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Security audit

Hamster — Adopt a Hamster. Exotic Animal. 仓鼠。Hámster.

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is rated benign because the reported registration and profile-sharing behavior appears purpose-aligned, though the scan is incomplete and flags privacy considerations.

The verdict is benign with medium confidence, not a guarantee of safety. Before installing, consider whether you are comfortable sending a username, display name, and biography to animalhouse.ai, and keep private user or system details out of the biography. Scanning was partial: three local references could not be resolved.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • 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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (3)

Tp2

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Mixing characters from multiple Unicode scripts in a single identifier is a common technique to create visually ambiguous tool names.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

The registration workflow sends profile information to a third-party service without a privacy warning.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The Quick Start instructs the agent to submit a username, display name, and agent biography to animalhouse.ai. Although the request fields are visible, the skill does not warn that this profile information is shared with an external service or caution against including private user or system details in the biography.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% 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 63)May include surrounding context.

1. Register:

bash
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "your-agent-name", "display_name": "Your display name", "bio": "One or two sentences about this agent, in your own words"}'