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Security audit

n8n

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The n8n actions have clear approval controls, but setup runs unverified remote code and omits the CLI’s automatic installation of additional agent skills.

Review the setup before installing. Use a reviewed, pinned CLI release and a narrowly scoped n8n connection, and understand that OOMOL mediates access to your data. Consider setting OO_SKILLS_SYNC_DISABLED=1 for every CLI invocation to disable startup skill synchronization, as documented in the [command reference](https://github.com/oomol-lab/oo-cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md). Preserve the required approvals for writes and deletions. The remote installer and deployed connector were not verified.

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
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Findings (4)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The supplied command executes an external installer, with no visible n8n interaction or demonstrated connection to implementing the declared n8n functionality. This is a materially different operation involving an inconsistent resource, not an established supporting implementation detail. The downloaded script's contents and any further effects are not available in the supplied code.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

The supplied chunk only initiates an oo login and contains no identifiable n8n integration or data operations. Authentication could be a supporting implementation detail, but nothing supplied connects this command to n8n. As presented, its primary behavior differs from the declared purpose.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The setup command pipes a mutable remote script directly into Bash without version pinning, integrity verification, or review; the PowerShell alternative has the same weakness. Although conditional installation is a legitimate dependency step, compromise of the distribution endpoint or release pipeline could execute attacker-controlled code with the agent process's privileges, exposing local data and credentials.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 90)May include surrounding context.

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 111)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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