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Security audit

Washing Machine Buying Consultant

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a plain instruction-only buying guide for washing machines, with no hidden execution, credential access, persistence, or unsafe automation.

Before relying on the product examples, verify current availability, exact specifications, voltage, certifications, and pricing in your region. The skill may ask for location and home setup details, but the reviewed artifact does not request credentials, files, payments, or background access.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • 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)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Content
3. **Buying a top-loader for water-scarce environments** — Traditional top-loaders with agitators use 2–3× more water per cycle than front-loaders. In areas with water supply constraints, this is a significant ongoing cost.

4. **Assuming voltage compatibility without checking** — Importing machines from regions with different voltage standards (e.g., buying a US 120 V machine for a 230 V country) will destroy the appliance immediately or within a short period. Always confirm voltage and frequency on the machine's rating plate.

5. **Overlooking physical dimensions** — Standard washing machines are 60 cm wide but depths vary from 40 cm to 65 cm. Many buyers measure width only and discover the machine does not fit the alcove depth or the door cannot open fully.
Confidence
75% confidence
Finding
Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.