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Security audit

Indeed

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Indeed workflow has clear approval safeguards, but its missing-tool fallback executes unverified remote installers without a separate approval step.

Review and install the CLI separately before enabling this skill, preferably using a pinned, verified release. Check its persistent changes, including installation or synchronization of other agent skills. OOMOL is a disclosed intermediary for your connected Indeed account. Retain the required confirmations for job-posting changes. The bundled text supports the installation concern, but does not support credential theft or malicious behavior.

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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • 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
99% confidence
Finding

The supplied chunk performs remote script execution and contains no Indeed operations. Nothing in the supplied material establishes this installer as a supporting dependency for Indeed functionality. The downloaded script's further behavior cannot be determined from this chunk.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 42)May include surrounding context.

md
- `clear_sourced_job_posting_updates` — Clear updates previously applied to one sourced Indeed job posting. [destructive]
- `find_employer_jobs` — List jobs for the employer represented by the OAuth token, with filters and cursor pagination.
- `get_current_user` — Get the Indeed user and associated employers represented by the OAuth access token.
- `get_job` — Get one Indeed employer job by its EmployerJob IRI.
- `get_jobs` — Get multiple Indeed employer jobs by their EmployerJob IRIs.
- `update_sourced_job_postings` — Update supported fields on one sourced Indeed job posting. [write]

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The command pipes a mutable remote script directly into Bash without verifying its integrity or reviewing it before execution. Compromise of the distribution endpoint or release pipeline could therefore lead to arbitrary local code execution; HTTPS alone does not protect against a compromised publisher, and the PowerShell alternative has the same weakness.

Content

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

The setup workflow executes remote installation scripts without warning about local code execution and system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The missing-CLI fallback instructs the agent to execute downloaded installation code without an explicit approval step or explanation of local system changes. This expands an Indeed data task into local software installation, and a compromised installer could execute arbitrary code with the invoking user's privileges; the error-triggered condition limits exposure but does not remove the risk.

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 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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