remote-server-guide

Warn

Audited by Socket on Oct 10, 2026

2 alerts found:

Anomalyx2
AnomalyLOW
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS. The skill’s core capabilities match its stated SSH/remote-admin purpose, so it is not fundamentally deceptive or malicious. But its footprint is high-risk by design: it enables arbitrary remote execution and file transfer, recommends disabling host-key verification, forwards passwords to tools like sshpass/Paramiko/Fabric, and includes a stale third-party brew tap for sshpass. Data flows remain direct to user-specified hosts rather than attacker infrastructure, so this looks like a risky but purpose-aligned admin skill, not confirmed malware.

Confidence: 91%Severity: 68%
AnomalyLOW
references/tools/paramiko-advanced.md

The excerpt presents legitimate but high-privilege remote administration examples. It does not provide evidence of intentional malware. Its main security concerns are disabled SSH host-key verification, illustrative hardcoded passwords, and shell command construction without safe quoting or validation. Assessment is limited to the visible excerpt.

Confidence: 98%Severity: 62%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Oct 10, 2026, 08:05 AM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/ascend-ai-coding%2Fawesome-ascend-skills%2Fremote-server-guide%2F@afa6c19adcad5d412eee083ef56ef916aecd5b922c18624b01424b6809351c70