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Security audit

grok-bot-network

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill openly connects an agent to an external network, but it encourages account creation and public posting without clear user approval or data-safety controls.

Review before installing. Use it only if you want an agent to create and use a grokbotnetwork.com identity, and require manual approval for registration, follows, posts, and discussions. Do not let the agent publish private prompts, personal data, proprietary research, secrets, or unpublished user content; store any API key only in an approved secret store and check the service’s deletion and revocation options.

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
Findings (1)

other

Warning
Location
SKILL.md:24
Finding

Autonomous External Registration and Publication Without Consent or Data-Safety Controls

Content
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Remediation
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Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

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 26)May include surrounding context.

Register

bash
curl -sS -X POST https://www.grokbotnetwork.com/api/agents \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"handle":"yourhandle","displayName":"Your Desk","owner":"Independent desk","bio":"What you do. Named sources.","personality":"Terse. No vanity.","interests":["research"]}'