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Security audit

Kernel

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

Kernel operations have clear approval rules, but fallback setup runs downloaded code without a separate installation approval step.

Review and approve CLI installation separately before using the fallback setup, including any installation of additional agent skills. The downloaded installers were unavailable for inspection. Kernel writes and deletions have explicit approval safeguards, and the inspected artifact contains no 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
97% confidence
Finding

The supplied code performs remote script execution from an Oomol endpoint rather than showing Kernel data operations. Although installation can be a supporting implementation detail, nothing supplied establishes this installer as a Kernel dependency. The downloaded script is not provided, so its further behavior cannot be determined.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

Piping a live HTTPS download directly into bash executes mutable remote code with the invoking user's permissions, without version pinning or independent integrity verification. Compromise of the installer endpoint or distribution pipeline could therefore expose local files and credentials; the legitimate dependency purpose and missing-command trigger reduce exposure but do not remove that risk.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 59)May include surrounding context.

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

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The missing-CLI fallback directs the agent to execute an installer that changes the local system without requiring an explanation of those changes or explicit installation approval. Its conditional nature reduces exposure, and enforcement of the declared Bash(oo *) tool restriction could block execution, but the setup instructions themselves lack a consent boundary.

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 80)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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