Security audit

ieee-referencing

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward IEEE citation-formatting helper with no code execution, network use, persistence, or sensitive data access.

Install this if you want help formatting papers or bibliographies in IEEE style. Check outputs against your institution or publisher requirements, since citation-style summaries can still make formatting mistakes.

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

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
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (1)

Vague Triggers

Low

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 82% confidence
Finding: The manifest description says 'Use for papers requiring IEEE style,' which describes a broad use case but does not define specific invocation boundaries, trigger phrases, or negative examples. In a manifest-scoped description, this can be ambiguous about when the skill should activate versus when another citation-formatting skill should be used.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.