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Security audit

03 Tech Scout

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed daily research digest that searches public sources and saves local digest files, with privacy and scheduling considerations but no evidence of hidden or malicious behavior.

Install only if you are comfortable with an agent periodically querying third-party services using your configured project keywords and keeping local digest and seen-URL files. Prefer explicit manual invocation or a clearly configured schedule if you do not want automatic morning runs.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The skill description emphasizes convenience but does not clearly warn that it automatically scans external services and persists results in local state files. Users or orchestrating agents may invoke it without informed consent, leading to privacy, compliance, or operational surprises from network activity and retained browsing history.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The manual trigger phrases are broad enough to match ordinary user conversation such as asking for general updates, which can cause the skill to run unexpectedly. Because this skill performs external network access and writes persistent state files, accidental invocation can trigger unintended data collection, outbound requests, and file modifications without clear user intent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.