Shodan Reconnaissance and Pentesting
Fail
Audited by Snyk on Apr 15, 2026
Risk Level: HIGH
Full Analysis
HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
- Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill repeatedly shows and instructs embedding API keys directly into CLI commands, curl URLs, and code (e.g., shodan init YOUR_API_KEY, curl ...?key=YOUR_KEY, API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'), which would require the LLM to handle and emit secret values verbatim and therefore poses a high exfiltration risk.
MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
- Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill explicitly instructs the agent to fetch and parse untrusted public internet content from Shodan (e.g., shodan search/host/download results.json.gz, API host/search calls, and fields like http.html, http.title, and screenshots) and to act on those findings as part of the recon workflow, so third‑party webpages/banners/screenshots could indirectly inject instructions influencing subsequent actions.
Issues (2)
W007
HIGHInsecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.
W011
MEDIUMThird-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
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