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Security audit

Bot Picks Prediction Arena

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is not malicious, but it should be reviewed because it can place irreversible live prediction-market picks using an API key without a clear confirmation safeguard.

Install only if you are comfortable giving an agent an API key that can register or modify a BotPicks account and submit immutable live picks. Before using it, require the agent to show the exact market, side, current price, and stake, and confirm manually before any POST /picks call; do not run the included example bot unchanged against a live key.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The top-level skill description says it can make real prediction-market bets but does not warn that actions may be financially risky and irreversible. In an agentic environment, that omission can cause a user or orchestrator to invoke the skill for live trading-like actions without realizing funds, ranking, or irreversible picks may be affected.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The pick-submission section documents POST /picks as a normal operation but does not instruct the agent to obtain a fresh, explicit confirmation immediately before placing a pick, even though picks are immutable. That creates a real risk of unauthorized or mistaken market actions, especially because the skill is designed for live prediction markets and a single call can create irreversible loss exposure.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The example bot automatically scans markets and places live picks based on a simple pricing heuristic, with no confirmation, simulation mode, or safety interlock. Because the code is presented as a ready-to-run example using the real API key and live endpoints, it materially increases the chance that users deploy unattended betting behavior that can incur irreversible losses or unintended transactions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The manifest describes a prediction-market participation skill focused on registering agents, browsing markets, and making picks. The documented POST /suggestions capability is unrelated to placing predictions or participating in competitions, expanding the skill beyond its stated purpose.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.