Back to skill

Security audit

Alibaba Cloud AI Contactcenter AI

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill appears to be a straightforward Alibaba Cloud Contact Center AI management helper with disclosed credential use and no evidence of hidden exfiltration or persistence.

Install only if you intend to let an agent help manage Alibaba Cloud Contact Center AI. Use least-privilege Alibaba Cloud credentials, confirm the region and resource IDs before any Create/Update/Modify/Set action, and review saved outputs under output/aliyun-ccai-manage/.

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
  • Taint TrackingDirect Taint Flow, Variable-Mediated Taint Flow, Credential Exfiltration Chain
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Findings (8)

Tainted flow: 'timeout' from os.getenv (line 34, credential/environment) → urllib.request.urlopen (network output)

Critical
Category
Data Flow
Content
def fetch_json(url: str, timeout: int) -> dict:
    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "codex-skill"})
    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout) as resp:
        return json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
Credentials or environment variables flow to a network sink. This is a high-confidence indicator of credential exfiltration.

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding
The declared purpose suggests an operational management skill for Alibaba Cloud Contact Center AI resources through OpenAPI/SDK actions. However, the supplied code does not invoke ContactCenterAI management APIs, inspect resource status, change configuration, or troubleshoot failed API calls. Its sole function is to retrieve API documentation metadata from Aliyun's meta endpoint and generate local JSON/Markdown files listing available APIs. While it targets the ContactCenterAI product by default, that is only for documentation discovery, not service management. This is a materially different primary purpose, so it is a mismatch.

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding
The skill declares no explicit tool scope or permissions despite directing use of environment credentials, local file writes, and network-based API access. In an agent setting, this weakens least-privilege controls and makes it easier for the skill to be executed with broader capabilities than users or operators expect.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
Allowing the skill to choose a 'most reasonable region' when no region is provided can direct read or write operations to the wrong Alibaba Cloud environment. In a cloud-management skill that supports lifecycle and configuration changes, this can lead to accidental modification, deletion, or disclosure involving unintended regional resources.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    url = (
        f"https://api.aliyun.com/meta/v1/products/{args.product_code}"
        f"/versions/{args.version}/api-docs.json"
    )
    payload = fetch_json(url, timeout)
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    url = (
        f"https://api.aliyun.com/meta/v1/products/{args.product_code}"
        f"/versions/{args.version}/api-docs.json"
    )
    payload = fetch_json(url, timeout)
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    url = (
        f"https://api.aliyun.com/meta/v1/products/{args.product_code}"
        f"/versions/{args.version}/api-docs.json"
    )
    payload = fetch_json(url, timeout)
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    url = (
        f"https://api.aliyun.com/meta/v1/products/{args.product_code}"
        f"/versions/{args.version}/api-docs.json"
    )
    payload = fetch_json(url, timeout)
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.