@whalent/agent@0.3.412
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo install lifecycle abuse or self-dependency chain is present. The opaque CLI plus remote-managed, code-capable agent behavior remains an unresolved security risk.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI or daemon with platform credentials.
Impact
A compromised platform account or opaque update path could affect the local user environment.
Mechanism
Obfuscated remote-managed agent runtime with code-execution integrations.
AI rationale
No install lifecycle abuse or self-dependency chain is present. The opaque CLI plus remote-managed, code-capable agent behavior remains an unresolved security risk.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/core.cjsdist/jupyter_sidecar.py
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 82.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The published CLI entry point is deliberately obfuscated, preventing reliable audit of its privileged runtime behavior.
- The package is a daemon-style agent with helper download and activation behavior plus remote gateway commands.
- The bundled Jupyter sidecar starts a Python kernel and executes supplied notebook code.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The only lifecycle hook is prepublishOnly, which does not run for consumers.
- The optional core dependency is a different package name, not a self-dependency.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
Oversized source lightweight scan
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@0.3.412.
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- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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