Security audit

Anthropology

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a Markdown-only anthropology teaching skill with formatting issues but no code, hidden instructions, data access, or persistence.

This appears safe to install from a security perspective, but it may be much smaller than advertised because the package only includes one Markdown skill file. Treat it as an educational prompt and independently verify academic accuracy and licensing as needed.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

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
Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (26)

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 78)May include surrounding context.
md
- Content is organized in seven phases: - 1. **Foundations**: Disciplinary overview and core methods 2. 2. **Cultural Anthropology**: In-depth exploration of cultural topics 3. 3. **Biological Anthropology**: Human evolution and biological diversity 4. 4. **Archaeological Anthropology**: Methods and prehistoric sequences 5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 79)May include surrounding context.
md
- 1. **Foundations**: Disciplinary overview and core methods 2. 2. **Cultural Anthropology**: In-depth exploration of cultural topics 3. 3. **Biological Anthropology**: Human evolution and biological diversity 4. 4. **Archaeological Anthropology**: Methods and prehistoric sequences 5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 80)May include surrounding context.
md
2. 2. **Cultural Anthropology**: In-depth exploration of cultural topics 3. 3. **Biological Anthropology**: Human evolution and biological diversity 4. 4. **Archaeological Anthropology**: Methods and prehistoric sequences 5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 81)May include surrounding context.
md
3. 3. **Biological Anthropology**: Human evolution and biological diversity 4. 4. **Archaeological Anthropology**: Methods and prehistoric sequences 5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 82)May include surrounding context.
md
4. 4. **Archaeological Anthropology**: Methods and prehistoric sequences 5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 83)May include surrounding context.
md
5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries 9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 85)May include surrounding context.
md
5. 5. **Linguistic Anthropology**: Language diversity and communication 6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries 9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 84)May include surrounding context.
md
6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries 9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?" - - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 86)May include surrounding context.
md
6. 6. **Regional & Topical Studies**: Geographic and specialized topics 7. 7. **Integration & Pedagogy**: Cross-cutting themes and teaching frameworks 8. ## Example Queries 9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?" - - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 87)May include surrounding context.
md
8. ## Example Queries 9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?" - - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system" - - "What do we know about Neanderthals?" - - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 88)May include surrounding context.
md
9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?" - - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system" - - "What do we know about Neanderthals?" - - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 89)May include surrounding context.
md
9. - "What are the four subfields of anthropology?" - - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system" - - "What do we know about Neanderthals?" - - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 90)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "Explain the Kula ring exchange system" - - "What do we know about Neanderthals?" - - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 91)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What do we know about Neanderthals?" - - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods"

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 92)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "How do kinship systems vary across cultures?" - - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 93)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What are the major language families?" - - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 94)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 96)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 98)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "Discuss the relationship between culture and biology" - - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 95)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 97)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 99)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 100)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 101)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 102)May include surrounding context.
md
- - "What is linguistic relativism?" - - "Explain archaeological dating methods" - ## License - AGPL-3.0 license

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.