CowAgent AI Agent
by zhayujieOpen-source personal AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-agent, multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install.
CowAgent is an open-source ai agent by zhayujie, written mainly in Python, with 47,727 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit ee317c4. Seen able to run shell commands, run dynamic code, read environment and secrets. Scan policy
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ee317c4 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings. BuildsIt installed from a fresh machine.
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Findings (54)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.code-execution issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- 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.
agent/tools/bash/background.py:155 - 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.
agent/tools/bash/bash.py:467 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Deserializes data with pickle/marshal, which can execute code.
config.py:431 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.@xmldom/xmldom@0.8.11: 15 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-27p8-2357-5qqv, GHSA-2v35-w6hq-6mfw, GHSA-4w3w-2rp5-g8jm, GHSA-6gmq-8vp8-gcm6, GHSA-6h8r-xr42-gp59 +10 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.app-builder-lib@25.1.8: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-7g7r-gx96-252g
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@1.1.12: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@2.0.2: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@5.0.4: 8 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-jxxr-4gwj-5jf2, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg +3 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.browserslist@4.28.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g, GHSA-c83g-rgw3-j3cx
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.builder-util-runtime@9.2.10: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-p2f4-r6v6-j797
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.electron@33.4.11: 46 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676, GHSA-3c8v-cfp5-9885, GHSA-3qxv-5xgr-q7w9, GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m, GHSA-4p4r-m79c-wq3v +41 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.extract-zip@2.0.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-7pqw-9j4j-h8q3, GHSA-jmr9-qjv8-65gv
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.form-data@4.0.5: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-hmw2-7cc7-3qxx
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.ip-address@10.1.0: 6 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-h3mg-xc3c-68pw, GHSA-j6r3-76f7-8jcv, GHSA-mwp4-54f8-5fhr, GHSA-rpw4-54j3-4h4q, GHSA-rxp7-6hxx-x8q5 +1 more
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.js-yaml@4.3.1: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.lodash@4.17.23: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-f23m-r3pf-42rh, GHSA-r5fr-rjxr-66jc
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.markdown-it@14.2.0: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-253c-mchw-3w2r, GHSA-gfr2-rv44-r23c, GHSA-r7fv-28h4-cvq7, GHSA-vfgh-jcmw-g37q
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.nanoid@3.3.11: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-28wg-ghj8-5hjv, GHSA-2v37-7h3g-55p8, GHSA-xwg4-73v4-xw9w
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.picomatch@2.3.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3v7f-55p6-f55p, GHSA-c2c7-rcm5-vvqj
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.picomatch@4.0.3: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3v7f-55p6-f55p, GHSA-c2c7-rcm5-vvqj
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.postcss@8.5.8: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-6g55-p6wh-862q, GHSA-fxqj-rqcc-2cmp, GHSA-qx2v-qp2m-jg93, GHSA-r28c-9q8g-f849
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.source-map-js@1.2.1: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-68fv-2mgg-jv7q
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.tmp@0.2.5: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-ph9p-34f9-6g65
desktop/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.vite@6.4.1: 9 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-4w7w-66w2-5vf9, GHSA-587h-7wmj-h5pm, GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv, GHSA-9jrq-w75r-8gcw, GHSA-fx2h-pf6j-xcff +4 more
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
docs/assistant-widget.js:7 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/test_baidu_wenxin_credentials_at_call_time.py:21 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
plugins/tool/README.md:147 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
tests/test_claude_thinking.py:4 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
tests/test_custom_provider.py:272 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
tests/test_models_handler.py:300 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key2 matches in this file
tests/test_voice_xunfei_no_credential_dump.py:26 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.idna@3.9.0: 3 known vulnerabilitiesPYSEC-2026-215, PYSEC-2026-215, PYSEC-2026-215
desktop/build/requirements-desktop.txt - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@babel/core@7.29.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-4x5r-pxfx-6jf8
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@remix-run/router@1.23.2: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-2j2x-hqr9-3h42
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@tootallnate/once@2.0.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-vpq2-c234-7xj6
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.baseline-browser-mapping@2.10.9: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5vr-8v7q-w6rv
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.glob@10.5.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.minimatch@10.2.4: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.minimatch@9.0.9: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.postcss-selector-parser@6.1.2: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-rj75-hqrm-r3gf, GHSA-w9m9-85wc-3x92
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.react-router@6.30.3: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2j2x-hqr9-3h42, GHSA-337j-9hxr-rhxg, GHSA-wrjc-x8rr-h8h6
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.react-router-dom@6.30.3: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-jjmj-jmhj-qwj2
desktop/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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