ascii-art
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 8, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill's setup instructions direct the agent or user to utilize
sudo apt installandsudo snap installfor tools likecowsay,boxes,toilet, andascii-image-converter, granting elevated permissions during installation. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies on shell command execution for its primary functions, including
curlfor external data retrieval,pipandgofor package installation, and direct execution of local binaries. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads content and installs tools from several non-trusted external sources, including
asciified.thelicato.io,ascii.co.uk,qrenco.de,wttr.in, and the GitHub repositoryTheZoraiz/ascii-image-converter. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]:
- Ingestion points: The skill fetches data from
ascii.co.uk,asciified.thelicato.io, and other third-party APIs (SKILL.md). - Boundary markers: No delimiters or safety instructions are used when processing the downloaded text before displaying it.
- Capability inventory: The skill environment supports shell execution (
curl,pip,sudo apt), file system writes (/tmp/ascii_art.html), and Python script execution (SKILL.md). - Sanitization: Sanitization is limited to basic HTML tag removal using regex, which is insufficient to prevent sophisticated prompt injection or malicious terminal escape sequences from influencing the agent.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://ascii.co.uk/art/cat - DO NOT USE without thorough review
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