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TextCortex

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward TextCortex connector wrapper, with a notable but disclosed installer-risk warning for the external OOMOL CLI setup command.

Install only if you are comfortable using OOMOL as an intermediary for TextCortex access. Before running the oo CLI installer, review OOMOL's install guide or installer contents and confirm the source is expected. The skill should not need raw TextCortex tokens locally; it relies on OOMOL-managed credentials.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (2)

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to install software via curl ... | bash, which executes a remotely fetched script without prior verification. If the install endpoint, transport, DNS, or hosting environment is compromised, arbitrary code could run on the user's machine with the user's privileges.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 57)May include surrounding context.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The description says to use this skill for "ANY TextCortex request" and "Whenever a task involves TextCortex," which is an extremely broad activation condition without boundaries or exclusion examples. This can overlap with many routine mentions of TextCortex and does not clarify when another tool or direct user guidance would be more appropriate.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.