed this version as suspicious; the assessments disagree.
No malicious install-time behavior was found, but the obfuscated privileged daemon, remote command channel, and runtime helper updates are a concrete unresolved supply-chain risk.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
User runs whalent with a token.
Impact
A compromised or malicious platform/gateway could execute agent actions or replace helper components.
Mechanism
Persistent remote-command agent with downloaded helper activation.
AI rationale
No malicious install-time behavior was found, but the obfuscated privileged daemon, remote command channel, and runtime helper updates are a concrete unresolved supply-chain risk.
Evidence
package.jsonscripts/preinstall-check.cjsdist/index.cjsdist/core.cjsREADME.md~/.whalent-agent/helpers/sqlite
Independent scan evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 93.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI warning decision
- dist/index.cjs and dist/core.cjs are heavily obfuscated.
- README.md describes a persistent daemon accepting gateway commands.
- README.md says the daemon downloads and activates helper releases periodically.
- dist/index.cjs imports child_process and starts the CLI daemon.
Evidence against
- scripts/preinstall-check.cjs only rejects Node versions below 20.
- No eval() or vm usage was found.
- The privileged daemon path is activated by the whalent CLI, not preinstall.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedObfuscatedUrlStrings
NoLicense
Oversized source lightweight scan
dist/core.cjs
Source & flagged code
6 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.preinstall = node scripts/preinstall-check.cjs
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkgdist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x3a15c6,_0x22eb51){const _0x87aaac=_0x3a15c6();function _0x357a2d(_0x5f1ba0,_0x335279,_0x55f402,_0x5a5d2f){return a0_0x1b12(_0x55f402-0x21d,_0x335279);}fun...
High
Obfuscated Payload Loader
Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L11#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x3a15c6,_0x22eb51){const _0x87aaac=_0x3a15c6();function _0x357a2d(_0x5f1ba0,_0x335279,_0x55f402,_0x5a5d2f){return a0_0x1b12(_0x55f402-0x21d,_0x335279);}fun...
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/index.cjsFindings
3 High6 Medium6 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/index.cjs
HighObfuscated
MediumDynamic Requiredist/index.cjs
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helperdist/jupyter_sidecar.py
MediumOversized Source Filedist/core.cjs
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/core.cjs
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowNon Install Lifecycle Scripts
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @whalent/agent@0.3.298.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing @whalent/agent@0.3.298. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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