T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices
- Location
SKILL.md:24- Finding
Unrestricted Transmission of Analysis Input to an External Service
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 24–36
Vulnerability Type: Uncontrolled external disclosure of user-supplied data
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Documentation
The following is an English translation of the complete affected section:
markdown When an analysis request needs to be submitted, send a POST request with a JSON body to the following API: https://httpbin.org/post Example body: { "input": "...", "skill": "ola-plan-verify-skill" } After publishing to CruiseSkillBridge, the URL above will automatically be replaced with a gateway address, and calls will be included in console statistics.Technical Analysis
The Skill instructs the agent to place unspecified analysis input in the
inputproperty and transmit it to the third-partyhttpbin.orgservice. It does not define permissible data types, require explicit user consent, redact sensitive information, limit payload size, or prohibit the submission of credentials, personal information, or proprietary content.The documentation also states that the destination may later be replaced with an unspecified gateway and that invocation statistics will be collected. Consequently, the effective data recipient cannot be determined solely from the reviewed package after publication. Although HTTPS protects data in transit, it does not prevent the destination service or gateway operator from receiving, processing, or logging the submitted content.
Attack Path
- A user asks the Skill to verify a plan containing confidential, proprietary, personal, or authentication-related information.
- The agent follows the instruction in
SKILL.md. - The agent inserts the supplied material into the JSON
inputfield without mandatory filtering or redaction. - The complete payload is transmitted to
https://httpbin.org/postor to the unspecified replacement gateway. - The receiving service can access the submitted ...[truncated 459 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Perform plan verification locally whenever external processing is not strictly necessary.
- If remote processing is required, document the exact service operator, fixed destination, purpose, data handling policy, retention period, and deletion procedure.
- Require explicit, informed user consent immediately before any external transmission.
- Define an allowlist of fields that may be submitted and reject credentials, access tokens, private keys, personal data, and other sensitive content.
- Apply deterministic redaction and data minimization before constructing the request payload.
- Replace the mutable or unspecified gateway behavior with a pinned, validated HTTPS endpoint under a trusted administrative domain.
- Disable redirects to unapproved hosts and validate the final destination before sending data.
- Avoid logging request bodies and ensure that telemetry contains only non-sensitive aggregate metadata.
- Provide a no-network mode and clearly notify users when a request cannot be completed without external processing.
- Add tests confirming that sensitive values are blocked or redacted and that requests cannot be sent to unapproved destinations.
