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@whalent/agent@0.3.408
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe absence of an install lifecycle hook rules out an automatic install-time attack, but opaque executable code combined with runtime installation and remote worker control is an unresolved security risk.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI or daemon.
Impact
A platform-controlled update or worker configuration could execute with the privileges of the user running the CLI.
Mechanism
Obfuscated worker supervision with runtime package installation and remote-command support.
AI rationale
The absence of an install lifecycle hook rules out an automatic install-time attack, but opaque executable code combined with runtime installation and remote worker control is an unresolved security risk.
Evidence
dist/index.cjs
Network endpoints1
memory.whalent.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The executable entry point is deliberately obfuscated, preventing meaningful audit of its runtime behavior.
- The launcher includes a runtime core-version installer that invokes an external executable with inherited environment variables.
- The package describes a daemon that accepts remote upgrade and restart commands and auto-starts configured workers.
Evidence against
- package.json has only a prepublishOnly script; there is no install, preinstall, or postinstall hook.
- No concrete credential theft, destructive command, or hidden network endpoint was recoverable by static inspection.
- The Python sidecar is a local Jupyter-kernel protocol helper and contains no network client.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0xd5748b,_0x4ef79b){function _0x315a80(_0x46169e,_0x26abdb,_0x3bec46,_0x228c75){return a0_0x298e(_0x46169e-0x32,_0x3bec46);}const _0x5762b6=_0xd5748b();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(_0xd5748b,_0x4ef79b){function _0x315a80(_0x46169e,_0x26abdb,_0x3bec46,_0x228c75){return a0_0x298e(_0x46169e-0x32,_0x3bec46);}const _0x5762b6=_0xd5748b();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@0.3.408.
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