@whalent/agent@0.3.417
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThis is a high-risk, opaque remote agent and self-updating CLI, but it lacks an automatic registry-install trigger or a confirmed malicious payload. It warrants a warning rather than a publication block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent command or daemon.
Impact
A platform-controlled configuration can start workers and request upgrades or restarts on the user's machine.
Mechanism
Remote agent orchestration with self-updating global installation.
AI rationale
This is a high-risk, opaque remote agent and self-updating CLI, but it lacks an automatic registry-install trigger or a confirmed malicious payload. It warrants a warning rather than a publication block.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsREADME.md
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The command-line wrapper is deliberately obfuscated; the manifest includes an obfuscator as a development dependency.
- At runtime, the wrapper checks for a newer release and invokes npm to globally install its own package name and version.
- The package describes a daemon that fetches agent configuration, starts workers, and accepts remote upgrade and restart commands.
Evidence against
- The manifest has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook; its only lifecycle entry is prepublishOnly.
- The risky behavior is activated by running the whalent command, not by package installation.
- No concrete credential theft, destructive command, or undisclosed external endpoint was established 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(_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@0.3.417.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.417 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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