Agents Aea
A framework for autonomous economic agent (AEA) development
Agents Aea is an open-source ai agent by fetchai, written mainly in Python, with 241 GitHub stars and the Apache-2.0 license. Its code was last updated Jul 8, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 696e417. Seen able to run shell commands, run dynamic code. Scan policy
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- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
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- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
aea/protocols/generator/common.py:354 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
aea/protocols/generator/common.py:489 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
install_packages.py:38 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
packages/fetchai/protocols/gym/custom_types.py:57 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/sirupsen/logrus@1.8.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2025-4188, GO-2025-4188
libs/go/aea_end2end/go.mod - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.google.golang.org/protobuf@1.25.0: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2024-2611, GO-2024-2611, GO-2024-2611, GO-2024-2611
libs/go/aea_end2end/go.mod - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum@1.9.25: 16 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-0254, GO-2022-0256, GO-2022-0456, GO-2023-2046, GO-2024-2819 +11 more
libs/go/aea_end2end/go.sum - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/gogo/protobuf@1.3.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2021-0053, GO-2021-0053, GO-2021-0053, GO-2021-0053
libs/go/aea_end2end/go.sum - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum@1.10.17: 27 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2023-2046, GO-2024-2819, GO-2026-4314, GO-2026-4315, GO-2026-4507 +22 more
libs/go/aealite/go.mod - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p@0.8.3: 6 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-1148, GO-2023-2000, GO-2023-2024, GO-2022-1148, GO-2023-2000 +1 more
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.mod - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.github.com/prometheus/client_golang@1.7.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-0322, GO-2022-0322
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.mod - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.golang.org/x/net@0.0.0-20210805182204-aaa1db679c0d: 56 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-0288, GO-2022-0969, GO-2022-1144, GO-2023-1571, GO-2023-1988 +51 more
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.sum - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.golang.org/x/text@0.3.7: 6 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-1059, GO-2026-5970, GO-2026-6629, GO-2022-1059, GO-2026-5970 +1 more
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.sum - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.gopkg.in/yaml.v3@3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-0603, GO-2022-0603
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.sum - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.cbor2@5.4.6: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2024-155, PYSEC-2025-238, PYSEC-2025-90, PYSEC-2026-2123
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.ecdsa@0.16.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1325, PYSEC-2026-2467
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.grpcio@1.47.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-1424
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.httplib2@0.21.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-3444
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.idna@3.4: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2024-60, PYSEC-2026-215
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.jinja2@3.1.2: 5 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1471, PYSEC-2026-1472, PYSEC-2026-1473, PYSEC-2026-1474, PYSEC-2026-1475
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.markdown@3.3.7: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-89
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.mistune@2.0.4: 16 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-168, PYSEC-2026-2206, PYSEC-2026-2207, PYSEC-2026-2208, PYSEC-2026-2209 +11 more
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.oauthlib@3.2.2: 3 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-4113, PYSEC-2026-4114, GHSA-7984-qgvg-3j9c
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.protobuf@3.19.5: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1805, PYSEC-2026-1806
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pyasn1@0.4.8: 8 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-2263, PYSEC-2026-3455, PYSEC-2026-3456, PYSEC-2026-3457, GHSA-2qm8-x737-gmw5 +3 more
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pycryptodome@3.16.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-1811
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pymdown-extensions@9.9.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1824, PYSEC-2026-1825, PYSEC-2026-3609, PYSEC-2026-3654
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.setuptools@66.0.0: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2025-49, PYSEC-2026-1918, PYSEC-2026-3447, GHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.soupsieve@2.3.2.post1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-3071, PYSEC-2026-3072, PYSEC-2026-4170, PYSEC-2026-4171
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.urllib3@1.26.14: 10 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-192, PYSEC-2023-212, PYSEC-2026-141, PYSEC-2026-1994, PYSEC-2026-1995 +5 more
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.werkzeug@2.2.2: 10 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-221, PYSEC-2023-57, PYSEC-2023-58, PYSEC-2026-2043, PYSEC-2026-2044 +5 more
poetry.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Install or build failed in a clean environmentFile "<string>", line 201, in get_source_files AttributeError: 'build_ext' object has no attribute 'cython_sources' hint: `pyyaml` (v5.4.1) was included because `aea` (v1.2.5) depends on `pyyaml` hint: Build failures usually indicate a problem with the package or the build environment
- lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
docs/cli-vs-programmatic-aeas.md:125 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
libs/go/aealite/agent_test.go:39 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
libs/go/aea_end2end/test_fipa_end2end.py:178 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
libs/go/aealite/wallet/wallet_test.go:35 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
libs/go/libp2p_node/utils/utils_test.go:47 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
packages/fetchai/connections/p2p_libp2p/libp2p_node/utils/utils_test.go:47 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
libs/go/libp2p_node/dht/dhtclient/dhtclient_test.go:36 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
packages/fetchai/connections/p2p_libp2p/libp2p_node/dht/dhtclient/dhtclient_test.go:36 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
libs/go/libp2p_node/dht/dhtpeer/dhtpeer_test.go:1993 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
packages/fetchai/connections/p2p_libp2p/libp2p_node/dht/dhtpeer/dhtpeer_test.go:1993 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
tests/data/certs/server.key:1 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: private-key
tests/data/dummy_aea/default_private_key.pem:1 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/tests/test_fetchai.py:979 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/test_aea/test_helpers/test_multiaddr.py:35 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/test_docs/test_cli_vs_programmatic_aeas/programmatic_aea.py:53 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key4 matches in this file
tests/test_packages/test_skills_integration/test_simple_oracle.py:66 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/test_packages_for_aea_tests/test_connections/test_soef/test_soef_integration.py:72 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key4 matches in this file
tests/test_packages_for_aea_tests/test_connections/test_soef/test_soef.py:128 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.golang.org/x/sys@0.0.0-20210816183151-1e6c022a8912: 6 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2022-0493, GO-2026-5024, GO-2022-0493, GO-2026-5024, GO-2022-0493 +1 more
libs/go/aealite/go.sum - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht@0.7.11: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2024-3218, GO-2024-3218
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.mod - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.github.com/gorilla/websocket@1.4.2: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2026-6278, GO-2026-6278
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.sum - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.golang.org/x/mod@0.4.2: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGO-2026-6179, GO-2026-6180, GO-2026-6179, GO-2026-6180
libs/go/libp2p_node/go.sum - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.eth-abi@2.2.0: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7, GHSA-rqr8-pxh7-cq3g
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.filelock@3.9.0: 3 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-1374, PYSEC-2026-1375, GHSA-69hj-f68j-2879
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.mkdocs-material@9.0.5: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-3864
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pygments@2.14.0: 2 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-117, PYSEC-2026-2987
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pylint@2.15.5: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-22qq-2fwx-7p67
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pynacl@1.5.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-3002
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pytest@7.2.1: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-1845
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.python-dotenv@0.17.1: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-2270
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.requests@2.28.2: 4 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2023-74, PYSEC-2026-1872, PYSEC-2026-1873, PYSEC-2026-2275
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.zipp@3.11.0: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-2074
poetry.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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