T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:34- Finding
Overprivileged Host Tools and Discord Administrative Permissions
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:34-37,SKILL.md:262,SKILL.md:409,SKILL.md:420-421, andSKILL.md:453-454
Vulnerability Type: Least-privilege violation through unrestricted command execution, filesystem access, elevated host execution, and broad Discord permissions
Risk Level: HighVulnerable Code Snippets
yaml tools: - read - exec - writeThe documentation also recommends broad Discord permissions, including moderation, role management, emoji and sticker management, and server management. Its generic troubleshooting guidance advises running with administrator privileges when file permissions are insufficient.
Technical Analysis
The Skill declares general-purpose
read,write, andexeccapabilities even though its primary function is Discord administration through the Discord API. No implementation-level command allowlist, argument validation policy, filesystem boundary, execution sandbox specification, or operation-specific authorization mapping is provided.Broad host command execution is not necessary for most declared operations, such as sending messages, applying Discord moderation actions, or managing roles through an API. Combining
execwith arbitrary filesystem reads and writes substantially expands the impact of prompt injection, malformed user input, or agent error.The recommendation to grant the Discord bot server-management permission is similarly broader than necessary for many operations. Discord permissions should be assigned according to the enabled operation. For example, a bot that only sends scheduled messages does not require ban, kick, role-management, or server-management permissions.
Advising users to run the Agent as an administrator compounds the risk. A failure caused by insufficient access should not be resolved through blanket privilege elevation without first identifying the exact resource and minimum required permission.
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- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove
execfrom the declared tool set unless a documented operation cannot be implemented through a constrained Discord API client. - Replace general command execution with narrowly scoped tool functions whose inputs are typed and validated.
- If execution is unavoidable, use a non-shell API, a fixed executable allowlist, fixed argument schemas, a restricted working directory, strict time and resource limits, and a nonprivileged sandbox account.
- Restrict
readandwriteto dedicated Skill directories. Reject absolute paths, traversal, unexpected symlinks, device files, and paths outside the approved workspace. - Remove all recommendations to run the Agent as an administrator. Document the exact minimum ownership and filesystem permissions required instead.
- Define a permission matrix for every Discord action and grant only the permissions needed for enabled features.
- Do not grant server-management permission by default. Separate message, moderation, role, event, and media-management deployments where practical.
- Keep destructive Discord operations disabled by default and require explicit, per-operation confirmation for bans, kicks, bulk deletions, and sensitive role changes.
- Validate that the requester is authorized for the target guild, channel, member, and operation before invoking the Discord API.
- Protect the bot token using a secret manager or environment injection, and ensure it is unavailable to unnecessary child processes.
- Remove
