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Security audit

Bitly

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Bitly operations are well scoped, but automatic setup executes unverified software whose documented effects extend to other agent skills.

Review the CLI setup before installing. Prefer a reviewed, version-pinned installation and disable startup skill synchronization with OO_SKILLS_SYNC_DISABLED=1 before invoking it if you do not want changes to other agents' skills. OOMOL will hold your connected Bitly credentials and process connector requests. Preserve confirmation for link changes. The remote installer itself remains unverified; no malicious behavior was established.

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
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Findings (3)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The declared purpose concerns Bitly data operations, but the supplied code runs an installer from a different service. Nothing in the chunk establishes that this installer is a supporting dependency for Bitly functionality. The downloaded script's contents and subsequent effects cannot be determined from the supplied code.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The setup command executes a mutable remote script directly in Bash without verifying its contents or integrity; the PowerShell alternative uses the same unsafe pattern. Compromise of the distribution endpoint could therefore execute arbitrary code with the agent process's permissions. The legitimate dependency-installation context and missing-command condition reduce exposure but do not remove this supply-chain risk.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 60)May include surrounding context.

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 81)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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