Security audit

Parallel Deep Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward Parallel CLI research guide with expected external research calls and optional local report files.

Install only if you are comfortable sending research questions to Parallel's service. Avoid putting secrets or confidential material in prompts, input files, or saved reports unless that matches your data-handling policy, and choose output paths deliberately because reports may remain on disk.

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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Low

Confidence: 82% confidence
Finding: The skill description instructs users to use `-o, --output <path>` and later provides multiple examples that save reports to disk, but it does not explicitly warn that this creates local `.json` and `.md` files containing potentially sensitive research content. For markdown files, SQP-2 applies when descriptions omit warnings about behaviors that could affect user data or system integrity.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.