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AlphaMountain API

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill’s alphaMountain lookups are coherent and disclosed, but its shell command examples can be unsafe if an agent inserts an untrusted hostname directly into the curl template.

Review this skill before installing. It is appropriate if you intend to query alphaMountain with hostnames and have an ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY, but agents should validate hostname input, avoid direct shell string substitution, build JSON with a serializer or safe argument handling, and avoid logging the license key.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
  • 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
Findings (1)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
SKILL.md:31
Finding

Command Injection Through Unsafe Hostname Interpolation in Shell Templates

Content
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Remediation
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SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (6)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 26)May include surrounding context.

md
## Implementation

All requests are `POST https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname` with `Content-Type: application/json`. The license key is always `$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY`.

### Lookup — `POST /intelligence/hostname`

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 34)May include surrounding context.

md
## Implementation

All requests are `POST https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname` with `Content-Type: application/json`. The license key is always `$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY`.

### Lookup — `POST /intelligence/hostname`

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 79)May include surrounding context.

md
## Implementation

All requests are `POST https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname` with `Content-Type: application/json`. The license key is always `$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY`.

### Lookup — `POST /intelligence/hostname`

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 133)May include surrounding context.

md
## Implementation

All requests are `POST https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname` with `Content-Type: application/json`. The license key is always `$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY`.

### Lookup — `POST /intelligence/hostname`

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 31)May include surrounding context.

Lookup — POST /intelligence/hostname

bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d "{\"hostname\":\"HOSTNAME\",\"license\":\"$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY\",\"version\":1,\"sections\":[\"threat\",\"category\",\"popularity\",\"dga\"]}" \
  https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 76)May include surrounding context.

Options example (pdns with a limit, relations_same_ip enriched with threat ratings):

bash
curl -s -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d "{\"hostname\":\"HOSTNAME\",\"license\":\"$ALPHAMOUNTAIN_API_KEY\",\"version\":1,\"sections\":[\"threat\",\"pdns\",\"relations_same_ip\"],\"options\":{\"pdns\":{\"limit\":20},\"relations_same_ip\":{\"limit\":10,\"flags\":[\"include-ratings\"]}}}" \
  https://api.alphamountain.ai/intelligence/hostname