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@whalent/agent@0.3.376
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a real but user-invoked remote-agent capability hidden behind extensive obfuscation. It warrants a warning, not a publish block, because no automatic lifecycle abuse or concrete malicious action was confirmed.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI.
Impact
A configured remote service may direct agent activity on the user's machine.
Mechanism
Obfuscated persistent daemon with remote gateway configuration.
AI rationale
This is a real but user-invoked remote-agent capability hidden behind extensive obfuscation. It warrants a warning, not a publish block, because no automatic lifecycle abuse or concrete malicious action was confirmed.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/core.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- Both executable JavaScript artifacts are deliberately obfuscated, preventing transparent verification of their behavior.
- The user-invoked CLI prompts for persistence, updates its wrapper, and supervises a core process.
- The core creates a daemon using a token and gateway configuration, creating a remote-control capability.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its only lifecycle hook is prepublishOnly.
- The package does not runtime-depend on its own package name; its optional core dependency has a different name.
- No concrete credential theft, destructive action, or automatic install-time mutation was established from source inspection.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x1bdd28,_0x4aba1a){const _0xbf1fd2=_0x1bdd28();function _0x5daeea(_0x95d25e,_0x5c314b,_0x4140b7,_0x599666){return a0_0x53bc(_0x4140b7- -0xf0,_0x599666);}fu...
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(_0x1bdd28,_0x4aba1a){const _0xbf1fd2=_0x1bdd28();function _0x5daeea(_0x95d25e,_0x5c314b,_0x4140b7,_0x599666){return a0_0x53bc(_0x4140b7- -0xf0,_0x599666);}fu...
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@0.3.376.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.376 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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