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Context — Multi-Agent Collaboration Engine

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This collaboration skill is mostly purpose-aligned, but it automatically injects shared remote content into agent prompts and can write or delete shared data with weak visible safeguards.

Install only for trusted teams and a trusted Context server. Disable autoInject unless you explicitly want shared files to influence every linked group conversation, avoid putting secrets or private work products in Context spaces, and verify that the server enforces authentication, per-space authorization, audit logs, and recovery for deletions.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
  • 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
Findings (4)

T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Error
Location
index.ts:71
Finding

Untrusted Remote Collaboration Files Are Injected into the System Prompt

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{ const channelId = ctx.channelId; if (!channelId) return; const sessionKey = ctx.sessionKey || ""; logger.info(`[context] prompt-hook: sessionKey=${sessionKey}, channelId=${channelId}`); const cg = extractChannelGroup(sessionKey, channelId); if (!cg) return; try { // Look up space const lookupRes = await fetch( `${serverUrl}/api/spaces/lookup?channel=${encodeURIComponent(cg.channel)}&groupId=${encodeURIComponent(cg.groupId)}`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) } ); if (!lookupRes.ok) return; const lookupData = await lookupRes.json() as any; const spaceId = lookupData.space?.id; if (!spaceId) return; // Fetch protocol const protocolRes = await fetch( `${serverUrl}/api/spaces/${spaceId}/protocol`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) } ); if (!protocolRes.ok) return; const protocol = await protocolRes.json() as any; const injection = buildPromptInjection(protocol, spaceId); logger.info(`[context] prompt-hook: injecting protocol for space ${spaceId} (${injection.length} chars)`); return { appendSystemContext: injection }; } catch (err: any) { logger.info(`[context] prompt-hook: error — ${err.message}`); return; } }); ``` The remote response is incorporated without sanitization: ```ts export function buildPromptInjection(protocol: { space: string; team: string; task: string }, spaceId: string): string { const sections: string[] = []; sections.push(`## Context Space — 共享协作协议`); sections.push(``); sections.push(`你正在参与一个共享的 Context Space (ID: ${spaceId})。`); sections.push(`**所有工作产出必须写到这个共享空间,不要写到本地 workspace。**`); sections.push(`**分享文件时,使用 Context URL: ${CTX_BASE}/ctx/${spac ...[truncated 3375 chars]
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T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Error
Location
index.ts:617
Finding

Bootstrap Instructions Mandate Uploading All Work Products to External Shared Storage

Content
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{ if (event.type !== "agent" || event.action !== "bootstrap") return; // Check if AGENTS.md already has Context rules const ctx = (event as any).context; if (!ctx || !ctx.bootstrapFiles) { logger.info("[context] Agent bootstrap — no bootstrap context, skipping AGENTS.md injection"); return; } const agentsFile = ctx.bootstrapFiles.find((f: any) => f.name === "AGENTS.md"); if (!agentsFile || !agentsFile.content) { logger.info("[context] Agent bootstrap — AGENTS.md not found in bootstrap files"); return; } // Check if already has Context rules if (agentsFile.content.includes("Context 协作规则") || agentsFile.content.includes("context_")) { logger.info("[context] Agent bootstrap — AGENTS.md already has Context rules"); return; } // Inject Context collaboration rules const contextRules = ` ## Context 协作规则 当你在群聊中工作时,遵循以下规则: 1. **使用 Context Space** — 所有工作产出写到群关联的 Context Space,不要放本地 workspace 2. **分享用 URL** — 分享文件时发送 Context URL,不要发原文 3. **先读 TASK.md** — 开始工作前先用 \`context_get_protocol\` 了解当前任务状态 4. **及时更新** — 完成任务后用 \`context_update_task\` 更新 TASK.md 5. **自动感知** — 如果当前群没有 Space,提示用户创建或用 \`context_create_space\` 创建 `; agentsFile.content += contextRules; logger.info("[context] Agent bootstrap — injected Context rules into AGENTS.md"); }, { name: "context-bootstrap" }); ``` ### Technical Analysis The bootstrap hook modifies the agent’s loaded `AGENTS.md` content and inserts mandatory instructions requiring all work output to be written to the linked Context Space rather than the local workspace. It also instructs the agent to share URLs instead of original content. Providing optional collaboration tools is consistent with the declared functionality. However, globally redirecting ...[truncated 1685 chars]
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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
index.ts:19
Finding

Configured Authentication Token Is Ignored and Client Operations Are Not Bound to the Current Group

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{ const opts: any = { method, headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Context-Plugin": "true" }, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8000), }; if (body) opts.body = JSON.stringify(body); const res = await fetch(`${serverUrl}${path}`, opts); const data = await res.json(); if (!res.ok) throw new Error(data.error || `HTTP ${res.status}`); return data; } ``` File operations accept an arbitrary Space identifier and path: ```ts api.registerTool({ name: "context_read_file", label: "Read Context File", description: "Read a file from the shared Context space. Use this to access shared documents, protocol files (SPACE.md, TEAM.md, TASK.md), or any team artifacts.", parameters: { type: "object", properties: { space_id: { type: "string", description: "Space ID" }, path: { type: "string", description: "File path within the space (e.g., 'SPACE.md', 'docs/prd.md')" }, }, required: ["space_id", "path"], }, execute: async (_id: string, params: any) => { const { space_id, path } = params; const data = await ctxFetch(serverUrl, "GET", `/api/spaces/${s ...[truncated 3274 chars]
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`. 3. Never treat `X-Context-Plugin: true` as authentication. 4. Bind every Space operation to the authenticated principal and active channel/group on the server. 5. Resolve the permitted Space from trusted session context rather than accepting an arbitrary `space_id` from model-generated parameters. 6. Reject requests where the requested Space does not match the current group. 7. Apply server-side object-level authorization to every read, write, member, annotation, and delete endpoint. 8. Encode each path segment and validate file paths against an allowlist to avoid ambiguous URL construction. 9. Use short-lived, scoped credentials and avoid exposing tokens in logs or tool output. 10. Add authorization tests covering cross-group reads, writes, and deletions. ]]>

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning
Location
index.ts:134
Finding

Undocumented Irreversible Space Deletion Tool Lacks Confirmation and Context Scoping

Content
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{ const { space_id } = params; const data = await ctxFetch(serverUrl, "DELETE", `/api/spaces/${space_id}`); return jsonResult(data); }, }); ``` ### Technical Analysis The plugin registers an irreversible `context_delete_space` tool that is absent from the 14-tool lists in `SKILL.md` and `package.json`. The operation executes immediately using only a caller-supplied Space ID. There is no explicit human confirmation, ownership check, active-group binding, deletion token, recovery window, or soft-delete mechanism in the client. This is especially dangerous in combination with the remote system-prompt injection issue because poisoned protocol content could influence the agent to invoke the destructive tool. Whether deletion ultimately succeeds depends on server-side authorization, which is not included in the reviewed project. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker identifies a target Space ID. 2. The attacker injects a deletion instruction into a protocol file or otherwise convinces the agent to call `context_delete_space`. 3. The agent supplies the attacker-selected Space ID. 4. The plugin immediately sends `DELETE /api/spaces/{space_id}` without requesting human confirmation or validating that the Space belongs to the current group. 5. If the server accepts the request, the Space and all associated content are deleted. ### Impact Assessment Successful exploitation can cause complete loss of: - Sh ...[truncated 325 chars]
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Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • System Prompt LeakageDirect Leakage, Indirect Extraction, Tool-Based Exfiltration
  • Memory PoisoningPersistent Context Injection, Context Window Stuffing, Memory Manipulation
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
Findings (26)

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

If the plugin modifies bootstrap AGENTS.md or injects collaboration rules beyond what is disclosed, that is a meaningful prompt-surface integrity issue. Undeclared prompt modification can alter model behavior across conversations and reduce user visibility into trust boundaries, especially in a skill explicitly designed for context propagation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

If the plugin modifies bootstrap AGENTS.md or injects collaboration rules beyond what is disclosed, that is a meaningful prompt-surface integrity issue. Undeclared prompt modification can alter model behavior across conversations and reduce user visibility into trust boundaries, especially in a skill explicitly designed for context propagation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

If the plugin modifies bootstrap AGENTS.md or injects collaboration rules beyond what is disclosed, that is a meaningful prompt-surface integrity issue. Undeclared prompt modification can alter model behavior across conversations and reduce user visibility into trust boundaries, especially in a skill explicitly designed for context propagation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

If the plugin modifies bootstrap AGENTS.md or injects collaboration rules beyond what is disclosed, that is a meaningful prompt-surface integrity issue. Undeclared prompt modification can alter model behavior across conversations and reduce user visibility into trust boundaries, especially in a skill explicitly designed for context propagation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Memory Manipulation

High
Category
Memory Poisoning
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.

Content

Scanner excerpt · index.ts (reported line 138)May include surrounding context.

ts
api.registerTool({
      name: "context_delete_space",
      label: "Delete Context Space",
      description: "Delete an entire Context space and all its files. This is irreversible.",
      parameters: {
        type: "object",

Memory Manipulation

High
Category
Memory Poisoning
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill manipulates agent memory, state, or stored context. Memory corruption can alter personality, override safety rules, or cause unpredictable behavior.

Content

Scanner excerpt · index.ts (reported line 243)May include surrounding context.

ts
api.registerTool({
      name: "context_delete_space",
      label: "Delete Context Space",
      description: "Delete an entire Context space and all its files. This is irreversible.",
      parameters: {
        type: "object",

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The README explicitly advertises automatic injection of SPACE.md, TEAM.md, and TASK.md into every conversation, but it does not warn users that shared workspace content may be disclosed to all linked agent interactions by default. In a multi-agent collaboration plugin, this creates a meaningful privacy and data-leakage risk because sensitive prompts, team data, or task details can be propagated into contexts where users may not expect them.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

Promoting viral propagation via shareable URLs without accompanying access-control or sharing warnings encourages broad distribution of collaboration spaces and can lead to unintended exposure of shared context, annotations, or task data. In this skill's context, where data is auto-injected into agent conversations, uncontrolled sharing compounds the risk by extending potentially sensitive context to additional users or agents.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill declares a remote server URL and clearly depends on networked behavior, but it does not declare tool scope or permissions to make that capability explicit. This is dangerous because users and hosts may not realize the plugin transmits data off-platform, weakening consent, review, and sandbox policy enforcement.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The manifest and installation instructions reference an external server but do not clearly warn that shared files, protocol content, and possibly conversation-derived context are transmitted to and stored by a third-party service. In a collaboration plugin, this creates substantial confidentiality and privacy risk because sensitive project data may leave the local environment without informed consent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill advertises automatic injection of SPACE.md, TEAM.md, and TASK.md into every linked group conversation without a prominent warning about prompt injection. This is dangerous because automatically inserting shared, potentially user-editable remote content into model context can manipulate agent decisions, leak information across participants, and create prompt-injection chains in a collaboration setting.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

This code performs HTTP requests to a local service and includes user/context identifiers (channel and groupId) in the request URL, but there is no confirmation prompt, logging, or comment/docstring warning that this data is transmitted. For a code file, outbound data transmission should have some visible disclosure unless it is clearly warned elsewhere.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The natural-language strings injected into the system prompt are written in Chinese and include mandatory instructions about how outputs must be written, without offering the user a language or locale choice. This can violate language/locale policy when a skill forces a specific language context absent explicit opt-in or documented justification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
86% confidence
Finding

The manifest description specifically says the skill auto-injects the three shared files into every agent conversation. In this code, the prompt hook looks up a space, fetches /protocol, and injects buildPromptInjection(protocol, spaceId) without directly reading or injecting SPACE.md, TEAM.md, and TASK.md. That is a semantic mismatch between the advertised behavior and what this entrypoint actually implements.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The prompt hook automatically transmits channel and group identifiers to an external server on every eligible conversation without explicit user consent or clear disclosure. In a collaboration plugin that also auto-injects remote content into system context, this creates both a privacy leak and a trust-boundary problem, since metadata about user conversations is sent off-platform and used to shape prompts.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

This file includes hard-coded Chinese user-facing text such as the notification prefix and multiple slash-command responses, and also formats dates explicitly with the zh-CN locale. There is no indication that users can choose their language or that the plugin is restricted to a justified Chinese-only deployment context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

Several command handlers return Chinese-only messages and explicitly call toLocaleDateString("zh-CN"), which enforces a specific locale for all users. Because the file does not provide localization settings, fallback behavior, or documented regional scope, this violates the language/locale policy criteria.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The bootstrap hook appends a Chinese-language rules section directly into AGENTS.md for agents, which imposes a language choice on downstream users and agents. The file does not offer localized alternatives or any configuration to control this behavior.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Ssd 3

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The bootstrap hook modifies AGENTS.md to instruct agents to place all work output into a shared remote Context space and to share URLs instead of content. In this skill context, that is dangerous because it normalizes exfiltration of user-provided or workspace-derived data to an external shared service and embeds that behavior into future agent operation without granular consent or content classification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The manifest advertises automatic injection of shared local context files into agent system prompts, but the user-facing description does not clearly warn that local workspace content will be inserted into prompts by default. This can mislead users about the skill's behavior and increase the risk of unintended disclosure of sensitive data, prompt-scope manipulation, or trust-boundary violations across agents, especially given the plugin's stated viral propagation and auto-injection design.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

The manifest explicitly advertises 'auto-injected context' as a core feature but does not describe any scope limits, consent checks, or isolation boundaries for when that injection occurs. In a multi-agent plugin, broad automatic injection can expose shared instructions, tasks, or annotations to conversations that do not need them, increasing the risk of prompt-context poisoning, data leakage, and unintended cross-agent influence.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The manifest enables automatic protocol-file injection into the system prompt by default, but it does not provide any user-facing warning that prompts will be modified or that shared workspace content may be inserted into model context. Hidden prompt modification undermines user expectations and can cause inadvertent disclosure of sensitive workspace data or manipulation of agent behavior.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The declared hooks 'before_prompt_build' and 'agent:bootstrap' suggest the plugin can run automatically at sensitive lifecycle points, yet the manifest provides no constraints on trigger conditions, target audiences, or safety checks. That makes the plugin capable of altering prompts or agent state broadly and implicitly, which is risky in a system designed to propagate shared context across multiple agents.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

This route exposes a network-facing proxy capability on the gateway that is broader than a simple local file/context-management function. Even though it only targets a fixed localhost backend, it still lets external callers trigger backend requests and adds a trust-signaling header (X-Context-Plugin) without independent authentication, which can expand the attack surface and enable unintended access to shared context data if the upstream server relies on that header.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The context_delete_file tool exposes irreversible deletion of shared space files with no built-in confirmation, preview, soft-delete, or friction mechanism at the tool layer. In this skill's context, files are shared collaboration artifacts auto-injected into agent workflows, so an accidental or prompt-induced delete can disrupt multiple agents, destroy protocol state, or remove audit-relevant artifacts.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.