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Security audit

BytesAgain X Algorithm Guide

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a local X/Twitter post-auditing helper that prints advice and templates without posting, collecting credentials, networking, or persisting changes.

Before installing, understand that this skill may be selected for tweet-writing or social-post strategy prompts and will run a local bash script over text you provide. It does not post to X or access your account, but you should treat its algorithm and growth advice as unverified marketing/strategy guidance rather than authoritative platform documentation.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill description uses very broad activation cues such as 'drafting tweets,' 'checking content before posting,' and 'learning posting strategy,' which overlap with common writing and editing tasks. In agent environments that auto-select skills from descriptions, this can cause the skill to be invoked outside narrowly intended contexts, leading to unnecessary execution of bash-based tooling or unintended influence over general writing workflows.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.