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Mux

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Mux workflow has sensible approval controls, but setup directs your agent to execute an unverified remote installer without separate approval.

Review and install the CLI separately before enabling this skill, using a verified release and checking its automatic skill synchronization settings. Confirm the intended Mux account and every write or deletion. The bundled text shows no malicious intent, but the remote installers could not be inspected and their effects remain uncertain.

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 executes an Oomol-hosted installer rather than performing any visible Mux operation. Although dependency installation can be a supporting implementation detail, nothing supplied establishes this installer's role in the declared Mux functionality. The remote script's contents and any further effects are not available for assessment.

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 a pinned version, signature, or trusted digest; the PowerShell alternative has the same execution pattern. A compromised distribution endpoint or installer could execute arbitrary code with the agent's local permissions, although the skill provides no evidence that the endpoint is currently malicious.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 65)May include surrounding context.

Fallback setup executes remote installation scripts without warning about system-level effects.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

When the CLI is missing, the fallback directs the agent to execute downloaded installation code without explaining its host-level effects or obtaining explicit installation approval. This expands a Mux data task into local software installation, potentially exposing files, credentials, and configuration accessible to the executing account; the conditional trigger and declared oo-only tool restriction reduce reachability but do not make the installation instructions safe.

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 86)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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