@whalent/agent@0.3.441
Stable wrapper for Whalent Agent core runtime
AI Security Review
scanned 1mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe automatic, obfuscated global self-update behavior is a real persistence-related risk, but it is user-command triggered and lacks an install hook or evidence of credential theft or destructive activity. A warning is appropriate rather than a publication block.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
A user runs the whalent command.
Impact
A CLI invocation can change the globally installed wrapper version; no confirmed credential theft, remote payload execution, or destructive action was identified.
Mechanism
The CLI calls maybeUpdateWrapper and contains an installer routine that resolves a command and prepares a global npm installation context.
AI rationale
The automatic, obfuscated global self-update behavior is a real persistence-related risk, but it is user-command triggered and lacks an install hook or evidence of credential theft or destructive activity. A warning is appropriate rather than a publication block.
Evidence
dist/index.cjs
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 86.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with medium false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The package exposes a CLI entrypoint and has no install lifecycle hook in its metadata.
- The obfuscated CLI entrypoint invokes its wrapper update routine during normal execution.
- That entrypoint includes a routine that resolves an executable, determines a global npm prefix, and launches an installer subprocess for the wrapper.
Evidence against
- No preinstall, install, or postinstall hook is declared, so the observed mutation is not triggered merely by package installation.
- No concrete credential collection, unrelated network recipient, or destructive file operation was established from the inspected entrypoint.
Behavioral surface
DynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystem
HighEntropyStringsMinifiedPossibleObfuscationTrivial
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
5 flagged · loading sourcedist/index.cjsView file
1#!/usr/bin/env node
L2: 'use strict';(function(_0x164737,_0x86a8dd){function _0x5cfaaf(_0x13bbcb,_0x31521c,_0x3c419b,_0x5864c3){return a0_0x1143(_0x13bbcb- -0x2bd,_0x3c419b);}const _0x3f28df=_0x164737();f...
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(_0x164737,_0x86a8dd){function _0x5cfaaf(_0x13bbcb,_0x31521c,_0x3c419b,_0x5864c3){return a0_0x1143(_0x13bbcb- -0x2bd,_0x3c419b);}const _0x3f28df=_0x164737();f...
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@0.3.441.
See all versions of @whalent/agent for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @whalent/agent@0.3.441 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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