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Cisco IOSXE Hardening

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a Cisco IOS XE hardening configuration generator that uses a disclosed external API and does not include local code, persistence, or automatic device changes.

Install only if you are comfortable sending hardening option selections and request metadata to the provider's API. Use pseudonymous session and user identifiers where possible, and review generated configurations in a lab before applying them to real network 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
  • 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 (4)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly documents collection/transmission of userId for audit logging and billing attribution, but provides no privacy notice, data minimization guidance, retention limits, or handling constraints. In a third-party API skill, this increases the risk of unnecessary disclosure of identifiable metadata to an external service and can create compliance issues if operators send production identifiers without informed consent or controls.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
76% confidence
Finding

The skill references an external API endpoint, meaning user-supplied request contents and generated configuration requests are transmitted outside the local trust boundary to a third-party service. While external connectivity is expected for an API-backed skill, the risk remains because the documentation does not describe trust guarantees, data handling practices, authentication expectations, or safeguards for potentially sensitive network-hardening data.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 146)May include surrounding context.

md
# References

- **Kong Route:** https://api.mkkpro.com/hardening/cisco-iosxe
- **API Docs:** https://api.mkkpro.com:8139/docs

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

This is a manifest-format file, so vague-trigger checks apply. The description 'Generate Cisco IOS XE security hardening configuration files' states capability but provides no specific invocation constraints, trigger phrases, or exclusion conditions, which can make it unclear when the skill should activate versus when a general networking request should not invoke it.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The request schema collects sessionId, userId, and timestamp, but the API description provides no privacy notice, purpose limitation, or handling guidance for these identifiers. This creates unnecessary risk of user/session correlation, logging exposure, and over-collection of metadata, especially in agent-driven workflows where users may not realize identifiers are being transmitted.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.