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Security audit

Trae Ide

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a documentation-style Trae IDE helper skill with no bundled code, persistence, credential access, or hidden execution behavior.

Installers should understand this is primarily Chinese Trae IDE guidance. When using Trae Builder mode, review proposed file edits and terminal commands before allowing actions that install software, delete files, access the network, or modify your development environment.

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 (2)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding

The description says the assistant is optimized for Chinese ('中文优化'), which implies a language preference baked into the skill. There is no accompanying statement that users may choose another language or that Chinese is optional, so this can violate language/locale neutrality expectations.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly advertises that Builder mode can automatically execute terminal commands, but it provides no warning, consent requirement, or safety boundaries around system-impacting actions. In an agent skill, this can normalize or encourage command execution that modifies files, installs packages, or changes the local environment without making the risks clear to the user.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.