log-aggregation

Warn

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 16, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill configures containers to mount the host Docker socket (/var/run/docker.sock), which provides full control over the Docker daemon and can be used to escape container boundaries.
  • Evidence: references/elk-stack-configuration.md and references/filebeat-configuration.md both specify the /var/run/docker.sock volume mount.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The configuration explicitly targets sensitive system logs that may contain authentication attempts and security-relevant metadata.
  • Evidence: references/filebeat-configuration.md includes /var/log/auth.log in its log harvesting paths.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill includes a deployment script that executes shell commands and orchestrates infrastructure via kubectl without input validation on the environment variable.
  • Evidence: references/log-aggregation-deployment-script.md executes kubectl apply and kubectl rollout based on user-provided arguments.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill establishes a pipeline for ingesting untrusted log data from various sources into the agent's context, creating an attack surface for indirect prompt injection.
  • Ingestion points: Logstash and Filebeat ingest data from /var/log/app/*.log, Docker container logs, and Kubernetes metadata.
  • Boundary markers: The Logstash configuration uses JSON and Grok filters to structure logs, but does not implement specific delimiters to prevent the agent from interpreting log content as instructions.
  • Capability inventory: The skill includes shell scripts (scripts/validate-config.sh), Kubernetes deployment capabilities (references/log-aggregation-deployment-script.md), and file writing templates.
  • Sanitization: Logstash filters are configured to drop debug logs, but no sanitization or escaping of log content is performed to prevent prompt injection.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: Multiple configurations explicitly disable authentication and security features, exposing the logging infrastructure to unauthorized access.
  • Evidence: references/elk-stack-configuration.md sets xpack.security.enabled=false for Elasticsearch, and references/loki-configuration-kubernetes.md sets auth_enabled: false for Loki.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Sep 16, 2026, 10:44 AM