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Adaptive Reasoning

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed reasoning-mode helper with no code execution or data access, though its automatic activation and corrupted thresholds may surprise users.

Install this only if you want the agent to automatically decide when to use deeper reasoning. Expect possible extra latency or token use, and consider editing or avoiding it if you need precise control over reasoning mode or dislike visible reasoning icons in responses.

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

High
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The skill is explicitly designed to run on every user message as a preprocessing step, which creates an overly broad activation scope. Even though it does not appear overtly malicious, always-on behavioral modification can silently change response generation across all contexts, increase unnecessary internal processing, and interfere with user intent or system controls.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The automatic activation logic is ambiguous and insufficiently constrained: several thresholds are corrupted or unspecified, and the skill instructs the agent to 'Do not ask. Just activate.' This can cause inconsistent or silent escalation of reasoning behavior, making model behavior less predictable and potentially overriding user preferences for speed, cost, or minimal processing.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.