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Market Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This market-research skill is purpose-aligned, but its shell command examples can turn user-supplied market names or scraped URLs into unintended local command execution if followed literally.

Review before installing. The skill's research workflow is normal, but it should be updated to require structured tool invocation or argument-array execution with shell processing disabled, especially for industry names and report URLs. Do not use it with untrusted market names or scrape URLs unless your agent safely passes those values as literal arguments.

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 (2)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
SKILL.md:37
Finding

Shell Command Injection Through User-Controlled Industry Input

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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
SKILL.md:70
Finding

Shell Command Injection Through an Unquoted Search-Result URL

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Remediation
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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.