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Security audit

Vocabulary Builder

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is a straightforward vocabulary tracker that stores word progress locally and can create user-requested quiz reminders, with no evidence of hidden or unrelated behavior.

Install this if you want a local vocabulary tracker. Be aware it will save words, source/page details, context sentences, quiz history, and quiz state in memory/vocabulary.md by default, and only set up scheduled quizzes when you intentionally want recurring reminders.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The activation description is broad enough to match ordinary reading help, word lookups, and quiz requests, which can cause the skill to trigger in situations where the user did not intend persistent tracking or file updates. In this skill’s context, that ambiguity increases the chance of unintended data collection and stateful behavior rather than direct code execution or privilege abuse.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs the agent to create and modify workspace files and to add words immediately by default, but it does not require a clear upfront notice that user input will be persisted. In context, this is risky because casual vocabulary assistance can silently become long-term storage, surprising users and retaining potentially sensitive reading habits, notes, or personal context sentences.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The cron setup enables recurring autonomous actions, including sending quizzes on a schedule, without an explicit warning about background behavior, duration, or how to stop it. In this context, that can lead to unwanted ongoing notifications or interactions after a one-time request, especially since the skill manages quiz state and schedules repeated runs.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The instruction says to give pronunciation in American English IPA first, which forces a specific pronunciation standard regardless of user preference. Because the file does not offer a choice of accent or locale, this can conflict with language or locale preference policies.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.