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Security audit

Cardly

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Cardly workflow is coherent, but its fallback setup runs an unverified remote installer without clear user approval.

Review the dependency setup before installing. Arrange a separately approved, verified oo installation and check its bundled-skill installation and update behavior before allowing the agent to run it. Cardly requests pass through OOMOL, so connect only the intended account and review write payloads. The installer and hosted connector were not verified; no artifact-backed malicious behavior was found.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • 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
Findings (5)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The supplied code performs remote script execution rather than Cardly data operations. Nothing in the chunk establishes the Oomol installer as a necessary Cardly implementation dependency. The downloaded script's contents are not supplied, so its precise effects cannot be determined.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The command executes a remotely fetched, unpinned script directly in a local shell without checking its integrity or reviewing it; the PowerShell alternative has the same weakness. Compromise of the distribution endpoint could yield arbitrary code execution with the agent's local privileges, although the missing-CLI condition limits when this path is reached.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 61)May include surrounding context.

Fallback setup executes a downloaded installer without warning about remote code execution or local system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The fallback directs the agent to install software when the CLI is missing without first disclosing local system changes or obtaining installation approval. Although this is relevant dependency setup rather than hidden functionality, permission to perform a Cardly task does not necessarily authorize executing an installer on the user's machine.

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 82)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.

## Resources

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 87)May include surrounding context.

md
## Resources

- Cardly homepage: https://www.card.ly
- API documentation: https://api.card.ly/v2/docs