T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
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- Location
- SKILL.md:31
- Finding
- Mandatory Assistant Branding Alters Generated Document Authorship## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md`, lines 31-33 **Vulnerability Type**: `T01: Skill Instruction Hijacking` **Risk Level**: Low ### Vulnerable Instruction Faithful English translation of the complete affected section: ```markdown ### 5. Author Attribution - Format: `Little Lobster 🦞 × Requester` - Little Lobster 🦞 is the standard attribution for the AI assistant ``` ### Technical Analysis The skill mandates a fixed assistant identity in every generated document without requiring the requester to approve the attribution. This instruction changes the expected output of the document-writing task by introducing persistent branding and an authorship representation unrelated to the document's substantive content. Because the attribution is unconditional, the agent may identify the branded assistant as an author even when the requester expects neutral formatting, has organizational attribution requirements, or does not consider the assistant an author. This represents output manipulation through skill-level instructions rather than code execution. ### Attack Path 1. A user asks the agent to convert source material into a Feishu document. 2. The document-writing skill is activated. 3. The agent loads and follows the mandatory attribution instruction. 4. The agent inserts the fixed assistant identity alongside the requester. 5. The resulting document contains an unwanted or potentially misleading authorship claim without explicit user approval. ### Impact Assessment The issue does not grant system privileges or enable code execution. Its scope is limited to documents generated while this skill is active. It may nevertheless create misleading authorship records, violate organizational attribution policies, or add unwanted promotional branding to internal and external documents.
- Remediation
- ## Remediation Suggestions - Remove the unconditional assistant-branding requirement. - Add assistant attribution only when the requester explicitly asks for it. - Obtain confirmation before representing any person or system as a document author. - Derive author names from verified contributors rather than a fixed skill-level identity. - Where attribution is needed for provenance, identify the assistant as a drafting tool rather than a human or organizational author.
