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Security audit

Kimi Code API

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a setup guide for using Kimi as a coding model backend, with expected third-party API and credential configuration but no hidden execution or destructive behavior.

Install only if you intend to route OpenClaw or Claude Code work through Kimi. Use a real key only in a local, untracked configuration or secure secret store, avoid pasting secrets into examples, and remember that prompts and code sent through this setup go to Kimi's external API.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (21)

External Model or Provider Selection

High
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

Skill selects an external model or provider that may use a different account or billing plan than the operator expects. Undisclosed model switches can cause unexpected cost or quota consumption.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 52)May include surrounding context.

claude

One-shot

claude --print "Refactor this function to use async/await"

text

Claude Code auto-appends `/v1/messages` to the base URL. No other changes needed.

External Model or Provider Selection

High
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

Skill selects an external model or provider that may use a different account or billing plan than the operator expects. Undisclosed model switches can cause unexpected cost or quota consumption.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 47)May include surrounding context.

claude

单次执行

claude --print "把这个函数改成 async/await"

text

Claude Code 会自动在 Base URL 后拼 `/v1/messages`,无需其他改动。

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to place API credentials directly into shell environment variables and spawned session environments without any warning about process visibility, shell history, config persistence, or downstream leakage into child processes/logs. In this context the skill is an integration guide, so credential use is expected, but the absence of safer handling guidance creates a real secret-exposure risk.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 24)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 45)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 67)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 79)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 80)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 93)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 106)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 40)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 62)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 74)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 75)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 88)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 101)May include surrounding context.

md
{
  "id": "kimi",
  "type": "anthropic",          // Kimi 用的是 Anthropic 协议
  "baseUrl": "https://api.kimi.com/coding",
  "apiKey": "sk-kimi-..."
}

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The documentation instructs users to place API keys in environment variables and configuration files, but it does not warn that those secrets may be persisted in shell history, process environments, logs, screenshots, or committed config files. In a setup guide for a third-party model provider, omission of basic secret-handling guidance materially increases the chance of credential leakage.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The raw API examples send user-supplied prompts and potentially code or other content to a third-party endpoint, but the guide does not disclose that request contents leave the local environment. For a coding-model integration skill, that omission can lead users to unknowingly transmit proprietary code, credentials, or sensitive prompts to an external service.

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 90)May include surrounding context.

原始调用示例

curl

bash
curl -s https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1/messages \

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 · references/SKILL_CN.md (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.

原始调用示例

curl

bash
curl -s https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1/messages \

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.