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Security audit

ToolAtrium AI Tool Scout

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent AI-tool comparison skill; the main caution is that its optional MCP install runs an unpinned GitHub package through npx.

Install for structured AI tool comparison work, but treat the optional MCP as remote code execution: review or pin the GitHub source before enabling it, and only enable the listed helper tools if you need them. Continue to verify pricing, privacy terms, claims, and sponsorship or affiliate relationships from current official sources before acting on recommendations.

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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to install and run an MCP server directly from a GitHub reference via npx -y github:... without pinning to an immutable version or commit. That creates a supply-chain risk: the referenced repository can change over time, causing users to execute different code than was originally reviewed, including potentially malicious updates or a compromised upstream dependency.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Skill Enumeration

Medium
Category
Agent Snooping
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 83)May include surrounding context.

md
- Submit a tool: https://toolatrium.com/submit
- Privacy: https://toolatrium.com/privacy-policy
- Terms: https://toolatrium.com/terms-of-service
- Raw Skill: https://toolatrium.com/skills/toolatrium-ai-tool-scout/SKILL.md
- MCP source: https://github.com/gpt-img-2/toolatrium-tool-discovery-mcp
- ClawHub listing: https://clawhub.ai/gpt-img-2/skills/toolatrium-ai-tool-scout

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.