skills-update
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 16, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill downloads and executes a shell script directly from GitHub using a piped-to-shell pattern.
- Evidence: Found in
SKILL.mdin the 'Apply' step:curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mikefluff/skills/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --update. - Context: The source repository matches the author's (
mikefluff) namespace, indicating this is a vendor-native update mechanism rather than an external dependency. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill executes local shell commands to manage versioning and trigger the update process.
- Evidence: Pipeline steps in
SKILL.mdutilizejq,grep, andsedto parse local marker files and determine the current installation state. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches release information and documentation from external GitHub endpoints.
- Evidence: Uses
WebFetchto accessapi.github.com/repos/Mikefluff/skills/releases/latestandraw.githubusercontent.com/Mikefluff/skills/main/CHANGELOG.md. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests and displays external content (changelogs) which could potentially contain malicious instructions if the source repository were compromised.
- Ingestion points: Fetches
CHANGELOG.mdviaWebFetchinSKILL.md. - Boundary markers: None explicitly mentioned for the changelog text display.
- Capability inventory: The skill has
BashandWebFetchcapabilities enabling code execution and network access. - Sanitization: No specific filtering or sanitization of the changelog content is described before it is shown to the user or processed by the agent.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mikefluff/skills/main/install.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
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