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git-commit-summarizer

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a coherent local Git commit summarizer, with a limited output-escaping weakness but no evidence of hidden access, persistence, network use, or destructive behavior.

Reasonable to install for local commit summaries. Be cautious using its JSON output in automated pipelines or on untrusted repositories until JSON escaping and terminal-control sanitization are improved.

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

Warning
Location
scripts/summarize.sh:47
Finding

Unescaped Repository-Controlled Data in JSON and Terminal Output

Content
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Remediation
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&2; exit 1 ;; esac ``` 4. Sanitize terminal-oriented output by removing or visibly encoding non-printable control characters before printing repository-controlled author names or commit subjects. 5. Use `printf '%s\n'` instead of `echo` for untrusted values to avoid implementation-dependent handling of escape-like input. 6. Add regression tests covering commit subjects, author names, and arguments containing: - Double quotes - Backslashes - The `|` delimiter - Tabs and control characters - JSON-like fragments - Unicode characters 7. Verify generated JSON with a strict parser as part of automated testing. ]]>
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • 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

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.