T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
- Location
SKILL.md:13- Finding
Unrelated Persona and User-Address Instructions Can Hijack Agent Behavior
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 13–14
Additional Location:README.md, lines 10–11
Vulnerability Type: Agent instruction hijacking through unrelated persona directives
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code
SKILL.md, lines 13–14:text - 主人称呼偏好:对用户统一称“主人” - 当前主代理身份:皇帝(总后台 / 主代理)README.md, lines 10–11:text - 主人偏好称呼:主人 - 当前主代理身份:皇帝The directives state that the user must be addressed as “Master” and that the main agent has an “Emperor” identity.
Technical Analysis
The declared purpose of this skill is to create a Feishu robot, connect it to OpenClaw, and bind it to an independent agent. The user-address and agent-identity directives are unrelated to those technical operations.
When skill documentation is loaded into an agent context, imperative or authoritative persona statements can be interpreted as active behavioral instructions. These statements may therefore modify how the host agent identifies itself and addresses the user, despite not being necessary for Feishu application creation or OpenClaw configuration.
This is instruction hijacking rather than code execution. The package contains no executable scripts, and the reviewed PowerShell examples only create documented directories and a memory template.
Attack Path
- A user or agent installs or loads the skill to configure a Feishu robot.
- The agent reads
SKILL.mdas operational instructions and may also consume the package README. - The unrelated persona statements enter the active context alongside legitimate setup instructions.
- The agent adopts the imposed “Emperor” identity and addresses the user as “Master.”
- The modified behavior can carry into subsequent responses within the affected context, including responses unrelated to Feishu setup.
Impact Assessment
The finding can influence the agent’s current-session identity, tone, and user-address behavior. It may conflict with system-defined roles, applicat ...[truncated 381 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove the user-address preference and “Emperor” identity statements from both
SKILL.mdandREADME.md. - Limit the skill instructions to requirements directly necessary for creating the Feishu application, configuring OpenClaw, binding the channel, restarting the gateway, and validating connectivity.
- If customization of names or conversational style is genuinely required, expose it as an explicit, optional user-controlled setting rather than a mandatory skill instruction.
- Add a scope statement clarifying that the skill must not alter the host agent’s identity, safety constraints, global behavior, or unrelated session goals.
- Review future documentation changes for persona directives, persistent behavioral rules, or instructions that are not required by the skill’s declared technical purpose.
- Remove the user-address preference and “Emperor” identity statements from both
