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Security audit

LIFX

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The lighting controls are appropriately scoped, but setup can execute unchecked downloaded code and introduce broader agent changes without clear user approval.

Review setup before enabling this skill. Explicitly approve a verified CLI installation and review or disable its bundled-skill synchronization. OOMOL will broker your LIFX account access. The remote installers and hosted connector implementation were not inspected; no malicious behavior was established in the bundled artifact.

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
98% confidence
Finding

The supplied code performs remote script execution but contains no LIFX operations or evidence that this installation supports LIFX functionality. Its visible behavior therefore materially differs from the declared purpose. The downloaded script's contents and subsequent effects cannot be determined from this chunk.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The command immediately executes a mutable remote script without checking its integrity or reviewing its contents; the PowerShell alternative uses the same unsafe pattern. If the distribution endpoint or publishing pipeline is compromised, attacker-controlled code could execute with the invoking user's privileges, although the missing-CLI condition limits exposure.

Content

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

The setup fallback executes downloaded installation scripts without warning about host-system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The fallback directs the agent to install software when the CLI is missing without requiring approval or explaining potential host-system changes. Although conditional and relevant to setup, this expands a LIFX task into host modification without a clear authorization 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 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

- LIFX homepage: https://www.lifx.com
- API documentation: https://api.developer.lifx.com/reference/authentication