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Reference Checker Skill

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent reference-checking skill that asks the agent to verify citations through appropriate scholarly sources without installing code, persisting state, or seeking unusual privileges.

Before installing, users should know this skill is designed to search citation metadata against external scholarly or official sources. Do not provide confidential manuscript content beyond what is needed for reference checking unless you are comfortable with the agent using that information for verification searches.

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
  • 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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
81% confidence
Finding

The line explicitly labels the language as '中文' first and links to English second, which signals a default language preference. While bilingual support exists elsewhere, this file does not clearly state that the user may choose either language before interaction, so it can be read as a mild language/locale policy concern.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

Line L422 instructs the skill to 'prefer clear Chinese wording' and to preserve original Chinese names and titles unless the user asks for translated output. This imposes a language choice by default rather than offering the user an explicit language or locale preference, which fits the language/locale policy concern.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.