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Security audit

brave-sear组合包

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This research bundle is not clearly malicious, but it requests broad command, file, API, and crawling capabilities with vague scope and inconsistent credential guidance.

Review this bundle carefully before installing. It may be appropriate for a controlled research environment, but only if you are comfortable granting command execution, file read/write access, API credential use, and crawler behavior to the member skills. Configure credentials only when you know which member skill needs them, and avoid using it on sensitive local files or private data without stronger scoping.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (5)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
This file is presented as a marketing bundle/metadata wrapper, yet the manifest grants broad capabilities including exec and write. That mismatch is dangerous because users or downstream systems may trust it as a passive bundle while it can invoke commands and modify files, increasing the chance of over-privileged execution or capability smuggling through the bundle layer.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding
The documentation states that no external API is required, but later instructs users to configure API keys and establish credentialed API connections. This inconsistency can mislead reviewers and users about network exposure, secret handling, and trust boundaries, creating risk of inadvertent credential entry or unexpected external communication.

Context-Inappropriate Capability

High
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding
Command execution is not justified by the stated role of this artifact as a packaging bundle for research skills. Unnecessary exec capability materially increases risk because any future prompt, misconfiguration, or downstream logic could trigger shell/system actions unrelated to the user's expectation of a simple bundle descriptor.

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Confidence
87% confidence
Finding
Conflicting statements about external API requirements and credentialed API setup weaken transparency about the skill's true behavior. In security-sensitive environments, this can cause operators to underestimate data egress, mis-handle secrets, or approve a skill under false assumptions about its connectivity.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding
The feature and installation sections advertise file handling, API integration, and command execution, but do not provide concrete warnings about the security implications of those actions. In context, this bundle is framed as a convenient research package, so users may be less likely to expect file modification, secret use, or command execution, making unsafe deployment more likely.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.