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Security audit

Show My IP

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does what it says: it shows the agent machine's public IP address by querying ifconfig.me.

Install only if you are comfortable with the agent making outbound requests to ifconfig.me to learn and display the host's public IP address. In privacy-sensitive or enterprise environments, prefer an approved internal IP-reflection endpoint.

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 (2)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The skill invokes a shell script but does not declare any tool scope or allowed-tools, which weakens policy enforcement and makes the capability less transparent to reviewers and users. In an agent setting, undeclared shell access increases the risk of unintended command execution or privilege misuse, even if the documented purpose is simple and benign.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The skill sends a request to a third-party service (`ifconfig.me`) to determine the host's public IP, but the description does not clearly warn that using the skill discloses network metadata to an external party. This can expose the server's public IP and usage pattern, which is sensitive in some environments and may violate privacy, compliance, or operational security expectations.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.