R Package Development — From Zero to CRAN & Bioconductor

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

The skill appears legitimate, but it includes ready-to-run Git history rewrite and force-push commands without enough safety guidance.

Install only if you are comfortable treating the Git history-rewrite section as expert-only guidance. Before running any force-push or filter-branch command, verify the target branch and remote, make a backup branch or tag, coordinate with collaborators, and prefer safer guarded commands such as force-with-lease where appropriate.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Tool MisuseTool Parameter Abuse, Chaining Abuse, Unsafe Defaults
  • 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 (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The document includes `git filter-branch` followed by `git push --force origin main`, which rewrites repository history and can permanently discard commits or disrupt collaborators if copied blindly. In an agent skill context, presenting destructive commands without an explicit warning, safer alternatives, or confirmation steps increases the chance of accidental data loss and repository corruption.

Tool Parameter Abuse

High
Category
Tool Misuse
Content
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="RealName"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="real@email.com"
' HEAD
git push --force origin main
```
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
git push --force

VirusTotal

63/63 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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