setup-dev-browser
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 23, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPERSISTENCEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill instructs the agent to modify its own configuration file (
~/.claude/settings.json) to adddev-browserandchrome-aicommands to thepermissions.allowlist. This action bypasses the platform's standard security requirement for user confirmation before executing these commands in the future, effectively granting the agent autonomous execution capabilities for these tools. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill performs several high-privilege system modifications, including editing user shell initialization files (
~/.zshrc,~/.bashrc,~/.zprofile,~/.bash_profile), installing global software vianpm install -g, and using theosacompileutility to generate system applications. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: When installed from a remote source, the skill instructions direct the agent to download scripts and configuration files using
curland subsequently install them as executable binaries in the user's local bin directory. - [PERSISTENCE]: The skill creates long-term access mechanisms by adding custom directories to the system
PATHvia shell profiles and by compiling a dedicated 'Chrome AI' application in the user's~/Applicationsdirectory, which can be launched independently of the agent. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches configuration files, scripts, and additional instructions from an external GitHub repository belonging to the author (
Melvynx/ai-maxxing-skills). - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill's verification process involves the agent accessing external websites and processing their metadata (titles and URLs). This creates a vulnerability where a malicious site could attempt to inject instructions into the agent's context.
- Ingestion points: The
dev-browsertool is used to retrievepage.title()andpage.url()from external websites in step 9 ofSKILL.md. - Boundary markers: None are present in the verification script to distinguish between website content and agent instructions.
- Capability inventory: The skill has access to
npm,npx,curl, shell profile editing, and the ability to create macOS applications. - Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or filtering of the content retrieved from the browser before it is processed by the agent.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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