performing-hash-cracking-with-hashcat

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The script scripts/agent.py uses subprocess.run to execute the system's hashcat utility. The command is constructed using a list of arguments, which prevents shell injection vulnerabilities. This is the primary and intended function of the skill to facilitate hash cracking.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Documentation within references/standards.md includes references to the official Hashcat project and well-known wordlist repositories such as SecLists. These are established resources in the cybersecurity community used for legitimate security testing and are not associated with malicious content delivery.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: While the skill processes sensitive data such as password hashes and cracked credentials, all operations occur locally. Temporary results are stored in /tmp/hashcat_out.txt and potfiles are read from local paths. No network operations were found that would transmit this data to external or untrusted domains.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 15, 2026, 03:15 AM