Security audit

Quote/0

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is purpose-aligned for controlling a Dot Quote/0 device, but it handles real API credentials and recommends passing the API key on the command line, which can expose the key through shell history or process logs.

Review before installing if you use a real Dot API key. Prefer a short-lived environment variable or secret manager over --apiKey, avoid uploading sensitive images or text, and rotate any API key that may have been pasted into shell history. The skill appears to act only when invoked, but it can modify content shown on authorized Dot devices.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
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

Findings (1)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning

Location: SKILL.md:40
Finding: API Key Exposure Through Command-Line Arguments
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (4)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium

Category: MCP Least Privilege
Confidence: 88% confidence
Finding: The skill requires access to sensitive environment variables (DOT_API_KEY, DOT_DEVICE_ID) but does not declare an explicit tool scope such as permissions or allowed-tools. This creates an authorization ambiguity where an agent may access secrets more broadly than intended, increasing the risk of credential exposure or misuse when executing device-control actions.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 88% confidence
Finding: This code sends API-authenticated HTTPS requests containing device IDs, message text, image data, links, and task metadata to a remote service. While the CLI help documents parameters, it does not explicitly warn users that provided content and identifiers will be transmitted to an external API, which is a missing disclosure for a safety-relevant network operation.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 95% confidence
Finding: The skill content from the title onward is presented exclusively in Chinese, which imposes a specific language on users. The policy allows fixed locale/language only when the skill offers user choice or clearly documents a justified regional constraint, neither of which is present here.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 95% confidence
Finding: Several user-visible error messages are written only in Chinese, which imposes a specific language on users without opt-in or documented locale constraints. This is a natural-language policy issue because the skill does not offer an alternative language or explain that it is intended only for a Chinese-speaking context.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.