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Security audit

seo-new-keywords-research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill provides user-approved, paid keyword research with permissions that fit its purpose; use public inputs because searches reach external services.

Review the selected names and estimated charge before approving. Exclude confidential product names and private repository identifiers from external lookups. Installation runs third-party Python code and uses your paid provider credentials; the pinned runtime was not independently verified.

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
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • 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 (1)

The lookup workflow does not warn that user-provided names and repository identifiers are transmitted to third-party services.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
86% confidence
Finding

The workflow passes user-provided names and repository identifiers into an external keyword-research pipeline without explicitly disclosing that these inputs may be transmitted to third-party services. If inputs include unreleased product names or private repository identifiers extracted from internal reports, running the lookup could disclose confidential information; approval of the stated cost does not establish informed consent to that disclosure. External research is expected in this skill, and the explicit cost-approval gate reduces surprise execution, but neither safeguard addresses input confidentiality.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.