I set a custom darknut to have all the attributes a regular level 1 darknut has except for lowering his HP by 2 and his Damage and Weapon Damage by 1 and set his hunger to 3. When the hunger was set to 3, the darknut would walk through all the unwalkable combos on screen, but after I set it back to 0, it behaved normally. http://www.geocities.com/narshecaves/darknuthungertest.zip
Custom Darknut Hunger Issue
Good find! Fixed.