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Security audit

garden-doctor

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This plant-care skill is a local diagnostic helper that matches symptoms to garden problems and does not show hidden access, persistence, network use, or data exfiltration.

Install only if you are comfortable running a local Python CLI for plant diagnosis. Treat treatment recommendations as general gardening information, especially chemical controls: follow product labels, use appropriate protective gear and ventilation, and keep chemicals away from children and pets.

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
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • 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 (7)

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding

Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 31)May include surrounding context.

md
python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py diagnose \

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding

Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 36)May include surrounding context.

md
python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py diagnose \

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding

Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 39)May include surrounding context.

md
python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py diagnose \

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding

Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 42)May include surrounding context.

md
python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py diagnose \

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding

Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 48)May include surrounding context.

md
python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py diagnose \

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

The skill documentation shows shell-based usage (python3 scripts/garden_doctor.py ...) but the manifest does not declare any explicit tool restrictions such as permissions or allowed-tools. In an agent ecosystem, undeclared shell capability can cause the runtime or reviewer to underestimate what the skill may invoke, increasing the risk of unintended command execution or over-privileged operation if the backing code is compromised or later modified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The knowledge base recommends chemical treatments such as copper fungicide, sulfur-based fungicide, bactericide, miticide, systemic insecticide, herbicide-related handling, and alcohol/soap/oil applications without any safety qualifiers, PPE guidance, dosage cautions, ventilation advice, pet/child warnings, or instructions to follow product labels. In a consumer plant-care skill, users may act directly on this guidance, increasing risk of misuse, plant damage, toxic exposure, or unsafe indoor application.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.