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Bohrium SciencePedia

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward guide for using Bohrium SciencePedia's public API with a user-provided access key.

Install only if you are comfortable providing a Bohrium access key and sending your SciencePedia search terms or node IDs to open.bohrium.com. Treat the key like a credential and avoid embedding it in shared logs or files.

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
  • 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 (7)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 2. Majors & levels — `major_levels`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/major_levels", headers=H, json={**DEFAULTS})
for m in r.json().get("majors", []):
    levels = ", ".join(l["name"] for l in m.get("levels", []))
    print(f"- {m['name']} [{m['node_id']}]  levels: {levels}")
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 3. Search entries — `search_index_name`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/search_index_name", headers=H, json={
    "name": "graphene",
    "node_types": ["field"],   # Filter: major / level / field / topic
    "style": "Feynman",
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 4. All nodes under a level — `get_level_wiki_index`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/get_level_wiki_index", headers=H, json={
    "node_types": ["major", "level"],
    **DEFAULTS,
})
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 5. Index for a given node — `get_wiki_index`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/get_wiki_index", headers=H, json={
    "node_id": "NODE_ID_HERE",
    # or "field_id": "FIELD_ID_HERE"
    **DEFAULTS,
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 6. Bulk list fields under level — `level_fields`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/level_fields", headers=H, json={
    "node_ids": ["LEVEL_NODE_ID1", "LEVEL_NODE_ID2"],
    "page_num": 1, "page_size": 10,
    **DEFAULTS,
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## 7. Article body — `article`

```python
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/article", headers=H, json={
    "node_id": "NODE_ID",         # or "entry_id": "ENTRY_ID"
    **DEFAULTS,
})
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
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## curl example

```bash
AK="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.