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Security audit

workflow-automation

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is only a short Markdown instruction file, but its workflow-automation scope and API-key requirement are too vague for users to understand what access they are granting.

Review this skill carefully before installing. Do not provide a real API key until the publisher documents what service it uses, what data it sends, and supplies the referenced automation script or otherwise explains the execution path.

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
96% confidence
Finding

The skill’s description, 'When to Use' guidance, and usage triggers are so broad that the skill could be invoked for loosely related or unintended tasks. In an agent ecosystem, ambiguous routing increases the chance that automation logic is selected without sufficient user intent validation, which can lead to unintended actions, unsafe workflow execution, or misuse of connected capabilities.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The documentation instructs users to set an API key but gives no warning about where that credential is sent, what external services are contacted, or how transmitted data is handled. This creates risk of inadvertent credential exposure, unsafe secret handling, and unreviewed network/data egress when operators enable the skill.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.