@whalent/agent@0.3.428
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiNo install-hook abuse or concrete malicious payload was established, but the opaque runtime combines persistence, self-update, process control, and diagnostic upload. This is an unresolved dangerous capability rather than a clean, auditable CLI.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI or daemon.
Impact
The runtime could persist processes, change its wrapper, and transmit collected diagnostics to a configured platform.
Mechanism
Obfuscated agent orchestration with persistence, update, and diagnostic-upload capabilities.
AI rationale
No install-hook abuse or concrete malicious payload was established, but the opaque runtime combines persistence, self-update, process control, and diagnostic upload. This is an unresolved dangerous capability rather than a clean, auditable CLI.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/core.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 83.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The published CLI and its 16 MB core bundle are deliberately obfuscated, preventing meaningful verification of their runtime behavior.
- Launching the CLI invokes persistence prompting, wrapper updates, and core-process supervision.
- The core contains a debug-log archive upload routine, including calls that pass platform and authentication-related runtime values.
- The executable is a user-invoked CLI rather than an npm install hook.
Evidence against
- package.json has no preinstall, install, or postinstall script; its only lifecycle script is prepublishOnly.
- No concrete secret-stealing payload, destructive action, or foreign AI-agent configuration write 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(_0x2f91bb,_0x3647a8){const _0x37d719=_0x2f91bb();function _0x16c05b(_0x344cff,_0x25b4bc,_0x2b8b2a,_0x441fb9){return a0_0x36f1(_0x2b8b2a-0x2c4,_0x441fb9);}fun...
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(_0x2f91bb,_0x3647a8){const _0x37d719=_0x2f91bb();function _0x16c05b(_0x344cff,_0x25b4bc,_0x2b8b2a,_0x441fb9){return a0_0x36f1(_0x2b8b2a-0x2c4,_0x441fb9);}fun...
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@0.3.428.
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