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Security audit

compass

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is a disclosed, read-only Compass real-estate lookup integration, but users should understand it routes requests through their signed-in Compass browser session.

Install only if you are comfortable letting an MCP server and browser extension fetch Compass pages through your signed-in Compass browser tab. Treat the npm package and extension as trusted components, and avoid using it with Compass accounts or browser profiles that contain data you do not want exposed to the agent workflow.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

MCP Config Access

High
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

Skill accesses MCP server configuration files (mcp.json). MCP configs contain server URLs, authentication tokens, and tool definitions — reading them allows the skill to discover and potentially abuse other tool integrations.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

1. Install compass-mcp

.mcp.json (project) or ~/.claude/mcp.json (global):

json
{

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The trigger text is unusually broad because it activates on generic phrases like 'what does compass say about' and broadly on 'any request involving Compass properties, prices, or comparisons.' That can cause over-invocation of the skill and silently route user queries into a signed-in browser-backed data path, increasing the chance of unintended access or disclosure through the user's authenticated Compass session.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill description explains the browser-routing mechanism, but it does not present a clear privacy warning that requests are sent through the user's signed-in Compass tab and may use account-scoped session context. Because the tool depends on an authenticated browser session, users may unknowingly expose account-linked browsing context or retrieve data under their identity without informed consent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.