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Pilot Dataset

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward dataset-sharing helper, with the main risk being that its examples can send local dataset files to another peer.

Install only if you intend to use Pilot Protocol for dataset exchange. Before running the send-file example, confirm the peer destination, dataset path, and metadata, and redact or exclude proprietary, personal, regulated, or otherwise sensitive data that should not leave your environment.

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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill provides commands that transmit dataset files and associated metadata to another peer without any explicit warning, confirmation step, or guidance about the sensitivity of the data being shared. In a dataset-exchange skill, this increases the risk of accidental exfiltration of proprietary, personal, or regulated data because users may copy the examples directly and send files to the wrong destination or without reviewing contents.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.