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Security audit

Gate MCP Skill

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a clearly scoped connector for public Gate market data and does not request trading, account, wallet, credential, or destructive authority.

Install only if you are comfortable with market-data queries being sent to Gate's remote MCP endpoint and with `uxc` creating a reusable `gate-mcp-cli` link. Keep use to the documented `/mcp` public market-data endpoint, and do not use this skill for trading, wallet, account, or API-key workflows.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (6)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 15)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 35)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 42)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 86)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/usage-patterns.md (reported line 9)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/usage-patterns.md (reported line 48)May include surrounding context.

bash
command -v gate-mcp-cli
uxc link gate-mcp-cli https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp
gate-mcp-cli -h

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.