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@whalent/agent@0.3.372
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThere is no install-time malicious chain or self-dependency, so blocking is not supported. However, the opaque remote-control agent runtime warrants a warning until its behavior can be independently audited.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent command or starts its daemon.
Impact
A compromised or misused configured platform could control agent workers or updates on the user's machine.
Mechanism
Obfuscated agent daemon with remote configuration, worker launch, and update capability.
AI rationale
There is no install-time malicious chain or self-dependency, so blocking is not supported. However, the opaque remote-control agent runtime warrants a warning until its behavior can be independently audited.
Evidence
package.jsondist/index.cjsdist/core.cjsREADME.md
Network endpoints1
memory.whalent.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The published command entrypoint is deliberately obfuscated, preventing a reliable audit of its privileged runtime behavior.
- The package advertises a daemon that fetches configurations, starts workers, and accepts remote upgrade and restart commands.
- The command wrapper launches child processes and can install a separately versioned core package during runtime updates.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; prepublishOnly does not run for consumers.
- The package does not depend on its own package name.
- No concrete secret theft, destructive action, or foreign agent-control configuration write was confirmed from the inspected files.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x96b9e0,_0x6ff8e){const _0x2e172d=_0x96b9e0();function _0x3604db(_0x1653c5,_0x194646,_0x2e337e,_0x15f095){return a0_0x28fe(_0x1653c5-0x15e,_0x2e337e);}func...
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(_0x96b9e0,_0x6ff8e){const _0x2e172d=_0x96b9e0();function _0x3604db(_0x1653c5,_0x194646,_0x2e337e,_0x15f095){return a0_0x28fe(_0x1653c5-0x15e,_0x2e337e);}func...
Medium
Dynamic Require
Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.
dist/index.cjsView on unpkg · L1dist/jupyter_sidecar.pyView file
•path = dist/jupyter_sidecar.py
kind = build_helper
sizeBytes = 18590
magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Build Helper
Findings
1 High6 Medium5 Low
HighObfuscated Payload Loaderdist/index.cjs
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
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @whalent/agent@0.3.372.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.372 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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