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Security audit

Status page & incident communication by openstatus

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill package helps draft incident and status communications and only asks the agent to use a disclosed local context file, with no hidden execution or data export found.

Installers should be comfortable with the setup skill reading limited project files to draft `.agents/status-page-context.md` and writing that context file for future status communications. Review drafts before posting them publicly, especially incident details, timestamps, customer impact, and any approval requirements.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Behavioral ASTexec() Call, eval() Call, Dynamic Import
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Findings (6)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The description says to use the skill when the user 'needs to communicate a service disruption to users,' which is a broad natural-language condition rather than a narrowly scoped trigger phrase. Because this file is markdown with manifest front matter, that ambiguity could cause unintended invocation for many general communication requests related to outages or disruptions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
87% confidence
Finding

This JSON eval file is a manifest-type file, so vague trigger review applies. The phrase "help me write something" is highly generic and could match many unrelated user requests, making the maintenance skill's boundary insufficiently specific in this test case.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
75% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · skills/status-page-context/references/framework.md (reported line 40)May include surrounding context.

md
- [ ] Incident commander role is defined
- [ ] Communications lead role is defined
- [ ] Update cadence is set (e.g., every 30 min during critical)
- [ ] Approval process is clear (who signs off, or "no approval needed")

### Notification Channels
- [ ] All active channels are checked

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

This JSON eval file contains natural-language requirements that the skill output 'includes approximate start time in UTC.' Similar UTC-only requirements appear elsewhere in the file. Because the policy category applies to all file types and flags forced locale choices without opt-in or justification, this is a mild language/locale policy concern.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
78% confidence
Finding

The assertion requires a timestamp in UTC, which is a locale/time-format constraint expressed in natural language. The file does not indicate that users may choose another timezone or that UTC is mandated for a documented operational reason.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

This line requires exact start and end times in UTC. Under the stated policy, forcing a locale-specific convention across outputs can be a violation when there is no opt-in or clearly documented justification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.