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Security audit

Category Gating Guide

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a non-executable Amazon seller ungating guide, and the scanner alert appears to be a false positive on wording about Amazon auto-approval timelines.

Use this as business guidance, verify current Amazon requirements before submitting, and keep Seller Central IDs, invoices, and supplier documents shared only with Amazon or trusted parties.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 65)May include surrounding context.

md
- No home-prepared, repackaged, or unlabeled food items
- FDA facility registration may be requested for certain food subcategories

**Approval timeline**: Often auto-approved within hours if documentation is clean. Manual review may take 1-3 business days.

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Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · ungating-requirements-guide.md (reported line 53)May include surrounding context.

md
- No home-prepared, repackaged, or unlabeled food items
- FDA facility registration may be requested for certain food subcategories

**Approval timeline**: Often auto-approved within hours if documentation is clean. Manual review may take 1-3 business days.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.