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Security audit

GitHub Actions Artifact Budget Audit

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a local GitHub Actions artifact size auditor, and its behavior matches that purpose without hidden persistence, destructive actions, or data exfiltration.

Install this as a local reporting aid. Keep ARTIFACT_GLOB pointed at intended GitHub artifact export files, and remember that reports may include repository names, workflow run IDs, and artifact download URLs from the input data, so avoid sharing output from private repositories broadly.

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
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (7)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Without declared permissions the skill's intent is opaque and cannot be validated.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-a.json (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-a.json (reported line 20)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-a.json (reported line 29)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-b.json (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-b.json (reported line 20)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 · fixtures/artifacts-repo-b.json (reported line 29)May include surrounding context.

json
"size_in_bytes": 146800640,
      "expired": false,
      "expires_at": "2030-01-09T10:00:00Z",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/artifacts/9101/zip",
      "workflow_run": {"id": 2201}
    },
    {

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.