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Security audit

UI Polish Pass

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a UI polish checklist with broad activation language, but it does not request sensitive access, execute code, persist changes, or perform behavior outside its stated visual-design purpose.

Install this only if you want an agent to spend time applying a final visual polish pass to UI work. Be aware that its trigger wording is broad, so users who prefer faster prototypes or non-visual implementation work may want narrower activation rules.

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
97% confidence
Finding

The skill declares itself as a core pack item that is 'always active' and the final step before presenting work, which creates an unnecessarily broad trigger scope. In an agent system, over-broad auto-activation can cause the skill to run in contexts where it is irrelevant, override user priorities, consume time, or nudge outputs toward cosmetic changes when the task requires something else.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The instruction to use the skill 'on all visual work' after two other checks is still too broad because it lacks boundaries for task type, project phase, or user request. This can lead to inappropriate invocation across many sessions, making the agent less predictable and potentially interfering with higher-priority instructions or non-polish objectives.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.