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Security audit

Railway

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

Railway actions require approval, but the CLI dependency can install additional agent skills without that broader effect being explained.

Review CLI setup separately and use narrowly scoped Railway credentials with OOMOL. Before running oo, consider setting OO_SKILLS_SYNC_DISABLED=1 to prevent automatic skill installation, as documented in the [CLI reference](https://github.com/oomol-lab/oo-cli/blob/main/docs/commands.md). The remote installers and hosted backend were not verified; the Review verdict concerns installation control and undisclosed agent-environment changes.

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 code installs software from an Oomol endpoint and contains no Railway operations. Nothing in the chunk establishes this installation as a supporting dependency for Railway. The downloaded script's contents and 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

Piping a mutable remote installer directly into Bash executes whatever the endpoint returns without prior verification. HTTPS reduces transport interception risk but does not protect against compromise of the vendor's hosting or release pipeline; this is the same underlying installation risk identified in SQP-2, not an independent exploit.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 63)May include surrounding context.

Fallback setup executes downloaded installer scripts without a system-integrity warning.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The fallback directs the agent to install software by immediately executing downloaded shell or PowerShell content, without an explicit installation approval step or an independent integrity check. Although this is a legitimate dependency and only runs when the CLI is missing, a compromised installer source could execute arbitrary code with the invoking user's permissions.

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 84)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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