Citation Chasing Mapping

• Outcome: Pass
• Latest audit: Sep 12, 2026 · 5:18 AM UTC
• Version: 0.1.0

Overview

This skill is a purpose-aligned citation mapping helper with some documentation and permission clarity gaps, but no evidence of hidden persistence, credential use, destructive behavior, or malicious data handling.

Install this if you are comfortable with research queries and paper identifiers being sent to Semantic Scholar and with the tool writing citation-network output files locally. Review the command examples before relying on them, because parts of the documentation do not match the shipped script.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
• Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation: Obtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Trigger Abuse: Overly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
• MCP Least Privilege: Underdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access

Findings (4)

Lp1

High

• Category: MCP Least Privilege
• Confidence: 75% confidence

Finding

The skill uses 'network' capability that is not listed in its permissions. This may indicate deceptive intent or missing permission declarations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium

• Category: Data Exfiltration
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/main.py (reported line 40)May include surrounding context.

python

class SemanticScholarClient:
    """Client for Semantic Scholar API."""
    
    BASE_URL = "https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1"
    
    def __init__(self, delay: float = 0.5):
        """

Vague Triggers

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 91% confidence

Finding

The summary 'Use when working with citation chasing mapping' is overly broad and does not define concrete activation boundaries, which can cause the agent to invoke the skill in loosely related research contexts. Overbroad routing increases the chance of unnecessary exposure to untrusted inputs or inappropriate tool use, even though this file does not itself contain direct code execution or high-risk actions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 82% confidence

Finding

User-supplied titles, DOIs, and PMIDs are sent to a third-party API without an explicit privacy notice or consent checkpoint. In a research workflow this can expose sensitive topics, unpublished work, or investigator interests to an external service, even though the transmission is functionally expected.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.