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Journald

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill only prints static reference text and does not access credentials or change the system, though its journald content is mostly generic sysops boilerplate.

This appears safe to install from a security perspective, but users should treat it as a low-value or placeholder journald reference rather than authoritative journald documentation. It does not show evidence of credential theft, persistence, remote code execution, or destructive behavior.

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
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • 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 · scripts/script.sh (reported line 64)May include surrounding context.

sh
## Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of sysops concepts
- Required tools and access credentials
- System meeting minimum requirements

## Installation

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The manifest and header describe a tool for working with journald, which implies references about systemd-journald concepts, commands, and operational practices. Instead, every command prints broad, templated sysops guidance with little or no journald-specific substance, so the implemented behavior does not match the claimed subject matter.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The header comment and help text explicitly advertise a 'Journald reference tool.' However, the command implementations provide generic boilerplate about installation, networking, migration, and security rather than concrete journald reference material, creating an intent-versus-implementation contradiction rather than mere incompleteness.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.