alterlab-biorxiv
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 25, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes untrusted metadata from the bioRxiv API, including paper titles and abstracts, which represents an indirect prompt injection attack surface.
- Ingestion points: Data enters the agent's context through the
search_by_date_range,search_by_keywords, andget_paper_detailsmethods inscripts/biorxiv_search.py, which fetch content fromapi.biorxiv.org. - Boundary markers: The skill does not employ delimiters or explicit instructions to the agent to distinguish the retrieved preprint content from its own instructions.
- Capability inventory: The skill has capabilities to write search results to local JSON files and download PDF documents to the local file system.
- Sanitization: The script performs keyword filtering but does not implement sanitization or escaping of the retrieved text content before presenting it to the agent.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Fetches preprint metadata and downloads full-text PDF files from the official bioRxiv infrastructure.
- Evidence: The script
scripts/biorxiv_search.pymakes network requests toapi.biorxiv.orgfor metadata andwww.biorxiv.orgfor PDF downloads, which are the established official domains for the bioRxiv service.
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