kind (Kubernetes IN Docker) Management

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: Oct 22, 2026 · 2:48 PM UTC
• Version: 2.0.0

Overview

This local Kubernetes management skill needs review because its cleanup instructions leave destructive deletion targets unclear.

Use this with disposable development clusters. Before allowing cleanup, require explicit cluster names and verify the installed MCP tool's deletion parameters; do not execute both deletion examples automatically. Cluster deletion can lose cluster-local data. Keep credentials private and limit writable mounts to directories you intend to share.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
• Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation: Obtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Output Handling: Unvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
• Tool Misuse: Tool Parameter Abuse, Chaining Abuse, Unsafe Defaults
• Trigger Abuse: Overly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands

Findings (20)

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| Detect kind | `detect_ecosystem` | `detect_ecosystem()` |
| Create cluster | `kind_create_cluster` | `kind_create_cluster(name)` |
| Load image | `kind_load_image` | `kind_load_image(images, name)` |
| Get kubeconfig | `kind_get_kubeconfig` | `kind_get_kubeconfig(name)` |

## Prerequisites

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| Detect kind | `detect_ecosystem` | `detect_ecosystem()` |
| Create cluster | `kind_create_cluster` | `kind_create_cluster(name)` |
| Load image | `kind_load_image` | `kind_load_image(images, name)` |
| Get kubeconfig | `kind_get_kubeconfig` | `kind_get_kubeconfig(name)` |

## Prerequisites

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| Detect kind | `detect_ecosystem` | `detect_ecosystem()` |
| Create cluster | `kind_create_cluster` | `kind_create_cluster(name)` |
| Load image | `kind_load_image` | `kind_load_image(images, name)` |
| Get kubeconfig | `kind_get_kubeconfig` | `kind_get_kubeconfig(name)` |

## Prerequisites

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| `detect_ecosystem` | Get CLI version |
| `kind_list_clusters` | List all clusters |
| `kind_get_nodes` | List nodes in cluster |
| `kind_get_kubeconfig` | Get kubeconfig |
| `kind_export_logs` | Export cluster logs |
| `kind_cluster_info` | Get cluster info |
| `kind_node_labels` | Get node labels |

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| `detect_ecosystem` | Get CLI version |
| `kind_list_clusters` | List all clusters |
| `kind_get_nodes` | List nodes in cluster |
| `kind_get_kubeconfig` | Get kubeconfig |
| `kind_export_logs` | Export cluster logs |
| `kind_cluster_info` | Get cluster info |
| `kind_node_labels` | Get node labels |

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| `kind_load_image` | Load Docker images |
| `kind_load_image_archive` | Load from archive |
| `kind_build_node_image` | Build node image |
| `kind_set_kubeconfig` | Set kubeconfig context |
| `kind_registry_create` | Create local registry |
| `kind_registry_connect` | Connect to registry |
| `kind_node_exec` | Execute on node |

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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| `kind_load_image` | Load Docker images |
| `kind_load_image_archive` | Load from archive |
| `kind_build_node_image` | Build node image |
| `kind_set_kubeconfig` | Set kubeconfig context |
| `kind_registry_create` | Create local registry |
| `kind_registry_connect` | Connect to registry |
| `kind_node_exec` | Execute on node |

Chaining Abuse

High

• Category: Tool Misuse
• Confidence: 75% confidence

Finding

Tool calls are chained to bypass individual safety checks or escalate capabilities beyond what any single tool call would allow.

Content

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brew install kind

or download binary

curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-$(uname)-amd64 chmod +x ./kind && sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind

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- **Docker**: Required (kind runs clusters in Docker containers)

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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kind_available_images()

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## Get Kubeconfig

```python
kind_get_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster")

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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## Update Kubeconfig

```python
kind_set_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster")

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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Get Kubeconfig

python

kind_get_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster")

kind_get_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster", internal=True)

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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python

kind_get_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster")

kind_get_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster", internal=True)

Export Logs

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 60% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

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Update Kubeconfig

python

kind_set_kubeconfig(name="my-cluster")

Development Workflow

Privileged Kubernetes Workload

High

• Category: Tool Misuse
• Confidence: 55% confidence

Finding

Code deploys a privileged Kubernetes workload (privileged container, hostPath mount, or host namespaces). This grants root on the node and is a node/cluster takeover vector.

Content

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nodes:
- role: control-plane
  extraMounts:
  - hostPath: /path/on/host
    containerPath: /path/in/node
    readOnly: false
    selinuxRelabel: false

Activation keywords include everyday language without explicit Kubernetes-specific constraints.

Medium

• Category: Trigger Abuse
• Confidence: 94% confidence

Finding

The activation list includes the standalone word "kind" and broad phrases such as "local development" and "load image," which also occur in unrelated requests. Although the description identifies the Kubernetes domain, these explicit triggers do not require that context or exclude unrelated uses.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

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brew install kind

or download binary

curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-$(uname)-amd64 chmod +x ./kind && sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind

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- **Docker**: Required (kind runs clusters in Docker containers)

The cleanup workflow deletes clusters without warning about data loss or requiring target confirmation.

Medium

• Category: Output Handling
• Confidence: 97% confidence

Finding

The cleanup example combines deletion of a named cluster with an untargeted deletion call without explaining scope or requiring confirmation. An agent following both examples could delete an unintended cluster and its node-local data; the reference also describes an all-cluster deletion operation, although the implementation's actual no-argument behavior is not provided.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

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# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-darwin-arm64
chmod +x ./kind
sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind

# macOS (Intel)
curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-darwin-amd64

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

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# macOS (Intel)
curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-darwin-amd64
chmod +x ./kind
sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind

# Linux
curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-linux-amd64

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

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# Linux
curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/latest/kind-linux-amd64
chmod +x ./kind
sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind

# Verify
kind version

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.