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swedish-apa-referencing

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a narrow citation-formatting skill for Swedish SHH APA coursework, with no code execution, persistence, credential access, or hidden data handling.

Install this if you want help with Swedish APA 7 and Sophiahemmet Högskola citation conventions. Users looking for generic APA, another institution's style, or non-Swedish citation guidance should verify that the skill's SHH-specific rules apply to their assignment.

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
  • 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 (3)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The description says to use the skill for "any assignment requiring referenslista enligt SHH APA / APA 7 på svenska." While domain-related, "any assignment requiring" is broad and does not define clear activation boundaries or exclusions, which can cause unintended invocation for general academic-writing requests.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The file repeatedly specifies Swedish APA formatting and Swedish-language citation conventions, but does not explicitly offer the user a language or locale choice. This can violate language/locale policy when a skill forces a specific language behavior without opt-in or a clearly documented regional-scope justification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

This file contains prescriptive natural-language guidance entirely in Swedish, including explicit Swedish formatting rules such as 'Svenska beteckningar' and repeated mandatory wording, but it does not state that the skill is limited to Swedish-language users or offer opt-in to another language. Under the policy, forcing a specific language without user choice can be a locale-policy violation unless clearly justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.