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Security audit

Botsonic

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Botsonic workflow is coherent, but automatic setup executes unverified remote code and can introduce additional persistent agent skills without clearly disclosing those changes.

Review and approve a verified CLI installation before allowing setup, and disable startup skill synchronization if you only want this Botsonic integration. Connect only the account access you need and retain confirmation for writes. OOMOL mediates the integration; live installer code and hosted connector behavior were not verified.

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 code installs software from an Oomol endpoint and contains no visible Botsonic functionality or evidence that this installer supports Botsonic operations. Executing the remote installer is a materially different capability from the declared data-management purpose. The downloaded script's contents and further effects are not available for assessment.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

Piping the remote installer directly into Bash executes its contents without a review or integrity-verification step. HTTPS protects transport but does not protect against a compromised publisher or installer endpoint, which could deliver code that steals local credentials or modifies files; the conditional setup limits exposure but does not remove this risk.

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
95% confidence
Finding

The fallback setup instructs the agent to execute remotely downloaded shell or PowerShell code without explaining the execution risk or requiring approval for local installation. Although setup occurs only when the CLI is missing, it can execute arbitrary code with the invoking user's privileges if the installer is compromised; confirmation requirements for Botsonic writes do not cover this local action.

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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