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The repository's advisory list is empty, so its outcome is unknown", "unchecked: the Docker image registry page, so image tags, architectures and pull counts are unconfirmed", "unchecked: whether the tests pass today. No public CI runs them", "unchecked: the registration date of agent-zero.ai, the MCP registry, the Launcher, installer and A0 CLI repositories, and the site's docs pages other than secrets", "unchecked: where the Telegram, WhatsApp and email settings are encrypted, if anywhere. The source stores plugin settings as `config.json` and secrets as `secrets.env` under `/a0/usr`", "The GitHub API reports the licence as NOASSERTION because the file adds contact lines. 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The one call home is an update check that a setting turns off", "Tool Access policy can allow or block each built-in and MCP tool for a project or an agent profile" ], "weaknesses": [ "No approval step before shell commands, file changes or outgoing messages. Tool Access defaults to allow", "The web interface has no login until the owner sets a username, and the README command publishes port 80", "Five CVEs published between 17 March and 30 September 2026, none as a GitHub advisory, and no SECURITY.md or security.txt", "Infection Check, the prompt-injection audit before tool calls, ships turned off", "Empty allow-lists in the Telegram, WhatsApp and email integrations accept messages from anyone", "No public CI runs the 191 test files. The only workflows publish Docker images and close inactive issues" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set a UI login and password in Settings before publishing the port or opening a tunnel. The default has none", "Fill `allowed_users`, `allowed_numbers` or `sender_whitelist` before enabling a channel. An empty list accepts every sender", "Enable the Infection Check plugin when the agent reads mail, web pages or MCP results. It ships disabled", "Run v2.12 or later. It fixes a Telegram webhook authentication bypass and a WhatsApp media path traversal", "Call `POST /api_message` with the `X-API-KEY` header. The token changes when the UI login or password changes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 57, "schema": 64, "security": 54, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 53 }, "connect": { "install": "docker run -p 80:80 -v a0_usr:/a0/usr agent0ai/agent-zero # or: curl -fsSL https://bash.agent-zero.ai | bash" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/agent-zero" }, "notable": [ "The project's README describes it as an open agent framework and a Linux workbench. Messaging channels, the scheduler and memory are plugins and tools of that framework (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero)", "No approval step exists for shell commands, file changes or outgoing messages. The Tool Access policy defaults to allow for built-in and MCP tools (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/plugins/_tool_access/default_config.yaml)", "The web interface has no login until `AUTH_LOGIN` is set, and the README's Docker command publishes port 80 (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/helpers/login.py; https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/docs/setup/vps-deployment.md)", "Infection Check, which has a second model audit the agent's reasoning for prompt injection before each tool call, ships with a `.toggle-0` file that disables it (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/plugins/_infection_check/README.md)", "Telegram `allowed_users`, WhatsApp `allowed_numbers` and the email `sender_whitelist` accept every sender when empty. The email filter matches the claimed From address, not an authenticated identity (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/plugins/_email_integration/README.md)", "v2.12 of 9 September 2026 fixed a Telegram webhook authentication bypass and a WhatsApp media path traversal, both found in the project's own review and recorded in a ledger (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/security-review/LEDGER.md)", "NVD lists five CVEs published between 17 March and 30 September 2026 (CVE-2026-4307, CVE-2026-4308, CVE-2026-47119, CVE-2026-51852, CVE-2026-51853). The repository has published no GitHub advisory and has no SECURITY.md (https://api.github.com/repos/agent0ai/agent-zero/security-advisories)", "An update check, on by default, posts the version and a hashed instance id to api.agent-zero.ai. `update_check_enabled` turns it off. No other telemetry was found in the source (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/helpers/update_check.py)", "Memory is a FAISS vector store under `/a0/usr/memory` or inside a project, written automatically from conversations by default, with a dashboard to search, edit and delete entries (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/docs/guides/memory.md)", "The API token for the external API, MCP server and A2A is 16 characters of a SHA-256 hash of the instance id, username and password, and A2A carries it in the URL path (https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/blob/main/docs/guides/a2a-setup.md)", "Agent Zero, s.r.o. of Brno, Czech Republic, is named on the site as the company behind the project. The site also runs a community platform around an A0T token on Base (https://www.agent-zero.ai/)" ], "area": "frameworks", "details": [ { "label": "Where it runs", "value": "One Docker container on the owner's machine or server, built on Kali Linux, with a web interface on port 80, an XFCE desktop and a browser. The A0 CLI connector can extend it to host files, shell and browser" }, { "label": "Acts without asking", "value": "Shell commands, file edits and deletions, browser and desktop actions, MCP tool calls, scheduled tasks and replies on Telegram, WhatsApp and email all run without an approval step" }, { "label": "Controls", "value": "Tool Access allows or blocks each tool by project or agent profile and defaults to allow. Infection Check audits tool calls with a second model and ships disabled. Pause, stop and intervene controls in the interface. Time Travel snapshots can revert `/a0/usr` workspaces" }, { "label": "Proactive work", "value": "Scheduled (cron), planned (dated) and ad-hoc tasks, created in the interface or by the agent's `scheduler` tool, optionally bound to a project" }, { "label": "Channels", "value": "Web interface, Telegram bots (polling or webhook), WhatsApp through a Baileys bridge paired by QR code, and email by IMAP or Exchange polling with SMTP replies. The external API, MCP server, A2A and ACP serve other programs" }, { "label": "Who can message it", "value": "Per-channel allow-lists. An empty list accepts every sender. WhatsApp is disabled by default and no Telegram bot or mailbox is configured by default" }, { "label": "Accounts and credentials", "value": "A mailbox login for the email channel, a Telegram bot token, a linked WhatsApp session, and OAuth sign-in to ChatGPT (Codex), GitHub Copilot, Google Cloud Gemini or xAI for model access. No calendar or contacts connection is built in. Keys, passwords and secrets are stored in `.env`, `secrets.env`, `config.json` and `auth.json` files under `/a0/usr`, masked in prompts and the interface" }, { "label": "Memory", "value": "FAISS vector store with areas for main memories, fragments, solutions and skills. Automatic memorising and recall are on by default, and memory is isolated for each project by default. Chats are saved under `/a0/usr/chats`" }, { "label": "Deleting memory", "value": "The dashboard deletes one entry or many, and the agent has `memory_delete` and `memory_forget` tools. Backups and Time Travel snapshots made earlier can still hold a copy" }, { "label": "Model providers", "value": "29 chat providers in the shipped list, among them Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Azure, Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp and vLLM, through LiteLLM. The provider chosen sees the conversation content" }, { "label": "Other outbound traffic", "value": "Update check to api.agent-zero.ai, on by default. Web search, browsing, MCP servers and tunnels (Cloudflare, Tailscale, Microsoft, Serveo) when the owner uses them" }, { "label": "MCP client", "value": "Command-based (stdio) and URL-based servers with headers, set as JSON in Settings, with a 120-second tool timeout by default and a scanner for new servers" }, { "label": "Cost", "value": "Free under MIT. Model usage is billed by the chosen provider, or nothing with a local model. The README says it runs on a $6 VPS" }, { "label": "Advisories", "value": "CVE-2026-4307 and CVE-2026-4308 (17 March 2026), CVE-2026-47119 (27 May 2026), CVE-2026-51852 and CVE-2026-51853 (30 September 2026), plus two flaws fixed in v2.12 on 9 September 2026. No GitHub advisory published" }, { "label": "Releases", "value": "v2.13 on 23 September 2026. Nine releases between 17 July and 23 September 2026" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Agent Zero, s.r.o.", "domain": "agent-zero.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The site footer names Agent Zero, s.r.o., ID no. 231 46 508, Nové sady 988/2, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, and the `LICENSE` file carries the same company's copyright.", "No terms or privacy policy for the software was found. The site's terms page covers its community platform and its cookie page covers the website, so neither is linked here and the MIT licence stands in.", "`/.well-known/security.txt` on www.agent-zero.ai answered 404 on 12 October 2026, and the repository has no SECURITY.md.", "robots.txt on www.agent-zero.ai answered 404, read as no rules. agent-zero.ai redirects to www.agent-zero.ai.", "There is no hosted endpoint. An instance answers on its owner's own host.", "The domain's registration date was not looked up." ], "score": 53, "checks": [ { "check": "Legal entity named", "value": "Agent Zero, s.r.o.", "points": 20, "max": 20, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Domain age", "value": "agent-zero.ai, no registry record we could read", "points": 0, "max": 15, "state": "no" }, { "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain", "value": "no hosted endpoint", "points": 0, "max": 0, "state": "na" }, { "check": "Terms of service", "value": "nothing hosted, so the MIT licence stands in", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Privacy policy", "value": "nothing hosted, not scored", "points": 0, "max": 0, "state": "na" }, { "check": "Status page", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" }, { "check": "Changelog", "value": "published", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "security.txt", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" } ] }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agent-zero.json" } }