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Security audit

City of Vancouver Open Data

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward helper for querying public City of Vancouver open-data datasets and does not show hidden or destructive behavior.

Install only if you want the agent to query the City of Vancouver Open Data portal. Expect outbound requests to opendata.vancouver.ca and a small local cache for dataset listings; do not pass private data in query filters unless you intend it to be sent to that public API.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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
Findings (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The trigger phrases "vancouver open data" and especially "city of vancouver data" are broad enough to activate on ordinary user requests seeking general information about Vancouver datasets, not necessarily intending to invoke this specific skill. Overly broad triggers can cause unintended tool invocation, expanding the skill's reach beyond user intent and increasing the chance of unnecessary external data access or misleading routing.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.