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Research Assistant

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward research-report skill that asks the agent to search the web, verify sources, and cite claims.

Install this if you want structured web research with citations. Avoid using it for highly confidential research topics unless you are comfortable sending the topic and source URLs through web search/fetch tools, and verify cited sources before relying on important decisions.

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

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

The heading presents the skill as "Research Assistant — 深度研究助手," which introduces a specific language/locale signal but the document does not state that language selection is optional or user-driven. Under the policy, skills should not impose a language or locale without opt-in unless the constraint is clearly justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.