@whalent/agent@0.3.424
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo concrete install-time attack, secret theft, or destructive behavior was established. The opaque privileged runtime updater and remote-control capabilities remain an unresolved security risk.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI in daemon mode.
Impact
A compromised or maliciously controlled platform channel could run agent actions, replace managed helpers, or execute notebook code in the user's environment.
Mechanism
Obfuscated remote-agent launcher with automatic helper updates and local code execution.
AI rationale
No concrete install-time attack, secret theft, or destructive behavior was established. The opaque privileged runtime updater and remote-control capabilities remain an unresolved security risk.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/jupyter_sidecar.pydist/core.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 88.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The published CLI entrypoint is deliberately obfuscated into a single large line, preventing meaningful audit of its runtime update, persistence, and command logic.
- When the daemon runs, it is designed to fetch and activate helper releases automatically and to accept gateway-issued upgrade and restart commands.
- The package ships a Jupyter sidecar that executes supplied notebook code in a local kernel.
- The manifest includes only a prepublish hook, so installing this release does not automatically execute its code.
Evidence against
- No preinstall, install, or postinstall lifecycle hook is present.
- No runtime dependency on @whalent/agent itself is declared; the optional runtime package is @whalent/agent-core.
- No concrete secret-exfiltration endpoint or destructive action was established by source inspection.
- The Jupyter execution path is an explicit sidecar RPC capability rather than hidden import-time execution.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x57c2da,_0xdc43a4){function _0x528b6a(_0x3e4ea9,_0x6f6688,_0x52777a,_0x27e728){return a0_0x4e8e(_0x27e728-0x328,_0x6f6688);}function _0x2e84a5(_0x3a17f2,_0...
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(_0x57c2da,_0xdc43a4){function _0x528b6a(_0x3e4ea9,_0x6f6688,_0x52777a,_0x27e728){return a0_0x4e8e(_0x27e728-0x328,_0x6f6688);}function _0x2e84a5(_0x3a17f2,_0...
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@0.3.424.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.424 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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