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Security audit

Gh

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward GitHub CLI helper with expected authenticated GitHub actions, but users should verify the target account and repository before mutating anything.

Install only if you want Codex to help operate gh. Before running mutating commands like creating repos, commenting, merging PRs, or publishing releases, confirm the GitHub account, owner, repository, branch, and visibility are the ones you intend.

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 (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The manifest description uses very broad trigger wording such as requests to use gh, manage GitHub repos, PRs, or issues from the CLI, which can cause the skill to activate for a wide range of GitHub-related tasks without sufficient specificity. Over-broad activation increases the chance that the agent invokes this skill in unintended contexts, leading to unnecessary authenticated GitHub operations or unsafe command suggestions against the wrong repository or account.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.