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Security audit

Go Install

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward Go installer guide, with the main caveat that it suggests permanent shell configuration changes users should review first.

Before installing, confirm your CPU architecture, download from the official Go site, consider verifying the published checksum, and review any ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile additions so they do not conflict with an existing Go installation. Prefer the current patched Go release rather than blindly using the example version.

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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to append environment variable exports to ~/.bashrc without warning that this creates persistent changes to future shell sessions. While the commands are not inherently malicious, modifying startup files can have lasting side effects, affect other tooling, and is risky in an agent-executed context because it changes the host environment beyond the immediate task.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.