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alon-fact-check

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent fact-checking skill that uses web research as expected, with an installation hardening note for its unpinned npx command.

Before installing, consider pinning or otherwise verifying the installer package/source instead of running a floating npx command. Once installed, the skill mainly guides the agent to search the web and cite sources for fact-checking; review links and claims as you would with any research workflow.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • 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
Findings (1)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning
Location
README.md:9
Finding

Unpinned Third-Party Package Execution Through npx

Content
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Remediation
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Vulnerability Patterns
  • System Prompt LeakageDirect Leakage, Indirect Extraction, Tool-Based Exfiltration
  • 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 (3)

Direct Prompt Extraction

High
Category
System Prompt Leakage
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill contains instructions that could directly expose system prompts, internal rules, or hidden instructions to users or external parties.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 283)May include surrounding context.

md
- Before sending, compare the final report against the checked claim list. If any duplicate section, missing claim text, repeated verdict line, source mismatch, or malformed source line appears, rewrite the final report cleanly from the checked claim list.
- Prefer a shorter clean report over a longer report that risks duplicated sections or copied paragraphs.

## CRITICAL Output Rules

- **NEVER repeat any content**. Each section appears exactly ONCE. No duplicated tables, sources, or paragraphs.
- **Final self-check before sending**: verify claim numbering is sequential, no section is duplicated, every source belongs to the claim it is listed under, and there are no dangling or malformed source lines.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The README instructs users to run npx skills add ... without pinning a specific package version, which can fetch and execute whatever version of the CLI is current at install time. That creates a supply-chain risk: if the package is later compromised, typosquatted, or publishes a breaking/malicious release, users following the install command may execute unreviewed code on their machine.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.