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Security audit

Xero

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill requires approval for Xero changes, but its setup runs unchecked downloads and can introduce broader changes to installed agent skills.

Review and install a fixed CLI release yourself before using this skill. Consider disabling automatic skill synchronization, connect only the intended Xero account, and retain confirmation for every accounting change. OOMOL mediates the integration. The remote installer could not be inspected, so its complete local effects remain uncertain.

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 (3)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The declared purpose concerns Xero data operations, while the supplied code executes an external CLI installer without establishing any connection to Xero functionality. This is not demonstrated to be a supporting implementation detail. The downloaded script's contents are unavailable, so its further behavior cannot be determined.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The setup instructions pipe a mutable remote script directly into Bash without verifying a pinned version, signature, or trusted digest; the PowerShell alternative uses the same download-and-execute pattern. If the installer endpoint or its delivery infrastructure is compromised, attacker-controlled code could execute with the agent process's permissions and access local files or credentials. Conditional execution only when the CLI is missing reduces exposure, but neither HTTPS nor server-side Xero token handling prevents this local code-execution risk.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 69)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 90)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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