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Security audit

Branding

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a branding guidance skill made only of Markdown instructions, with no code, persistence, credential use, or hidden high-impact behavior.

This skill is low risk and suitable for branding assistance. Users should still independently verify legal or business-sensitive outputs such as trademark availability, domain ownership, social handles, and accessibility compliance before relying on them.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • 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 (1)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
75% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 104)May include surrounding context.

md
- "We're like X but for Y" without being distinctive—lazy positioning
- Voice traits that any brand would claim—"friendly, professional"
- Logo that only works on white backgrounds—fails in real use
- Colors picked for taste without checking accessibility contrast
- Guidelines too long to read—no one follows 50-page brand books

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.