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Cisco FTD Hardening

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed external API wrapper that generates Cisco Firepower hardening configurations, with operational caution needed before applying its output.

Before installing, understand that requests go to the provider's hosted API and may include session/user identifiers. Treat generated Firepower configurations as draft change material: review them, test in a lab or maintenance window, keep backups, and prepare rollback steps before applying them to production devices.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

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 (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill claims it produces production-ready hardening configurations for Cisco Firepower devices but does not warn that applying deny rules, encryption changes, logging changes, or update settings can interrupt management access, break traffic flows, or cause service instability. In a security appliance context, omission of change-control and rollback warnings can lead operators to apply generated configs directly in production, increasing the likelihood of self-inflicted outages.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

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 176)May include surrounding context.

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## References

- **Kong Route:** https://api.mkkpro.com/hardening/cisco-ftd
- **API Docs:** https://api.mkkpro.com:8141/docs