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Security audit

Fellow

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Fellow workflow has clear approval rules, but its setup fallback runs changeable remote installers without a separate approval step.

Review and approve CLI installation separately before enabling the fallback, including any automatic installation of other agent skills. Prefer a verified, pinned release. Fellow data passes through OOMOL, so connect only the intended account and permissions. Keep the existing confirmation requirements for changes and archives. The remote installer contents remain unverified; this review found no artifact-backed evidence of malicious intent.

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
95% confidence
Finding

The supplied code performs remote installer execution rather than any demonstrated Fellow operation. Although installation can be a supporting implementation detail, nothing in this chunk establishes that the Oomol installer supports the declared Fellow integration. The remote script's contents and additional 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 command streams a remotely fetched script directly into Bash without a pinned version or independent integrity verification; the PowerShell alternative has the same execution pattern. Compromise of the distribution endpoint or delivery pipeline could execute attacker-controlled code with the invoking user's privileges, exposing local files and credentials. Its legitimate prerequisite role and conditional execution reduce exposure but do not eliminate this supply-chain risk.

Content

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

The fallback setup executes remote installation scripts without warning the user about local system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The fallback instructs the agent to install software after a missing-command error without requiring approval for local system changes. Authorization to operate Fellow does not necessarily authorize installing software, and the skill's confirmation rules cover Fellow state changes rather than 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 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.

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