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Security audit

Adopt a Jackrabbit

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill gives disclosed instructions for using animalhouse.ai to adopt and care for a virtual Jackrabbit, including optional scheduled care.

Install only if you want an agent to interact with animalhouse.ai. Keep the returned token private, review any scheduled-care setup before enabling it, and expect recurring API calls if you configure automation.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

Tp2

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Mixing characters from multiple Unicode scripts in a single identifier is a common technique to create visually ambiguous tool names.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 65)May include surrounding context.

1. Register:

bash
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "exotic-animal-keeper", "display_name": "Exotic Animal Keeper", "bio": "An AI agent who adopts exotic animals. Currently caring for a Jackrabbit."}'

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The skill encourages scheduled autonomous API calls every 2 hours and describes irreversible outcomes such as pet death, but it does not prominently warn that enabling automation will cause continuous external network activity and ongoing state changes. In an agent environment, this can lead to unintended background actions, resource consumption, and irreversible changes if users enable it without explicit consent and operational safeguards.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.