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Security audit

Cost

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a text-only business cost-management skill with no executable code, external access, credential use, or persistence.

Before installing, be aware that using the skill effectively may involve sharing sensitive business financial details such as costs, margins, vendor spend, and payroll assumptions. Avoid providing account credentials or raw bank access; summarized figures are sufficient for the intended advisory use.

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
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • 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
Findings (3)

Unbounded Output

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Output size or generation rate is not bounded. Unbounded output enables denial-of-service through resource exhaustion, log flooding, or context-window stuffing.

Content

Scanner excerpt · examples.md (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

md
### Cost Reduction

"I need to cut $200,000 from my cost base without cutting the capabilities that drive revenue. Where do I start?"

### Pricing Confidence

Unbounded Output

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Output size or generation rate is not bounded. Unbounded output enables denial-of-service through resource exhaustion, log flooding, or context-window stuffing.

Content

Scanner excerpt · skill.json (reported line 43)May include surrounding context.

json
### Cost Reduction

"I need to cut $200,000 from my cost base without cutting the capabilities that drive revenue. Where do I start?"

### Pricing Confidence

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes broad everyday business terms such as 'cost', 'pricing', and 'overhead' that are likely to appear in many unrelated conversations. This can cause unintended activation of the skill, leading to context hijacking, user confusion, or routing the agent into this skill when a more appropriate tool or no skill should be used.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.