reviewing-code-prior-art-survey

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 11, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDYNAMIC_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill instructs the agent to execute a Python script (validate_prior_art.py) located in a sibling package's directory (code-prior-art-survey). Shell-level execution of scripts from external directories using variable paths creates a target for path manipulation or command injection.
  • [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The execution path to the validation script is resolved dynamically at runtime (<producer-package>/scripts/). This dynamic loading from computed paths is a identified as a medium-severity security concern.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill reviews artifacts (YAML/Markdown) that incorporate data from external repositories, such as descriptions, terms, and metadata. This ingested content is untrusted and could contain hidden instructions intended to influence the agent's VERDICT: approve|revise decision or other downstream behaviors. The skill mandates treating such content as data rather than instructions to mitigate this risk.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The review workflow encourages "spot-checks" against external repository pages and potentially cloning repositories to verify information. This involves fetching and processing data from remote, untrusted sources during the skill's operation.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Sep 11, 2026, 06:41 PM