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Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a text-only Dao De Jing reflection skill with disclosed bilingual output and no evidence of hidden execution, data access, persistence, or privilege use.

Installers should expect reflective guidance, not factual answers or professional advice. The main practical consideration is that responses may include both Chinese source text and English interpretation by default.

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
92% confidence
Finding

The description states the skill returns insights 'in plain English' and labels the skill '中英双语,' indicating a fixed language behavior. Because the file does not present this as an explicit user-selectable option, it may violate language/locale policy by imposing a specific output language format without opt-in.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The self-checklist says 'Bilingual output (Chinese + English) is complete and accurate,' which makes bilingual output a mandatory execution requirement. This is a natural-language policy concern because it does not offer the user a language choice or indicate that bilingual formatting is optional.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The README states '中英双语' and later describes the output as including 'Classical Chinese + English,' which suggests the skill forces a specific language/locale format. The policy for this audit flags language constraints unless the skill offers user choice or clearly documents a justified regional requirement.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.