ClawHub
Back to skill

Security audit

Deep Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill transparently sets up a user-approved deep research workflow, with the main caution that its trigger wording is broad and it delegates execution to a sub-agent.

Install this if you want a structured deep research workflow. Before approving Phase 2, check the generated plan carefully, especially the topic boundaries and source expectations, because the sub-agent is allowed to choose and expand searches within that plan.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

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
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The skill description is broadly phrased to trigger on generic requests like 'research,' 'investigation,' or 'in-depth analysis,' which can cause over-invocation on many ordinary user queries. Because the skill can create plans and spawn a sub-agent, overly broad routing increases the chance that untrusted or sensitive requests are escalated into autonomous multi-step actions without sufficiently narrow user intent matching.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.