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Security audit

Alphagbm Watchlist

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward stock-watchlist helper with disclosed read and add/remove watchlist actions, but users should understand that add and remove commands can change a saved watchlist.

Install only if you want an agent to help view and manage an AlphaGBM-style ticker watchlist. Treat add and remove commands as changes to a saved watchlist, and confirm ticker removals if the agent does not already ask.

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
  • Tool MisuseTool Parameter Abuse, Chaining Abuse, Unsafe Defaults
  • 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
Findings (3)

Tool Parameter Abuse

High
Category
Tool Misuse
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Tool parameters are crafted to achieve unintended or unsafe behavior. Parameter abuse can bypass intended safety checks (e.g. shell=True, --force, dangerous glob patterns).

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 59)May include surrounding context.

text
GET    /api/user/watchlist
POST   /api/user/watchlist
DELETE /api/user/watchlist/{symbol}
GET    /api/user/watchlist/alerts
GET    /api/analytics/hot-options

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes broad natural-language phrases like 'my watchlist', 'hot options', and 'daily watchlist' without clear scoping or confirmation requirements. In an agent environment, overly generic triggers increase the chance of accidental invocation or invocation from unrelated user context, which can lead to unintended data access or state-changing watchlist operations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill describes watchlist management features and API usage but does not clearly warn users that some commands persistently modify stored account data through POST and DELETE operations. Without explicit disclosure, users may believe they are performing a temporary query when they are actually changing their saved watchlist, creating a consent and integrity risk.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.