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DB Travel

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward Deutsche Bahn travel helper that makes disclosed public transit API lookups and does not show hidden persistence, credential access, or destructive behavior.

Before installing, be aware that travel searches, station names, stop IDs, and requested journey times are sent to the public DB transport REST API. The skill does not buy tickets or handle credentials, and its English-only API parameter may limit localized results.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • 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
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Findings (6)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill invokes a network-capable script against an external public API, but the manifest does not declare any corresponding tool scope or permission boundary. This weakens reviewability and policy enforcement because users and orchestrators cannot easily tell that activating the skill may cause outbound network requests and data disclosure of user-provided travel queries.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The manifest says the skill 'triggers on questions about German trains, DB, BVG, getting around Berlin, European rail connections,' which is broad and overlaps with many ordinary travel questions. It does not define clear boundaries or exclusion conditions for when this skill should activate versus other transit or travel skills.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The code hard-codes the API parameter language to en, which imposes a specific language on returned journey data. The file does not offer user opt-in or language selection, and no region-specific justification is documented for this constraint.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The departures command always sends language: en to the backend, enforcing an English locale choice in natural-language output. This is a policy concern because users are not given any way to choose or consent to the language setting.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The arrivals command hard-codes language to en, which forces a specific locale for response text. No user choice or documented rationale is provided in the file.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The stop lookup endpoint is called with language: en, imposing English output regardless of user preference. The policy allows locale constraints only when users can opt in or the restriction is clearly justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.