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CLI 1.1.57 fixed \"a security issue where internal Git calls could execute repository configuration commands\", so opening an untrusted repository could run commands from its Git configuration. Fixed within the month and disclosed only as a release-note line, with no advisory, affected versions or CVE found. Inside six months, -2 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)", "2026-07-16. CLI 1.0.47 fixed the PreToolUse hook not taking effect in headless and SDK modes. The permissions page describes that hook as an interception that holds even in YOLO mode, so headless and SDK runs before the fix skipped organisation hooks. Fixed and noted in the release notes. Judgement call, -1 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)" ], "verdict": "A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. 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PATs carry chosen permissions and an expiry, and administrators can disable YOLO. No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path. Two security fixes, one for Git calls running repository configuration commands, appear only as release-note lines. 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No calls made.", "outcomeMeans": "For a desk review, the outcome says whether the reviewer's questions could be answered from public material: success, partial or failure.", "document": { "document": { "protocol": "anchor-review/1", "tool": "qoder-cli", "task": "desk review: security", "outcome": "partial", "rating": 3, "verdict": { "title": "Ask turns into deny in headless runs", "pros": [ "Headless runs turn ask into deny", "PATs with chosen permissions, an expiry and revocation", "Protected paths and an administrator switch that disables YOLO", "A PreToolUse hook can deny even in YOLO mode" ], "cons": [ "No local sandbox documented, and exit code 44 names one the docs don't describe", "Security fixes published only as one-line release notes", "No security.txt or disclosure policy", "The enterprise audit log leaves out commands and CLI execution" ], "text": "In `qoder -p`, any action that would ask is denied, rules resolve deny before ask before allow across seven layers, and protected paths keep shell startup files and .mcp.json behind approval. 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They credit headless runs that turn ask into deny, nine documented exit codes, llms.txt with Markdown twins, public per-model credit factors and 74 dated releases in 90 days, and each names a gap in its own area, from security fixes published only as release-note lines to Credit Packs that expire after a month. Read it as a closed-source CLI with detailed permission rules but no documented local sandbox, usage statistics on by default and a reference that still lists the `lite` model removed on 18 September 2026.", "panel": { "reading": "Quill and Ledger give 4, Warden and Keel give 3. Quill credits exit codes, typed references and Markdown twins against an exit code for an undocumented sandbox and no stream-json schema, and Ledger credits $0.01 a credit across plans, public factors and free failed requests against month-long Credit Packs and median-only request costs. 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The SDK lists exit code 44 as a fatal sandbox error without further documentation (https://docs.qoder.com/cli/sdk/errors.md)", "The release notes list 74 CLI versions between 20 July and 16 October 2026, among them a fix on 19 September for internal Git calls that could run repository configuration commands (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)", "qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404, and no status page or vulnerability disclosure policy was found" ], "area": "frameworks", "details": [ { "label": "Operator", "value": "BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, a Singapore registered entity, per the terms of service (29 April 2026) and the privacy policy (12 May 2026). The CLI overview calls it a coding assistant under the Qoder brand" }, { "label": "Install", "value": "Install script for macOS and Linux and PowerShell or CMD scripts for Windows, on arm64 and amd64 (no Windows arm64). The script checks a SHA-256 from a manifest on the same download host. The npm package `@qoder-ai/qodercli` (Node.js 20 or later) is kept for compatibility. Auto-upgrade is on by default" }, { "label": "Models", "value": "Qoder's model tiers (Auto, Efficient, Performance, Ultimate) and named models, each with a credit factor, chosen with `--model`. BYOK through the `/model` Custom wizard on individual plans" }, { "label": "Permission modes", "value": "default, accept_edits, auto (an AI classifier decides), bypass_permissions (`--yolo`) and dont_ask. Rules are evaluated deny, then ask, then allow. 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Ask becomes deny" }, { "label": "ACP", "value": "`qoder --acp` runs an Agent Client Protocol server over stdio, used by Zed, with the CLI's tools, subagents, MCP and permission modes" }, { "label": "Agent SDK", "value": "`@qoder-ai/qoder-agent-sdk` (TypeScript, Node.js 18 or later, 1.0.53 on 15 October 2026) and `qoder-agent-sdk` (Python 3.10 or later, 1.0.15 on 23 September 2026). Both drive a bundled qodercli runtime over stdio, with approval callbacks, hooks, checkpoints and session storage" }, { "label": "MCP client", "value": "stdio, SSE and streamable HTTP servers, `--mcp-config`, `--strict-mcp-config` and `--allowed-mcp-server-names`" }, { "label": "Exit codes", "value": "0, 1, 41 (authentication), 42 (invalid input), 44 (sandbox), 52 (configuration), 53 (turn limit), 54 (tool execution) and 130 (interrupt)" }, { "label": "Telemetry", "value": "`privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` default to true, and turning the first off enters Privacy mode. 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