Security audit

Phoenix Shield

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

PhoenixShield is a coherent deployment/rollback guide, but it encourages live production package upgrades and automatic rollback workflows without enough scoping or safety warnings.

Review this skill carefully before installing or using it in an agent. Treat its examples as production-affecting operations: pin package versions, test in a sandbox or canary, take verified backups, require explicit human approval, and avoid automatic rollback or unattended upgrades on critical systems until the actual phoenix-shield implementation and recovery boundaries are independently verified.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
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)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Error

Location: SKILL.md:161
Finding: Unpinned Privileged Package Updates Enable Supply-Chain Code Execution
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

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
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 93% confidence
Finding: The skill repeatedly promotes real system backup, deployment, package upgrade, rollback, and monitoring operations but does not place a prominent warning near the top that these actions can modify packages, restart services, alter system state, and potentially cause downtime or data loss. In an agent context, this omission increases the chance that a user or downstream automation treats the examples as low-risk guidance and runs them on production systems without adequate review.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 96% confidence
Finding: The quick-start section shows a ready-to-run update flow using npm update, health checks, and --auto-rollback without an adjacent warning that the command performs immediate package changes and may automatically revert components based on health results. Because quick-start snippets are the most likely to be copied verbatim, this creates a meaningful risk of unintended production changes, service interruption, or rollback side effects.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.