performing-plc-firmware-security-analysis

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 16, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The scripts/agent.py script executes the binwalk utility using subprocess.run to extract components from firmware images. This is a core functional requirement of the skill but involves interaction with the host operating system's command-line tools.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill analyzes potentially malicious or attacker-controlled firmware images, creating a surface where instructions embedded in the firmware could attempt to override the agent's safety protocols or logic during the analysis phase.
  • Ingestion points: The scan_for_credentials and scan_for_vulnerabilities functions in scripts/agent.py read and return snippets of code and configuration from extracted firmware files.
  • Boundary markers: The analysis output does not utilize clear delimiters or specific instructions to the agent to treat the extracted firmware snippets as data rather than instructions.
  • Capability inventory: The agent possesses file-writing capabilities (for extraction) and network socket capabilities (via the Modbus tester in SKILL.md).
  • Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or escaping of the strings extracted from binary files before they are presented to the agent context.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 16, 2026, 05:06 AM