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Nmap

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does not appear to steal data or persist, but it is labeled as an Nmap reference while delivering generic placeholder guidance.

Review before installing if you need a real Nmap reference. The package appears low-risk from an execution and data-access perspective, but its content is misleading for security-sensitive Nmap work and should not be relied on for scanning guidance without replacement or correction.

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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The declared description says this is an 'Nmap reference tool.' The code does implement a read-only reference-style CLI, but the actual content is not meaningfully about Nmap: it contains generic devtools templates (installation, migration, performance, security, debugging) and placeholder wording like 'specialized tool/concept in the devtools domain,' rather than concrete Nmap commands, flags, scan types, usage patterns, or examples. It also does not execute Nmap or inspect system/network state, so there are no hidden resource-access concerns. The mismatch is therefore not about malicious behavior, but about the description overstating the relevance and specificity of the tool to Nmap.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/script.sh (reported line 64)May include surrounding context.

sh
## Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of devtools concepts
- Required tools and access credentials
- System meeting minimum requirements

## Installation

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The script is labeled and marketed as an Nmap reference tool, but it only emits generic placeholder devtools content and does not provide Nmap-specific guidance. This is a supply-chain integrity and trust issue: users may rely on it for security-sensitive network scanning work and receive misleading or incomplete information, which can lead to unsafe usage, bad decisions, or failure to follow proper authorization and scanning practices.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The inline documentation and command output present the script as an Nmap reference utility, but the implemented help and subcommands do not deliver Nmap-specific reference behavior. In a security-tooling context, this mismatch is dangerous because it undermines operator trust and may cause users to act on incorrect assumptions when performing network reconnaissance or compliance-related tasks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.