@whalent/agent@0.3.429
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has unresolved risk because its main executable is deliberately obfuscated while controlling updates and agent workers. Static inspection found no completed malicious install chain or concrete exfiltration behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent CLI or daemon.
Impact
A compromised or unexpected upstream release could execute with the user's CLI privileges and manage local workers.
Mechanism
Obfuscated runtime update, helper installation, and remote worker control.
AI rationale
The package has unresolved risk because its main executable is deliberately obfuscated while controlling updates and agent workers. Static inspection found no completed malicious install chain or concrete exfiltration behavior.
Evidence
dist/index.cjsdist/core.cjsdist/jupyter_sidecar.py
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 80.0% confidence as Unknown with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The executable entry point is deliberately obfuscated, preventing meaningful transparent auditing of its privileged CLI behavior.
- The wrapper contains an automatic update path and invokes npm-related runtime installation logic.
- The package describes a daemon that downloads helper releases, starts configured workers, and accepts gateway commands.
Evidence against
- The manifest has only a prepublishOnly hook, not an install-time lifecycle hook.
- No plaintext hard-coded network endpoint, credential exfiltration path, or destructive action was confirmed by static inspection.
- The bundled Python sidecar is a local Jupyter-kernel protocol bridge.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
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@0.3.429.
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