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StatusPal

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This StatusPal reader needs review because its setup instructions can execute a remote installer without first asking for approval.

Review and install the CLI yourself before allowing this skill to run. Check its installer and automatic skill-installation behavior, and approve local changes explicitly. Connecting StatusPal entrusts OOMOL with access to that account. The bundled read operations fit the advertised purpose; the concern is uncontrolled setup, not evidence of malicious intent. The external installer and connector implementation were unavailable for verification.

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 contains no StatusPal access or read/search operation. Instead, it executes an external installation script. Nothing in the supplied code establishes this installation as a supporting dependency for StatusPal functionality, so its purpose and resource access materially differ from the declared description.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The command pipes a remotely fetched, unpinned script directly into Bash without integrity verification or review; the PowerShell alternative has the same execution pattern. Compromise of the installer distribution path could execute attacker-controlled code with the invoking user's privileges, exposing local files and credentials; HTTPS and conditional setup reduce some exposure but do not establish script integrity.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 60)May include surrounding context.

The setup workflow executes remote installation scripts without warning about local system changes.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The fallback directs the agent to install software after a missing-command error without explicitly obtaining approval for local system changes. A read-only StatusPal request does not inherently authorize software installation, although the missing-command prerequisite limits when this behavior is triggered.

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 81)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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