US Business Registry Open Data

• Outcome: Pass
• Latest audit: Sep 16, 2026 · 10:02 AM UTC
• Version: 1.0.2

Overview

This skill coherently helps users download public US business-registry data from documented government open-data APIs, with no evidence of hidden execution, credential theft, persistence, or destructive behavior.

Before installing, expect this skill to contact government open-data portals and to create potentially large local JSONL files. Use a Socrata app token only for Socrata rate limits, choose an output directory intentionally, and re-check dataset licenses if enabling any deferred source.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
• Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation: Obtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• MCP Least Privilege: Underdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (18)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium

• Category: MCP Least Privilege
• Confidence: 85% confidence

Finding

The skill advertises executable/network-capable behavior by instructing the agent to run a bundled Python fetcher and make live API requests, but it does not declare any explicit tool scope or permissions. That ambiguity can cause an orchestrator to grant broader-than-necessary access or let the skill run in environments where network and environment access were not clearly approved, increasing the chance of unintended outbound requests or secret exposure through inherited runtime context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

md

"co": {
        "name": "Colorado",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json",
        "landing": "https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        "fields": {

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 43)May include surrounding context.

python

"co": {
        "name": "Colorado",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json",
        "landing": "https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        "fields": {

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 44)May include surrounding context.

python

"co": {
        "name": "Colorado",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json",
        "landing": "https://data.colorado.gov/Business/Business-Entities-in-Colorado/4ykn-tg5h",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        "fields": {

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 13)May include surrounding context.

md

"or": {
        "name": "Oregon",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.oregon.gov/resource/tckn-sxa6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.oregon.gov/Business/Active-Businesses-ALL/tckn-sxa6",
        "license": "Public record (no restriction)",
        # NOTE: Oregon is row-per-associated-name; multiple rows share one registry_number.

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 63)May include surrounding context.

python

"or": {
        "name": "Oregon",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.oregon.gov/resource/tckn-sxa6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.oregon.gov/Business/Active-Businesses-ALL/tckn-sxa6",
        "license": "Public record (no restriction)",
        # NOTE: Oregon is row-per-associated-name; multiple rows share one registry_number.

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 64)May include surrounding context.

python

"or": {
        "name": "Oregon",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.oregon.gov/resource/tckn-sxa6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.oregon.gov/Business/Active-Businesses-ALL/tckn-sxa6",
        "license": "Public record (no restriction)",
        # NOTE: Oregon is row-per-associated-name; multiple rows share one registry_number.

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 14)May include surrounding context.

md

"ct": {
        "name": "Connecticut",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Master/account table only. Registered-agent + principals live in companion

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.

python

"ct": {
        "name": "Connecticut",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Master/account table only. Registered-agent + principals live in companion

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 86)May include surrounding context.

python

"ct": {
        "name": "Connecticut",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/n7gp-d28j.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ct.gov/Business/Connecticut-Business-Registry-Business-Master/n7gp-d28j",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Master/account table only. Registered-agent + principals live in companion

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 9)May include surrounding context.

md

"ny": {
        "name": "New York",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ny.gov/Government-Finance/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6",
        "license": "NY State Open Data (commercial OK)",
        # Active entity-level file. city/region/zip below are the DOS process

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 10)May include surrounding context.

md

"ny": {
        "name": "New York",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ny.gov/Government-Finance/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6",
        "license": "NY State Open Data (commercial OK)",
        # Active entity-level file. city/region/zip below are the DOS process

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 107)May include surrounding context.

python

"ny": {
        "name": "New York",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ny.gov/Government-Finance/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6",
        "license": "NY State Open Data (commercial OK)",
        # Active entity-level file. city/region/zip below are the DOS process

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 108)May include surrounding context.

python

"ny": {
        "name": "New York",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.ny.gov/resource/n9v6-gdp6.json",
        "landing": "https://data.ny.gov/Government-Finance/Active-Corporations-Beginning-1800/n9v6-gdp6",
        "license": "NY State Open Data (commercial OK)",
        # Active entity-level file. city/region/zip below are the DOS process

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 · references/sources.md (reported line 12)May include surrounding context.

md

"pa": {
        "name": "Pennsylvania",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.pa.gov/resource/xvd7-5r2c.json",
        "landing": "https://data.pa.gov/Government-That-Works/Registered-Businesses-in-PA-Current-Monthly-County/xvd7-5r2c",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Officer-level: multiple rows per filing_number (party_type = officer role).

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 129)May include surrounding context.

python

"pa": {
        "name": "Pennsylvania",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.pa.gov/resource/xvd7-5r2c.json",
        "landing": "https://data.pa.gov/Government-That-Works/Registered-Businesses-in-PA-Current-Monthly-County/xvd7-5r2c",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Officer-level: multiple rows per filing_number (party_type = officer role).

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 130)May include surrounding context.

python

"pa": {
        "name": "Pennsylvania",
        "enabled": True,
        "resource": "https://data.pa.gov/resource/xvd7-5r2c.json",
        "landing": "https://data.pa.gov/Government-That-Works/Registered-Businesses-in-PA-Current-Monthly-County/xvd7-5r2c",
        "license": "Public Domain",
        # Officer-level: multiple rows per filing_number (party_type = officer role).

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/fetch_us_business_entities.py (reported line 152)May include surrounding context.

python

"hi": {
        "name": "Hawaii",
        "enabled": False,
        "resource": "https://data.honolulu.gov/resource/9k54-ztb8.json",
        "reason": "Statewide DCCA registry (~442k, full) lives on data.honolulu.gov. Schema ready "
                  "(fileno/name/business_type/status/registration_date/agent_name). Dataset has NO "
                  "explicit license tag -> confirm commercial terms before enabling.",

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.