Security audit

Agent News

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill transparently routes AI-agent news and tool-research questions to The Agent Times MCP, with no local code execution or hidden persistence found.

Before installing, understand that AI-agent ecosystem research queries may be routed to The Agent Times MCP and influenced by that provider's corpus and trust scoring. For security-sensitive or production-readiness decisions, corroborate important claims with primary sources or independent review.

A.I.G

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

Findings (1)

T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Warning

Location: SKILL.md:3
Finding: Persistent Third-Party Search Routing Through an Always-Loaded Skill
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

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.