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ia-writing-tests

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill provides test-writing guidance and does not include hidden execution, credential use, persistence, or unrelated data movement.

Installers should expect this skill to guide an agent toward reading test-related project files, writing or changing tests, and running project test commands. There is no evidence of hidden behavior or unsafe authority, but normal code-review caution still applies for any generated test or source changes.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Memory PoisoningPersistent Context Injection, Context Window Stuffing, Memory Manipulation
  • 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 (2)

Memory Manipulation

High
Category
Memory Poisoning
Content
**Symptom:** Methods like `reset()`, `clearState()`, `setTestMode()` that exist only because tests need them.

**Fix:** If tests need to reset state, the code has a design problem. Refactor to make state explicit and injectable.

### Snapshot tests as the only test
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding
Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Content
Out of scope:
- Acting as the runtime instructions themselves (those live in `SKILL.md`).
- Trigger phrasings already covered by adjacent `ia-*` skills (`validate-plugin` flags >70% description overlap as DUPLICATE_TRIGGER).
- <!-- to fill in: domain-specific exclusions when the skill drifts -->

## Trigger Context
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.