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Security audit

Deno

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a documentation-only Deno guidance skill that warns about permission risks rather than trying to use those permissions itself.

This skill appears safe to install as Deno reference material. Users should still review any Deno commands it helps produce and ensure permissions are scoped to specific paths, hosts, environment variables, and binaries before running 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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · permissions.md (reported line 28)May include surrounding context.

md
## Permission Combinations

- `--allow-read=/etc/passwd` + `--allow-net` — can exfiltrate sensitive files
- `--allow-run=bash` — bash can do anything, same as allow-all
- `--allow-write=.` + `--allow-run` — can write malicious script and execute
- `--allow-ffi` — foreign function interface, can bypass all security

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.