Security audit

Exa Lead Generation

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill’s lead-generation purpose is coherent, but its shell command templates create a real command-injection review concern if user or search-result values are substituted directly.

Review before installing. This skill should be used only where the agent or wrapper passes queries and IDs as literal process arguments, validates IDs, and avoids direct shell interpolation. Expect it to read local product-marketing context files if present and to use Exa web/API searches for prospecting.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
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

Findings (1)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error

Location: SKILL.md:36
Finding: Shell Command Injection Through Untrusted Search Queries and Result IDs
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

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

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.