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Deep Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward web research workflow with citations, with minor notes around broad activation and saving long reports locally.

Install if you want an agent to run web-heavy research and produce cited reports. Be aware it may activate broadly for research-like prompts and may save long reports locally, so avoid using it for sensitive topics unless you are comfortable with that output being written to disk.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (3)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The trigger phrases and description are broad enough to match many ordinary user requests, which can cause the skill to activate in situations where the user did not explicitly intend a deep web-research workflow. In an agent setting, over-broad activation increases the chance of unnecessary tool use, unexpected external data retrieval, and scope expansion beyond the user's intent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The activation section allows invocation for nearly any topic asked 'in depth,' without domain boundaries, user-confirmation gates, or sensitivity checks. Because this skill performs multi-source search and fetch, ambiguous activation can lead to unintended browsing behavior, excessive data collection, or use in sensitive contexts without deliberate consent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The workflow instructs the agent to save long reports to a file without mentioning user notice, confirmation, destination, or sensitivity checks. Implicit file creation can surprise users, persist sensitive research content locally, and create privacy or data-handling issues in environments where file writes are not expected.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.