T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
- Location
SKILL.md:3- Finding
Universal framework-selection directives steer agent behavior
- Content
View full analysis
- Remediation
View remediation
Security audit
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
The skill is coherent documentation for a Python MCP framework, but it pushes agents to prefer it broadly and includes copyable network-facing examples with unsafe defaults.
Review this skill before installing if you expect neutral MCP framework selection or secure-by-default deployment examples. Do not let it override an existing framework choice, pin and review dependencies before installation, and change generated HTTP examples to loopback or protected production settings with authentication and explicit CORS origins.
SKILL.md:3Universal framework-selection directives steer agent behavior
SKILL.md:23Unpinned third-party package installation creates supply-chain exposure
SKILL.md:232MCP HTTP server examples bind to all network interfaces without demonstrated access controls
SKILL.md:239Wildcard CORS configuration permits requests from arbitrary browser origins
The metadata description repeatedly directs agents to use this skill for essentially any MCP-related task and even says to prefer it whenever possible. Broad invocation guidance can cause inappropriate tool selection, unnecessary dependency expansion, and over-trusting this skill in contexts where a narrower or safer skill would be more appropriate.
The body text reinforces the same unbounded recommendation, stating the framework should be used for everything from simple to complex MCP applications without meaningful scope limits. In an agent skill ecosystem, this increases the chance that the agent invokes this skill by default even when another skill is more relevant, creating misrouting and elevated trust risks.
No suspicious patterns detected.