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Security audit

Autotask

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Autotask reading workflow is coherent, but setup can execute unverified remote code and introduce broader agent changes without clear user control.

Review the setup before installing. Use a separately verified CLI release and explicitly approve installation changes. The publisher documents OO_SKILLS_SYNC_DISABLED=1 to prevent startup writes to agent skill directories. Connect only the needed Autotask account and permissions, understanding that OOMOL mediates access. The remote installers and deployed connector were not verified. [CLI controls](https://github.com/oomol-lab/oo-cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md#environment-variables)

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • 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
Findings (4)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The supplied command performs remote script execution, not Autotask data retrieval. Nothing in the chunk establishes the installer as a supporting dependency for Autotask functionality. The downloaded script's further behavior is not visible, but downloading and executing this unrelated installer materially differs from the declared purpose.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The command streams a remote script directly into Bash without pinning an immutable artifact or verifying its integrity; the PowerShell alternative uses the same download-and-execute pattern. A compromised distribution endpoint or malicious installer update could execute arbitrary code with the invoking user's privileges, exposing local data and credentials even though the requested Autotask operations are read-only.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 58)May include surrounding context.

The setup workflow executes downloaded installation scripts without warning about remote code execution or system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

A missing CLI triggers instructions to install software without explicitly obtaining user approval or explaining that the downloaded script executes with the user's privileges and can change the local system. Although this is a legitimate setup prerequisite and only runs after a specific failure, a read-only Autotask request does not itself authorize local software installation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 79)May include surrounding context.

md
- **`OOMOL_INSUFFICIENT_CREDIT`** — OOMOL billing stop. Recharge at `https://console.oomol.com/billing/token-recharge` before retrying.

- **HTTP 402 without `OOMOL_INSUFFICIENT_CREDIT`** — the third-party account itself has no active plan or credit. Report the provider error message as is; do not ask the user to recharge OOMOL.

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