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Security audit

file-compare

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This file-compare skill is very small, but it asks for an unexplained API key and gives broad filesystem-use guidance without enough scoping or data-flow disclosure.

Review before installing. Only use this for explicitly requested file comparisons, avoid sensitive files unless the publisher explains whether data is sent externally, and do not provide an API key until the service and retention behavior are documented.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The activation guidance is generic enough that the skill could be invoked for broad 'utility' or 'filesystem' tasks outside a narrowly intended compare use case. Over-broad routing increases the chance an agent will select this skill unnecessarily, which can expose local file contents or trigger downstream processing without clear user intent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

The skill requires an API key but does not disclose what external service uses it or whether file contents may be transmitted off-host. This lack of transparency can lead users or orchestrators to pass sensitive files into a skill that may send data to a third party, creating confidentiality and secret-handling risks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.