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Security audit

Code Review Checklist

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a plain markdown checklist skill for code reviews, with no code execution, persistence, credential access, or external data flow in the artifact.

This skill is reasonable to install if you want help generating PR review checklists. Be aware it may activate on broad code-review phrasing, and only paste proprietary code or diffs when you are comfortable sharing them with your active agent environment.

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
  • 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
Findings (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill description includes broad trigger phrases such as 'review code', 'check a PR', and 'review a pull request', which can match many normal developer requests and cause the skill to activate when the user did not explicitly want this specific checklist behavior. Unintended invocation can override a more appropriate tool or workflow, leading to irrelevant guidance, confusion, or missed security-focused review steps if users rely on the wrong skill output.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.