Summary
chowkidar v0.2.0 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 863. Sigil detected 76 findings across 114 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, network exfiltration, code patterns. Review the findings below before installing this package.
Package description: Local-first LLM model deprecation watchdog — scans your configs, alerts on sunsets, and instructs your IDE to update.
v0.2.0
20 March 2026, 09:21 UTC
by Sigil Bot
Risk Score
863
Findings
76
Files Scanned
114
Provenance
Findings by Phase
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install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chowkidar-0.2.0/project.md:104
2. **If missing**: Prompt user and install automatically:
- macOS: `brew install ollama` (or `curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh`)
- Linux: `curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh`Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chowkidar-0.2.0/project.md:105
- macOS: `brew install ollama` (or `curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh`)
- Linux: `curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh`
- Windows: Download installer via `httpx`Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chowkidar-0.2.0/src/chowkidar/slm/setup.py:36
result = subprocess.run(
["bash", "-c", "curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh"],
capture_output=True, text=True,Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
install-makefile-curl
HIGHMakefile/script pipes remote content to shell
chowkidar-0.2.0/src/chowkidar/slm/setup.py:44
result = subprocess.run(
["bash", "-c", "curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh"],
capture_output=True, text=True,Why was this flagged?
A script or Makefile pipes content from a remote URL directly into a shell (curl | sh or wget | bash). This is inherently dangerous because the remote content can change at any time, and the command runs with the current user's permissions. Rated HIGH because it requires manual execution (unlike install hooks) but still executes arbitrary remote code.
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