ec2

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 13, 2026

Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
  • [OBFUSCATION]: In the file instance-management.md, a Base64-encoded string is used within an AWS Launch Template for the UserData field. Decoding the string IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKeXVtIHVwZGF0ZSAteQo= reveals a benign initialization script (#!/bin/bash\nyum update -y) used for standard system updates. This is a common and expected practice in AWS automation.
  • [DATA_EXPOSURE]: The skill provides examples for querying the AWS Instance Metadata Service (IMDSv2) at the link-local address 169.254.169.254. This is the standard, secure method for EC2 instances to retrieve internal configuration and session tokens. No external data exfiltration is attempted.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references official documentation from docs.aws.amazon.com and boto3.amazonaws.com. These are trusted well-known services. The Python scripts include standard dependencies on boto3 and requests, which are routine for interacting with AWS APIs and the metadata service.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
May 13, 2026, 07:56 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — ec2