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Security audit

Turbot Pipes

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The integration fits its stated purpose, but automatic setup executes unverified downloaded code without a clear user checkpoint.

Review and approve CLI installation separately, verify a specific release, and check whether its automatic skill synchronization is acceptable. OOMOL will broker your Turbot Pipes account access. The bundled instructions were fully inspected; the external installers and live 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
  • 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 performs remote code execution for an apparent Oomol CLI installation, not Turbot Pipes data searching or reading. Nothing in the supplied content establishes this installation as a supporting dependency for the declared purpose. The downloaded script is not provided, so its further behavior cannot be assessed.

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 remote script directly into Bash without independently verifying its contents or integrity. If the distribution endpoint or release pipeline is compromised, attacker-controlled code could execute with the agent's local privileges; HTTPS alone does not protect against a compromised publisher. The Windows fallback has the same fetch-and-execute weakness.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 55)May include surrounding context.

The fallback setup executes downloaded installer scripts without warning the user about local system changes or third-party code execution.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The fallback directs the agent to install software when the CLI is missing without first obtaining approval for local changes or third-party code execution. Although conditional and relevant to setup, a request to read Turbot Pipes data does not itself authorize running an installer with the agent's local privileges.

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 76)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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