ec2
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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 theUserDatafield. Decoding the stringIyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKeXVtIHVwZGF0ZSAteQo=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.comandboto3.amazonaws.com. These are trusted well-known services. The Python scripts include standard dependencies onboto3andrequests, which are routine for interacting with AWS APIs and the metadata service.
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