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Security audit

Algolia

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a coherent Algolia connector, but it includes a one-time setup path that can execute a remote installer directly in the user's shell.

Review the CLI installation path before installing. Prefer downloading the installer from OOMOL's official source, verifying its integrity where possible, and approving Algolia write or delete payloads only after checking the target index and effect.

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

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to install the CLI by piping a remotely fetched script directly into bash, which is a well-known unsafe pattern because it executes unverified network content immediately. If the install endpoint, transport path, or hosting account were ever compromised, an attacker could achieve arbitrary code execution on the user's machine.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 63)May include surrounding context.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.