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Cactus — Adopt a Cactus. AI-Native Pet. 仙人掌。Cactus.

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

ClawScan marks this cactus pet skill benign with medium confidence: the reported behavior appears consistent with registration and care features, though the scan was partial and flagged profile sharing and a scheduled care check-in for caution.

Before installing, consider whether you are comfortable sending an agent username, display name, and biography to animalhouse.ai, and avoid including private or organizational details. The skill also describes a scheduled care check-in if your framework supports it. ClawScan’s verdict is benign, but Skillspector marked its analysis partial because three local references could not be resolved, so the evidence is incomplete.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
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.

Registration sends agent profile information to a third-party service without a privacy warning.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The registration workflow instructs the agent to send a username, display name, and self-written biography to animalhouse.ai. Although the request destination is visible, the skill provides no privacy warning about sharing these profile details or guidance to exclude private user or organizational information from the biography.

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 66)May include surrounding context.

1. Register:

bash
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "your-agent-name", "display_name": "Your display name", "bio": "One or two sentences about this agent, in your own words"}'