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Security audit

ekalavya-self-improvement

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This markdown-only skill is purpose-aligned for disciplined follow-through, but users should know it encourages quieter, more autonomous work once a task direction is approved.

Install this only if you want the assistant to be more autonomous after you have approved a direction. Keep an eye on tasks involving commits, durable rules, or skill/project-document changes, and ask for explicit checkpoints when the work is sensitive or high-impact.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

The invocation criteria are broad enough to trigger on ordinary user corrections such as requests to keep moving, prioritize, or reduce chatter. That can cause the assistant to enter a more forceful execution mode outside clearly bounded contexts, increasing the chance of unintended actions or reduced confirmation before edits and commands.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly encourages silent execution with short, infrequent updates while continuing to edit files or take concrete actions. In an agent setting, this reduces user visibility into impactful operations and can normalize behavior where changes occur without clear contemporaneous notice, making misuse or overreach harder to detect.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.