Balena

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent Balena integration, but it gives an agent broad authenticated ability to change IoT fleet state without explicit safety or confirmation guidance.

Install only if you want an agent to operate Balena through authenticated Membrane access. Before allowing production use, require the agent to show the exact method, endpoint, target app/device/fleet, and expected impact, and manually approve every POST, PUT, PATCH, or DELETE request.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
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

Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Confidence: 92% confidence
Finding: The skill explicitly documents raw proxy requests with full HTTP verb support, including POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE, but provides no guardrails around destructive operations, confirmation requirements, or least-privilege usage. In a Balena context, that can enable device, release, environment-variable, or fleet changes through generic API access, increasing the chance of unintended or unsafe state changes.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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