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OpenShift Hardening

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed remote API wrapper for generating OpenShift hardening manifests, with no local execution or persistence, but users should review generated cluster changes before applying them.

Use this as a third-party generator, not as an authority to apply changes automatically. Do not send secrets or cluster credentials, review downloaded manifests, verify their source and contents, test in non-production, and keep a rollback plan before applying generated OpenShift policies.

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 (4)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
76% confidence
Finding

The sample response includes a direct external download URL on a third-party domain for retrieving generated configuration files, which implies transmission of generated security artifacts and session-linked data outside the local environment. Because this tool deals with security posture and potentially sensitive cluster-hardening configurations, external retrieval increases supply-chain and data exposure risk if users trust and apply opaque downloaded files without integrity checks or understanding what metadata is retained server-side.

Content

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

md
"configFiles": {
    "count": 12,
    "formats": ["yaml", "json"],
    "downloadUrl": "https://api.mkkpro.com/hardening/openshift/download/sess_8f3c4a2b9e1d7f5k"
  },
  "complianceMapping": {
    "frameworks": ["CIS Kubernetes Benchmark", "NIST Cybersecurity Framework", "PCI-DSS"],

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
87% confidence
Finding

The skill advertises downloadable generated OpenShift hardening configuration files but does not warn that applying them can immediately change network policy, RBAC, pod security, or encryption behavior in a live cluster. In this context, users may over-trust the generated output as 'production-ready' and deploy it without review, which can cause service disruption, lockouts, or unintended security regressions if the generated policy is incompatible with the target environment.

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 243)May include surrounding context.

md
## References

- **Kong Route:** https://api.mkkpro.com/hardening/openshift
- **API Documentation:** https://api.mkkpro.com:8144/docs

Vague Triggers

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

The hardening-generation endpoint exposes a security-sensitive capability but the OpenAPI description provides no trigger scope, authorization expectations, or invocation constraints. In an agent or tool-calling environment, vague operation semantics can cause over-broad or unintended invocation, enabling unauthorized users or prompts to generate or influence security configuration artifacts.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.