Neon

• Outcome: Pass
• Latest audit: Sep 11, 2026 · 3:21 PM UTC
• Version: 1.0.0

Overview

This is a straightforward Neon CLI helper, but users should be careful with account credentials and delete/reset commands.

Install only if you intend to manage Neon resources from this environment. Treat Neon API keys and connection strings as secrets, avoid exposing them in shared terminals or logs, and double-check project, branch, database, and role IDs before running delete or reset commands. Consider pinning a reviewed neonctl version or using a controlled project-local install if supply-chain repeatability matters.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Insecure Dependencies: Introduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally

Findings (1)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning

• Location: SKILL.md:6

Finding

Unpinned Global npm Dependency Installation

Content

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Vulnerability Details

File Location: SKILL.md, lines 6 and 12
Vulnerability Type: T08: Insecure Dependencies
Risk Level: Medium

Complete Code Snippets:

yaml

install_command: "npm i -g neonctl"

bash

npm i -g neonctl

Technical Analysis

The Skill instructs users to install neonctl globally without specifying an exact package version or integrity value. Because npm resolves the mutable latest version, the code installed in the future may differ from the version reviewed when this Skill was published.

npm packages can execute lifecycle scripts during installation. If the package registry account, package release process, or an upstream dependency is compromised, malicious installation code could execute with the privileges of the user running npm. The global -g installation increases exposure beyond the project directory and may modify user-wide executable or package locations.

The audit found no evidence that neonctl is currently malicious. The vulnerability is the absence of dependency pinning and integrity or provenance controls.

Attack Path

1. An attacker compromises the neonctl publishing account, release pipeline, or relevant dependency chain.
2. The attacker publishes a malicious version that is selected as the latest compatible package release.
3. A user or agent follows the Skill instruction and runs npm i -g neonctl.
4. npm downloads the mutable package release and its dependency tree.
5. Malicious package code or lifecycle scripts execute with the invoking user's privileges.
6. The attacker may access data available to that user or alter user-wide npm executables and files permitted by the installation environment.

Impact Assessment

Successful exploitation could permit arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user performing the installation. Potential scope includes that user's files, environment variables, credentials accessible ...[truncated 268 chars]

Remediation

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Remediation Suggestions

• Pin neonctl to a reviewed exact version, for example npm install --global neonctl@X.Y.Z, rather than resolving the latest release.
• Verify package provenance, publisher identity, release signatures or attestations, and registry integrity metadata before installation.
• Prefer a project-local, lockfile-controlled installation where practical, and invoke it through a controlled package script or npm exec.
• Disable npm lifecycle scripts during installation when they are not required, after confirming that the package functions correctly without them.
• Perform installation without elevated privileges and use a dedicated, least-privileged environment.
• Establish a controlled update process in which new versions are reviewed and tested before changing the pinned version.

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 84% confidence

Finding

The skill instructs users to authenticate with neonctl auth and documents --api-key <key> usage, but does not warn that credentials may grant access to Neon resources and should be handled carefully. Markdown guidance should disclose behaviors affecting privacy or account security when credentials are involved.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 95% confidence

Finding

This markdown file lists irreversible operations such as deleting projects, branches, and databases, as well as resetting branches, but provides no warning about potential data loss or impact to live resources. For markdown skills, the description should disclose behaviors that can affect user data or system integrity.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.