portless-ops

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Audited by Snyk on Aug 15, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUM
Full Analysis

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The PowerShell installer (scripts/install-portless.ps1) downloads and verifies a remote npm tarball at "https://registry.npmjs.org/portless/-/portless-$Version.tgz" and then runs npm install -g (which will fetch and execute package install-time code), so this URL is a runtime dependency that can lead to executing remote code.

MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 0.80). The skill instructs users to perform privileged system changes (installing a global npm package, binding to port 443, adding a local CA to the system trust store, writing /etc/hosts, and installing OS startup tasks), which require elevated privileges or modify system files and thus push the agent toward altering the machine state.

Issues (2)

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

W013
MEDIUM

Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Aug 15, 2026, 09:42 PM
Issues
2
Security Audit — snyk — portless-ops