vps-proxy-tunnel
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 1, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONPERSISTENCEDYNAMIC_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The documentation contains a hardcoded Vultr API key
ZO5RLHQVKSLJP4QMTUOIMFUGHTIT26FVPZVQ. While presented as a prerequisite example, it follows the format of an active credential. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill instructs the agent to read sensitive local files, specifically SSH private and public keys (
~/.ssh/id_rsa,~/.ssh/id_ed25519,~/.ssh/id_vultr.pub) and environment configuration files (~/.hermes/.env) containing API keys for services like ElevenLabs. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill makes extensive use of shell commands to manage system processes (
pkill,pgrep), check network listening states (ss), and manage remote VPS servers viasshandscp. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The instructions require
sudopermissions for administrative tasks such as installing software (apt-get install), modifying system configuration files in/etc/, and managing systemd services. - [PERSISTENCE]: The skill implements persistence by creating and enabling custom
systemdunit files (e.g.,microsocks.service) on the remote host to ensure proxy services are automatically restarted on system boot. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill executes remote commands on VPS instances via SSH, including installing packages (
pip install proxy.py), running background processes withnohup, and executing complex multi-line logic passed through SSH pipes. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads and installs software dependencies from external package registries via
pip,npm, andapt. These resources are fetched and executed immediately upon deployment. - [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The skill generates and executes Python and Node.js code at runtime, using
python3 -cfor inline data processing and dynamically creating script files (e.g.,simpleproxy.pyanddecode.py) for execution on remote hosts. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests untrusted data from external API responses (Vultr, OpenAI, GitHub) and processes it without explicit sanitization. Evidence chain: (1) Ingestion points: Vultr API responses in SKILL.md and templates/startup.sh; (2) Boundary markers: Absent; (3) Capability inventory:
ssh,curl,pip,sudo; (4) Sanitization: None detected.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: http://127.0.0.1:8889 - DO NOT USE without thorough review
- AI detected serious security threats
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