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Security audit

Automation Workflows

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward automation-planning guide with some privacy cautions users should apply when connecting business tools.

Before installing, treat this as a workflow-design guide rather than a security checklist. When using its examples, connect only necessary accounts, share the minimum fields needed, avoid sending sensitive customer or financial details into chat notifications unless required, and review any workflow that posts publicly, sends campaigns, or changes accounting/CRM records before turning it on.

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
  • Rogue AgentSelf-Modification, Session Persistence
  • 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)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The trigger phrases are very broad, including common terms like "automate," "automation," and "save time," which can cause the skill to activate in many unrelated conversations. Over-broad activation increases the chance the agent applies this skill in the wrong context, leading to irrelevant guidance or unintended workflow recommendations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill recommends workflows that transfer customer and business data among third-party services like CRMs, email tools, Slack, accounting platforms, and spreadsheets without warning about privacy, consent, retention, or data minimization. This can normalize moving sensitive data into multiple systems, increasing exposure, compliance risk, and accidental disclosure if users implement the examples without safeguards.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 219)May include surrounding context.

  1. Flag customers with <50% of average usage
  2. Add flagged customers to "At Risk" segment in CRM
  3. Send re-engagement email campaign to at-risk customers
  4. Create task for me to personally reach out to top 10 at-risk customers
text

### Invoice and payment tracking

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.