iotnet
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 18, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The instructions explicitly direct the agent to use
sudowhen performing live captures (e.g.,sudo iotnet -i eth0 -d 30), which grants the tool root-level access to the system. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests untrusted data from network interfaces and PCAP files, which could contain malicious payloads designed to manipulate the agent's analysis or output. 1. Ingestion points: Network traffic via interface (e.g., eth0, wlan0) and user-provided PCAP files. 2. Boundary markers: Absent; there are no instructions to treat processed data as untrusted or separate it from the agent's control logic. 3. Capability inventory: Execution of the
iotnetbinary, often with elevated privileges. 4. Sanitization: None; the tool processes raw packet data without described validation or sanitization layers. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on executing the
iotnetcommand-line utility with various parameters derived from user input, such as file paths, interface names, and BPF filters.
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