@whalent/agent@0.3.380
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no automatic registry-install lifecycle hook, so a publish block is not justified. Its user-triggered global self-update and opaque executable create a real unresolved supply-chain risk that warrants a warning.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI.
Impact
A later registry release can be installed and executed through the user's global npm prefix.
Mechanism
Obfuscated CLI self-update and core-runtime installation.
AI rationale
The package has no automatic registry-install lifecycle hook, so a publish block is not justified. Its user-triggered global self-update and opaque executable create a real unresolved supply-chain risk that warrants a warning.
Evidence
dist/index.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The executable is deliberately string-obfuscated, including a runtime decoder, which prevents meaningful auditing of much of its behavior.
- Running the CLI automatically invokes a wrapper update routine that resolves a newer version and installs it globally with npm.
- The entrypoint also installs and supervises a separate core runtime, expanding the executable supply-chain surface.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, postinstall, or prepare hook; its only lifecycle-like script is prepublishOnly.
- The update behavior is reached from the user-invoked CLI entrypoint, not during package installation.
- No concrete credential theft, destructive action, or foreign AI-agent configuration write was confirmed from the inspected source.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
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@0.3.380.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.380 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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