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Security audit

code-quality-principles

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a benign code-quality guidance skill, with only a minor caveat that some trigger words are broad and may activate it more often than expected.

This skill is reasonable to install if you want code-review guidance around simplicity and maintainability. Be aware that its broad triggers may make it appear during general design or architecture conversations, even when you did not specifically ask for KISS, YAGNI, or SOLID guidance.

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
93% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes generic terms such as 'design', 'principles', 'architecture', and 'clean-code', which are broad enough to activate during many ordinary development conversations. This can cause unintended skill invocation, expanding the skill's influence beyond its narrow intended context and potentially interfering with agent behavior or user workflows.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.