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Orderly Onboarding

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This Orderly onboarding skill is coherent, but it recommends unpinned package execution and broad persistent agent configuration that users should review before installing.

Install only the specific Orderly pieces you need, prefer project-local setup, review any MCP config diff before applying it, avoid all-agent global installs, and pin package versions instead of relying on `npx` defaults or `@latest`.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • 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
Findings (2)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Error
Location
SKILL.md:73
Finding

Unpinned MCP Package Is Downloaded and Executed Through npx

Content
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``` ```json { "mcpServers": { "orderly": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest"] } } } ``` ```json { "mcpServers": { "orderly": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest"] } } } ``` ```json { "servers": { "orderly": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest"] } } } ``` ```json { "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "orderly": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest"], "enabled": true } } } ``` ```toml [mcp_servers.orderly] command = "npx" args = ["@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest"] ``` ### Technical Analysis The documented configurations instruct AI clients to use `npx` to retrieve and execute `@orderly.network/mcp-server@latest`. The `@latest` tag is mutable and can resolve to package contents that differ from those reviewed when this skill was published. The initial installation command is also unversioned and therefore resolves through the registry at execution time. Because these configurations are stored in MCP client configuration files, execution is not limited to a one-time setup action. A configured client may invoke the package again in later sessions. The package then runs as the current operating-system user and receives whatever filesystem, environment, network, and process access is available to that user and the hosting AI client. No malicious package contents were present in the audited artifact, and compromise of the referenced package was not establis ...[truncated 1629 chars]
Remediation
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T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning
Location
SKILL.md:170
Finding

Global All-Agent Installation of Unpinned External Skills

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Remediation
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Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (14)

Agent Config Directory Access

High
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly identifies a user-level agent configuration path (~/.codex/config.toml) as a target for modification, which is sensitive because changes there affect agent behavior across projects. While the content itself is not overtly malicious, onboarding instructions that normalize editing global agent config can enable persistent tool injection or broaden the impact of any compromised command.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.

md
| Claude Code | `--client claude`   | `.mcp.json`            |
| Cursor      | `--client cursor`   | `.cursor/mcp.json`     |
| VS Code     | `--client vscode`   | `.vscode/mcp.json`     |
| Codex       | `--client codex`    | `~/.codex/config.toml` |
| OpenCode    | `--client opencode` | `.opencode/mcp.json`   |

**Manual Configuration:**

Agent Config Directory Access

High
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

This section provides manual configuration content for ~/.codex/config.toml, reinforcing direct edits to a global agent config file. Because global agent configuration can introduce persistent execution of external tools in future sessions, misuse or compromise of this setup has a larger-than-local impact.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 146)May include surrounding context.

}

text

**Codex** (`~/.codex/config.toml`):

```toml
[mcp_servers.orderly]

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to run remote package installation commands and to add configuration blocks into AI client config files, but it does not clearly warn that these steps execute third-party code and modify local tooling behavior. In an onboarding skill, users are especially likely to follow such steps verbatim, which makes the omission more dangerous.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to execute an NPX package without pinning a specific version, which allows the fetched code to change over time and creates a supply-chain risk if the package is compromised or a malicious version is published. In this context, the command is presented as a recommended first step for setup, making accidental execution by users more likely.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The command uses npx skills without pinning the package version, so execution depends on whatever version is currently resolved at runtime. Because this command installs skills globally and is explicitly recommended, it exposes users to mutable remote code execution and potential supply-chain compromise.

Content

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Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

This local install example still invokes npx skills without a version pin, so users execute whatever package version is current at the time of use. Even though the intent appears instructional, the result is the same supply-chain and remote code execution exposure.

Content

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Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The --list example still relies on an unpinned NPX package, meaning even a seemingly harmless listing command may execute changed or malicious code from the package registry. Because users may consider list operations low risk, this can lower their caution and increase exploitability.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

This specific-skill install example uses an unpinned npx skills invocation, creating the same mutable remote execution risk as the other examples. The command directly encourages installation of additional content into the environment, increasing the blast radius if the package is malicious.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

Installing multiple skills through an unpinned NPX package exposes users to unreviewed package changes at execution time. In a skill whose purpose is onboarding, these commands are likely to be copied verbatim, making the unsafe pattern materially risky.

Content

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Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

This agent-specific global install again uses npx skills without a fixed version, preserving the same supply-chain risk while also targeting broader user environment changes via global installation. Global scope increases impact if the fetched code is malicious.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 324)May include surrounding context.

Orderly supports multiple EVM and non-EVM chains. To get the current list of supported networks with their chain IDs, vault addresses, and RPC endpoints:

text
GET https://api.orderly.org/v1/public/chain_info

This endpoint returns all mainnet and testnet chains currently supported by Orderly, including Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Ethereum, Polygon, Mantle, Solana, Sei, Avalanche, BSC, Abstract, and more.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The recommended next-step command again tells users to run npx @orderly.network/mcp-server init without pinning, exposing them to mutable remote code execution. Repetition throughout the document reinforces unsafe behavior and increases the chance users will run it without scrutiny.

Content

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Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

This white-label DEX workflow repeats the unpinned NPX invocation, which carries the same supply-chain risk as earlier references. Because it is framed as a prerequisite step, users may execute it early and implicitly trust the resulting configuration changes.

Content

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Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The troubleshooting section still recommends the same unpinned MCP server command, so even users seeking help are steered toward unsafe package execution. Recommending an unpinned package in multiple contexts suggests poor security hygiene rather than a one-off omission.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.