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Security audit

Signal vs Noise

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill only helps summarize and rank noisy user-provided information, with somewhat broad activation phrases but no hidden access or code execution.

Before installing, consider whether the broad trigger phrases might make this skill run for general summarization requests. Security-wise, the inspected artifacts are limited to ranking and filtering user-provided information and do not request sensitive access or execution authority.

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
95% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes generic phrases such as 'summarize messages', 'what matters most', and 'high signal' that are likely to match many normal user requests outside this skill’s narrow purpose. Overly broad activation can cause unintended invocation, routing conflicts with other skills, and accidental exposure of this skill’s behavior in contexts where a more specific skill should handle the request.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.