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Autoresearch Pilot

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a read-only advisory skill that helps users set up and reason about autoresearch experiments without adding hidden execution, credential access, persistence, or bundled code.

Installing this skill should be low risk as an advisory helper. Before following its setup steps, review the external autoresearch repository and remember that running training jobs or letting an agent modify train.py can consume compute and change your project files, even though this skill itself does not do those actions.

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

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 110)May include surrounding context.

md
- Does NOT run training commands or experiments
- Does NOT modify train.py or prepare.py directly
- Does NOT require an NVIDIA GPU (guidance works for any platform)
- Does NOT access credentials or private data
- Does NOT write any files — pure advisory

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