ops-runpod
Audited by Socket on Aug 26, 2026
11 alerts found:
Securityx5Anomalyx6No direct evidence of intentional malware, credential theft, reverse shell behavior, persistence, or data exfiltration is present. The primary security concerns are unsafe interpolation of model_path and quantization into remotely executed shell/Python code, use of --trust-remote-code for potentially untrusted models, unpinned runtime package installation, and exposure of the inference API without visible authentication. These risks warrant remediation before exposing deployment inputs or endpoints to untrusted users.
The code is a legitimate-looking cloud training orchestrator, with no direct evidence of malware or deliberate data theft in the supplied fragment. It has significant security weaknesses: unsanitized f-string interpolation into executable shell/Python code, arbitrary HTTP dataset retrieval, trusted execution of remote model code, and unpinned runtime package installation. The concatenated text after the shell heredoc is an unusual likely corruption or injection artifact and should be corrected before use. Treat caller-controlled configuration as untrusted and do not deploy this version without escaping/validation, disabling trust_remote_code where possible, enforcing HTTPS and integrity checks, pinning dependencies, and fixing the generated script execution flow.
The code is an operational RunPod training monitor with no clear malware indicators or unauthorized data exfiltration. It does perform intended cloud API actions, SSH-based monitoring, and optional automatic instance termination. The main security risk is shell command injection through unvalidated output_dir, and potentially lines if callers can bypass the intended integer type. Validate and strictly constrain these values, or pass arguments without shell interpolation. The provided fragment also contains a syntax error in its test block.
The code is an operational recovery and monitoring component, not evidently malware. It does perform disruptive remote administration actions, but these are aligned with its stated purpose. The primary security concern is shell and Python command injection caused by interpolating remote checkpoint paths into commands without validation or escaping. Use fixed-directory validation, safe argument passing, and avoid shell=True-style execution where possible. The file also contains a likely syntax error at the end and a possible None dereference in health_check.
SUSPICIOUS: The skill's RunPod management purpose is coherent, and the required API key matches that purpose, but its core execution path is not. It auto-installs and runs Git-sourced code via uv run without specifying a pinned, verifiable repository or revision, then likely forwards RUNPOD_API_KEY to that code. This is a disproportionate install-trust and credential-forwarding risk for an otherwise plausible cloud-ops skill.
The code is an administrative SSH orchestration component rather than apparent malware. It contains intentional high-impact remote execution and file-transfer functionality. The principal security issues are shell-command injection risks from unquoted user-controlled values, installation of untrusted repositories and Python dependencies, and exposure of root-capable Jupyter on all interfaces. API and SSH credential handling is expected for the stated purpose, but the automatically generated private key has no passphrase. No clear malicious behavior or obfuscation is evident in the supplied fragment.
The code is primarily a cloud training orchestrator and contains no clear malware, credential theft, persistence, destructive behavior, or intentional exfiltration in the visible fragment. It has a significant command-injection risk because configuration values are inserted unescaped into a Bash script, and it has a moderate supply-chain risk from unpinned runtime pip installations. The embedded prose indicates malformed or incomplete script generation and should be corrected. Review the omitted RunPod helper implementations and upload mechanism before deployment.
No clear malicious behavior is present in the supplied fragment. The principal security concerns are unsanitized interpolation of model_path and quantization into a command string, enabling --trust-remote-code for potentially untrusted models, public binding to 0.0.0.0, and lack of endpoint authentication or timeout controls. Review RunPodManager's command execution and restrict model sources before use.
The code implements legitimate RunPod SSH and training-environment management, with no clear evidence of intentionally malicious behavior or embedded malware. It has significant security risks: disabled SSH host verification, arbitrary remote command execution, shell injection through repo_url and requirements_file, execution of untrusted repository and pip code, and unauthenticated root-capable Jupyter exposure. Inputs should be strictly trusted or safely quoted, host keys should be verified, and Jupyter access should require authentication and encrypted, restricted networking.
This is a conventional SSH/SFTP management component with powerful but explicit remote execution and file-transfer capabilities. It does not show evidence of malware, credential theft, persistence, cryptomining, or covert exfiltration. Security concerns are automatic host-key acceptance and shell command injection through unquoted directory paths in sync_directory. The nested non-reentrant lock can also cause deadlocks. Command and path inputs should be trusted or safely validated, remote paths should be shell-quoted or handled without shell commands, and host keys should be verified.
The fragment is a readable cloud deployment script with behavior aligned to its stated purpose. It sends the explicitly required RunPod API key to RunPod to provision a GPU pod and saves the API response locally. No clear malicious behavior or exfiltration to an unauthorized destination is present. Security concerns include public SSH/API exposure, mutable Docker and model dependencies, use of --trust-remote-code, insufficient input validation for --hours, possible metadata exposure in /tmp, and potentially uncontrolled cloud spending.