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Security audit

Freshstatus

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

Freshstatus changes require approval, but the CLI setup and its broader, persistent changes to agent skills need review.

Review and approve the CLI installation separately, preferably using a verified, pinned release. Decide whether to permit its cross-agent skill synchronization; the publisher documents OO_SKILLS_SYNC_DISABLED=1 to disable startup synchronization. Connect only the Freshstatus account you intend to use and retain approval for changes and deletions. The downloaded installers and remote service implementation were not audited.

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
97% confidence
Finding

The supplied code's sole behavior is fetching and executing an installer from an unrelated service. Nothing in the chunk establishes that this is a supporting dependency for Freshstatus or implements the declared functionality. The downloaded script's further behavior 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 pipes a mutable HTTPS response directly into bash without verifying the installer artifact. HTTPS protects transport but not against compromise of the distribution infrastructure or publisher account, so malicious replacement content could run with the invoking user's privileges; this is the same underlying installation risk identified by SQP-2.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 64)May include surrounding context.

First-time setup instructs the agent to execute downloaded installation scripts without warning the user about remote code execution or local system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The setup fallback instructs execution of downloaded shell or PowerShell code without an explicit installation approval step, integrity verification, or explanation of local changes. Although installing a required CLI is legitimate and conditional, it crosses from Freshstatus operations into local code execution; compromised installer content could execute with the invoking user's privileges.

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 85)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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