implementing-secret-scanning-with-gitleaks
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Audited by Snyk on Apr 9, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUM
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MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
- Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill contains CI/installation steps that download and execute a remote gitleaks binary (e.g., wget https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/releases/download/v8.21.2/gitleaks_8.21.2_linux_x64.tar.gz and the pre-commit repo https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks), which are runtime fetches of external code the skill depends on and will execute in CI or developer environments.
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W012
MEDIUMUnverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
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