hermes-agentmesh-async-bus
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 12, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONPERSISTENCEDATA_EXFILTRATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill clones a repository from an untrusted GitHub user account
seleman66eeddwegger3-artand downloads Python scripts and system configurations viacurlfrom a local network HTTP server. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The instructions involve executing system-level commands like
launchctlandsystemctlto manage background processes, and usingsedto modify sensitive system configuration files. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill requires
sudoaccess to modify the system's Redis configuration (/opt/homebrew/etc/redis.conf) and to enable user lingering (loginctl enable-linger), allowing services to run outside of active user sessions. - [PERSISTENCE]: The skill installs persistent background daemons on both macOS (via LaunchAgents in
~/Library/LaunchAgents/) and Linux (via systemd user services in~/.config/systemd/user/) that are configured to automatically start at load and restart on failure. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The instructions explicitly direct the user to disable Redis security protocols by setting
protected-mode noand binding to0.0.0.0. This exposes the message bus—and any sensitive task data or API keys passing through it—to the entire local network without authentication. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill creates a high-risk attack surface by ingesting raw JSON data from a network-exposed Redis queue and passing it directly to an LLM API without sanitization or boundary markers.
- Ingestion points: Redis
inbox:<NODE_NAME>queue processed inworker_node.py. - Boundary markers: Absent; the skill relies on simple JSON parsing.
- Capability inventory: Network operations (
requests.post), local file writing (async_debate.md), and Redis list operations (r.lpush). - Sanitization: Absent; the skill performs no validation on the
messagescontent before LLM execution.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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