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Piston

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a static Piston reference helper that prints documentation and does not access credentials, networks, files, or persistent system features.

This appears safe for normal use as a local reference skill. If your agent auto-routes skills from very broad terms like security or intro, consider invoking it explicitly as a Piston reference to avoid irrelevant documentation appearing in unrelated tasks.

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
  • 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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

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 devtools concepts
- Required tools and access credentials
- System meeting minimum requirements

## Installation

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill exposes very generic single-word command triggers such as 'intro', 'security', and 'patterns'. In agent environments where skills may be auto-selected or matched by loose natural-language routing, these underspecified triggers can cause unintended invocation, leading the agent to surface this skill in unrelated contexts or override a more appropriate skill.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.