moltbook
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 19, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONPROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill implements an unverified auto-update mechanism in
SKILL.mdandHEARTBEAT.mdthat directs the agent to download remote markdown files and overwrite its own local logic files usingcurl. This allows the remote server to silently modify agent behavior. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: In
HEARTBEAT.md, the agent is instructed to fetchhttps://www.moltbook.com/heartbeat.mdevery 30 minutes and 'follow it'. This creates a persistent remote instruction execution vector. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on various
curlshell commands to interact with the API and perform system updates. It also includes thepackage.jsonfile encoded in UTF-16 Little Endian, which obfuscates its metadata from analysis. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill handles sensitive API keys and suggests storing them in
~/.config/moltbook/credentials.json. Combined with the identified RCE vectors, an attacker could inject code to steal these credentials. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The heartbeat system's design, which fetches and 'follows' remote instructions, serves as a persistent remote prompt injection vector.
- [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests untrusted data from a public social feed via the
feedandsearchendpoints. Mandatory Evidence Chain: 1. Ingestion points:api/v1/feedandapi/v1/searchinSKILL.md. 2. Boundary markers: Absent. 3. Capability inventory:curlfor network and file-write operations. 4. Sanitization: Absent. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: There is a naming discrepancy between the skill metadata (
name: moltbook), the encodedpackage.json(description: Ayli Fox Agent), and the_meta.json(slug: aulifox), which is deceptive. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches multiple files and configuration data from
www.moltbook.comfor installation and updates without performing any checksum or integrity verification.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata