research-lookup

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 18, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICALREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The documentation in SKILL.md instructs users to install the parallel-cli tool by piping a remote script directly to the bash shell: curl -fsSL https://parallel.ai/install.sh | bash. This allows arbitrary code from the remote server to be executed with the user's shell privileges without prior verification.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill performs several network operations to external services. In scripts/generate_schematic_ai.py and research_lookup.py, it uses the requests library and the openai SDK to connect to openrouter.ai and api.parallel.ai. These connections are used to send user queries, retrieve research data, and generate images.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The script scripts/generate_schematic.py uses subprocess.run to execute a local Python script (generate_schematic_ai.py). While it passes arguments as a list, this mechanism is used to trigger secondary script execution within the skill's environment.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is susceptible to indirect prompt injection as it processes and synthesizes untrusted data from web searches and academic databases.
  • Ingestion points: Untrusted data enters the agent's context through search results retrieved in research_lookup.py and via the parallel-cli tool mentioned in SKILL.md.
  • Boundary markers: The skill does not implement explicit delimiters or instructions to isolate or ignore potentially malicious commands embedded in the retrieved content.
  • Capability inventory: The agent is granted Bash tool access in SKILL.md and uses subprocess.run in its internal scripts, creating a risk if the agent follows instructions found in search results.
  • Sanitization: No sanitization or filtering of external content is performed before it is integrated into the final output or used in downstream processing.
Recommendations
  • HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://parallel.ai/install.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
May 18, 2026, 04:56 AM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — research-lookup