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Security audit

Latex Studio

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward LaTeX document template helper with no executable payload, network behavior, persistence, or sensitive access.

Installers should understand that this skill is meant for LaTeX academic documents and may default toward English; explicitly request another language or a non-LaTeX writing workflow when needed.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (4)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

Mandating English-language support as the primary mode without user choice can cause inappropriate handling of non-English requests and may lead the agent to ignore user intent or transform content unnecessarily. This is not a classic code-execution issue, but it is a trust and policy weakness because the skill imposes a hidden behavioral constraint on outputs.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The trigger phrases are generic enough to match ordinary user requests such as 'write a paper' or 'create a LaTeX document,' which can cause the skill to activate outside a narrowly intended context. Over-broad activation increases the chance of misrouting benign requests into this skill and may bypass better-suited tooling or policy checks tied to more specific workflows.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Scope Creep

Low
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.

Content

Scanner excerpt · LICENSE.txt (reported line 12)May include surrounding context.

text
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
86% confidence
Finding

Reinforcing English-focused output in the notes further cements a hidden constraint that may conflict with user expectations and lead to systematic mishandling of multilingual requests. In context, this makes the issue slightly more likely to affect behavior because it appears both in the main description and in implementation notes.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.