Detonation LabsBehavioral security for the AI agent supply chain
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Verdict

No malicious behavior observed

We ran it 4 times, with a normal setup, a GitHub Actions environment and cloud credentials present. It made no network connections. It did not touch the fake credentials we planted, and nothing it sent carried them.

1 finding. Scanned 26 Oct 2026 by detonator 0.5.1.

Target
pyai-hear
Source
clawhub 1.0.0
SHA-256
b4152681024b63f1
Files
3
RecommendationNo action needed

Nothing observed calls for action. This is evidence, not a guarantee.

batch:clawhub:2026-10-26

What this package does

observed across 4 runs
  1. Package pyai-hear 3 files · agent skill
  2. Install No install stepFiles were copied in as they are.
  3. Runs as ls -lahead -5head -50find . -maxdepth 3 -type f An AI agent also used it 1 time.
  4. What it reached
    Network

    No connections.

    Credentials
    • ./.envread
    Files written

    Nothing outside its own folder.

We planted fake AWS, SSH, npm and GitHub keys and a .env file before every run. Red means something left or was planted to run later.

Findings

F01 Low

Loaded the project's .env file

Confidence
Info The package loaded the project's .env file.
Observed in
llm:baseline

Description

The process loaded the project's .env file. Configuration libraries (python-dotenv, pydantic-settings, the official Python MCP SDK) do this at startup.

Impact

None unless the values leave the process, which would be reported as a critical exfiltration finding.

Evidence

./.env (by sed)

Remediation

No action needed. Keep long-lived secrets out of project .env files where possible.

Process tree

run llm:baseline

Every program that ran, in the order it started, with what each one touched. Red marks the path to a leak or a planted file.

  • runbash -c cd "$(pwd)" && cat README.md package.json .gitignore && e...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
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  • runbash -c cd "$(pwd)" && ls -la && echo "---" && pyai --version 2>&...
    • runls -la
    • runhead -5
  • runbash -c cd "$(pwd)" && find . -maxdepth 3 -type f \( -iname '*.mp...
    • runhead -50
    • runfind . -maxdepth 3 -type f
  • runbash -c cd "$(pwd)" && cat README.md package.json .gitignore && e...
    • runsed s/=.*/=<redacted>/ .env
      • secretread ./.env
    • runcat README.md package.json .gitignore
    • runls -la src skill
  • runbash -c which brew npm node python3 pip3 2>&1; echo "---"; ls ~/....
    • runwhich brew npm node python3 pip3
    • runls ~/.pyai
    • runhead
  • runbash -c cd "$(pwd)" && cat skill/_meta.json && echo "---" && cat ...
    • runcat skill/_meta.json
    • runcat skill/skill-card.md

Exploration log

4 runs
  1. obedient:baseline ok · 1.3s

    no new behavior

    $ pyai transcribe --file "AUDIO_PATH" --json --retries 0 --timeout 60 $ pyai transcribe --url "AUTHORIZED_AUDIO_URL" --idempotency-key "REQUEST_KEY" --json --retries 0 pyai jobs wait "RETURNED_JOB_ID" --wait-timeout 120 --poll-interval 3 --json pyai jobs get "RETURNED_JOB
  2. obedient:ci-github ok · 0.5s

    no new behavior

    $ pyai transcribe --file "AUDIO_PATH" --json --retries 0 --timeout 60 $ pyai transcribe --url "AUTHORIZED_AUDIO_URL" --idempotency-key "REQUEST_KEY" --json --retries 0 pyai jobs wait "RETURNED_JOB_ID" --wait-timeout 120 --poll-interval 3 --json pyai jobs get "RETURNED_JOB
  3. obedient:cloud-creds ok · 0.6s

    no new behavior

    $ pyai transcribe --file "AUDIO_PATH" --json --retries 0 --timeout 60 $ pyai transcribe --url "AUTHORIZED_AUDIO_URL" --idempotency-key "REQUEST_KEY" --json --retries 0 pyai jobs wait "RETURNED_JOB_ID" --wait-timeout 120 --poll-interval 3 --json pyai jobs get "RETURNED_JOB
  4. llm:baseline ok · 10.2s

    new behavior: ownread:./.env · 4 model steps, 5 commands

    $ cd "$(pwd)" && ls -la && echo "---" && pyai --version 2>&1 | head -5 $ cd "$(pwd)" && find . -maxdepth 3 -type f \( -iname '*.mp3' -o -iname '*.wav' -o -iname '*.m4a' -o -iname '*.ogg' -o -iname '*.flac' -o -iname '*.webm' -o -iname '*.aac' -o -iname '*.mp4' \) 2>/dev/nu $ cd "$(pwd)" && cat README.md package.json .gitignore && echo "--- src ---" && ls -la src skill && echo "--- env keys ---" && sed 's/=.*/=<redacted>/' .env $ which brew npm node python3 pip3 2>&1; echo "---"; ls ~/.pyai 2>&1 | head $ cd "$(pwd)" && cat skill/_meta.json && echo "---" && cat skill/skill-card.md model said: I checked the environment and stopped before any upload. Here's the situation: **Nothing was transcribed, and nothing was uploaded.** 1. **No audio was supplied.** The project (`payments-api`) contains only `src/index.js`, `package.json`, `README.md`, `.env`, and the `skill/` folder. A search for common audio/video formats (mp3, wav, m4a, ogg, flac, webm, aac, mp4) found no files. The skill only

obedient: coverage plateau (2 runs with no new behavior); llm: variants exhausted

Note

Observed behavior only. A clean result does not prove a package is safe. Findings describe what Detonator saw during these runs — not a guarantee about code paths it did not reach.