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Skill Analytics

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward ClawHub analytics helper that stores limited local recommendation state and fetches public skill metrics.

Before installing, understand that the skill will keep local analytics state in memory/skill-analytics/ and may update those files after runs. It should not need credentials, private files, external packages, or shell commands.

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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

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 137)May include surrounding context.

md
## What This Skill Does NOT Do

- Does NOT read MEMORY.md, SOUL.md, or other workspace files
- Does NOT access credentials or private data
- Does NOT use external CLI tools or npm packages
- Does NOT modify any files outside `memory/skill-analytics/`

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding

The invocation examples include broad requests like adoption strategy, growth advice, and 'how is my skill doing' without tightly constraining the skill to analytics-only behavior. In agentic environments, vague triggers can cause the skill to activate in contexts where file writes and web lookups are unnecessary or unexpected, increasing the chance of overreach and unanticipated state changes.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill persists local state across runs but does not surface an explicit user-facing warning near the state file behavior. This can lead to silent retention of recommendation history and run metadata, which is a transparency and consent problem even if the stored data is not especially sensitive.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.