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Security audit

paper-assistant

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward Chinese-language academic writing helper with no scripts, privileged access, persistence, or hidden behavior.

Installers should treat this as a low-risk academic writing skill. Before use, note that it defaults to Chinese output and relies on the user or browsing-enabled tools for current policies, journal requirements, statistics, or recent research.

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
  • 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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (3)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The README presents all user-facing instructions and examples exclusively in Chinese, which can amount to a language policy violation when no user opt-in or alternative language support is offered. The file does not state that the skill is intended only for Chinese-speaking users or a China-specific academic context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The file uses Chinese-only natural language for feature descriptions, which may imply a fixed language choice without any documented opt-in or scope limitation. Under the policy, language constraints should be optional or clearly justified as region-specific.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The instruction says '默认使用中文回答,除非用户明确要求英文', which imposes a specific language by default rather than offering a neutral language choice. The policy for this audit flags language or locale constraints unless the user is given an explicit opt-in choice or the restriction is clearly justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.