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Security audit

nansen-smart-alerts

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a coherent Nansen Smart Alerts helper that uses the Nansen CLI and account credentials for disclosed alert-management actions.

Install this only if you intend to let an agent manage Nansen Smart Alerts on your account. Review create/update/toggle/delete commands before they run, be careful with webhook destinations and secrets, and prefer a scoped Nansen API key where possible.

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
88% confidence
Finding

The skill description is broad enough to trigger on general 'manage alerts' requests without clearly constraining scope to Nansen smart alerts. In an agentic environment, this can cause incorrect skill selection and unintended execution of alert-management actions against a real account, especially because the skill supports create, update, toggle, and delete operations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.