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Security audit

Mezmo

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Mezmo queries are appropriately scoped, but setup tells the agent to execute a downloaded installer without a separate approval or verification step.

Review and approve CLI installation separately before allowing automatic setup. Prefer a pinned, verified release. OOMOL is the disclosed intermediary for your connected Mezmo account, so review its access scopes and credential handling. The material concern is the installation boundary; the inspected skill does not establish 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
  • 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
99% confidence
Finding

The supplied command performs remote installer execution rather than searching or reading Mezmo data. Nothing in the supplied content establishes that this installer is a necessary supporting implementation detail for Mezmo access. The installer’s contents are not provided, so its further effects cannot be determined.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The command pipes an unpinned remote script directly into Bash, allowing the downloaded content to execute with the invoking user's permissions without review or integrity verification. OOMOL is a relevant dependency rather than an obviously malicious destination, but compromise of its distribution infrastructure could still lead to local credential theft or system modification; the PowerShell example has the same issue.

Content

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

Fallback setup instructs execution of remote installation scripts without warning about system changes or downloaded-code execution.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

A missing CLI triggers instructions to download and execute installation code without first obtaining approval for local system changes. Although setup is a legitimate prerequisite and is conditional, a read-oriented Mezmo request does not itself authorize arbitrary installer execution; the Bash tool restriction may limit execution but is not a substitute for an explicit setup 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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