sre-engineer

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 3, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill contains multiple Python scripts that execute shell commands using the subprocess module.
  • In references/automation-toil.md, the AutomatedRunbook class uses subprocess.run(shell=True) to execute arbitrary command strings. This is a dangerous pattern that can lead to remote command execution if the runbook steps are sourced from untrusted data.
  • In SKILL.md, the Toil Automation Script uses sys.argv to populate a kubectl rollout restart command. While passed as a list, the lack of validation on these arguments could lead to unintended behavior if inputs are user-controlled.
  • The skill uses high-privilege commands including systemctl restart, iptables (via kubectl exec), and tc (traffic control) for system remediation and chaos experiments.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Network operations are present for legitimate monitoring purposes.
  • The automation script in SKILL.md uses urllib.request to query a Prometheus API.
  • references/automation-toil.md uses curl to perform service health checks.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill exhibits a surface for indirect prompt injection (Category 8).
  • Ingestion points: The skill reads and processes data from Prometheus metrics, Kubernetes logs (kubectl logs), and service health endpoints.
  • Boundary markers: None identified in the provided scripts to distinguish between data and instructions.
  • Capability inventory: The skill has broad capabilities including file deletion (find ... -delete), service restarts (systemctl, kubectl), and network configuration changes (iptables, tc).
  • Sanitization: Minimal sanitization is observed (e.g., urllib.request.quote for URL queries), but command-line arguments and data from logs are interpolated into shell commands without sufficient validation or escaping.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Jul 3, 2026, 09:32 AM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — sre-engineer