Security audit

crawlora

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed Crawlora API connector for public web data, with expected external API use and credit-consuming jobs.

Install only if you are comfortable sending selected public-web queries, URLs, locations, and request bodies to Crawlora and spending Crawlora credits. Keep CRAWLORA_API_KEY private, set explicit source scope and credit limits before crawl or research jobs, and cancel durable jobs when they are no longer needed.

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

Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (23)

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.
md
you the endpoints in the bundled [catalog](reference/catalog.md) — search engines,

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 65)May include surrounding context.
md
you the endpoints in the bundled [catalog](reference/catalog.md) — search engines,

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 94)May include surrounding context.
md
you the endpoints in the bundled [catalog](reference/catalog.md) — search engines,

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 68)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 76)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 77)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 78)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 81)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 82)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 99)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 102)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 103)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 104)May include surrounding context.
md
2. **Call it** with `scripts/crawlora.sh` (see below). It handles auth and prints JSON.

Ae5

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Instruction-capable artifact exceeds whole-file semantic analysis limits
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium

Category: MCP Least Privilege
Confidence: 88% confidence
Finding: The skill clearly instructs the agent to use shell-based helper commands (scripts/crawlora.sh and jq), but it does not declare an explicit tool scope such as allowed-tools or permissions. That mismatch weakens least-privilege controls: an agent/runtime may expose broader shell capability than intended, increasing the risk of command execution beyond simple API calls, especially when user-controlled path/query/body values are later passed through the shell helper.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · scripts/crawlora.sh (reported line 2)May include surrounding context.
sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. #

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 60% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 60)May include surrounding context.
md
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 60% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · scripts/crawlora.sh (reported line 3)May include surrounding context.
sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 60% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · scripts/crawlora.sh (reported line 24)May include surrounding context.
sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Crawlora REST helper — minimal, dependency-free (curl only). # Calls https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1 with your Crawlora API key. # Get a free key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crawlora-skills. # # Usage:

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

Category: Privilege Escalation
Confidence: 80% confidence
Finding: Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.
Content: Scanner excerpt · scripts/crawlora.sh (reported line 7123)May include surrounding context.
sh
# config supplies the header and is removed automatically on exit. umask 077 curl_config="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/crawlora-curl.XXXXXX")" chmod 600 "$curl_config" trap 'rm -f "$curl_config"' EXIT printf 'header = "x-api-key: %s"\n' "$CRAWLORA_API_KEY" >"$curl_config" auth=(--config "$curl_config")

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · scripts/crawlora.sh (reported line 7149)May include surrounding context.
sh
[ -n "$body" ] || body='{}' # Stream the body on stdin so curl never interprets a user value as its # @file shorthand (and cannot read local files supplied in a request body). printf '%s' "$body" | curl -q -fsS -X "$method" "${auth[@]}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @- "${base}${path}" fi

Missing User Warnings

Low

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 83% confidence
Finding: This markdown file instructs users to supply x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY, which involves using a sensitive credential, but it does not include any warning or disclosure about handling that secret. Under the markdown-file criteria, credential-related behavior should be accompanied by a warning when it may affect privacy or system integrity.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.