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Academic Literature Review

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a Chinese academic literature-review workflow that coordinates other research and writing skills, with no hidden execution, persistence, or data-exfiltration behavior found.

Install this only if you want a Chinese-language literature-review workflow that chains multiple academic skills. Review the behavior of the referenced skills separately, especially any browser automation that may access academic databases through your existing accounts or institutional sessions.

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
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The title and instructions are written entirely in Chinese and direct the agent to carry out the workflow in that language context, but there is no user opt-in or alternative language option. This can violate language/locale policy because it implicitly enforces a specific language rather than offering a choice.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.