research

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 14, 2026

Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill executes a background process (update-check.js) that is explicitly designed to perform silent updates. This mechanism allows for the downloading and execution of modified code versions without user notification or approval, representing a high-risk persistence and code execution vector.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill automatically collects sensitive project information, including dependencies and versions from manifests (package.json, requirements.txt, Cargo.toml, etc.) and arbitrary source code files. This data is written to a temporary file and transmitted to an external service via the grep-api.js script, creating a significant data exposure surface.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses computed shell paths involving readlink and multiple dirname calls to locate and execute Node.js scripts. Additionally, the <refined_query>, which is enriched by the agent, is interpolated directly into a shell command (node ... run "<refined_query>"), which could be exploited for command injection if the query contains shell metacharacters.
  • [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is vulnerable to indirect prompt injection as it ingests and presents untrusted research reports from an external API.
  • Ingestion points: The output of grep-api.js (research reports) is presented to the user and the agent's context.
  • Boundary markers: No explicit delimiters or instructions are provided to the agent to treat the external research output as untrusted or to ignore instructions embedded within it.
  • Capability inventory: The skill possesses capabilities for shell execution (Bash), background task monitoring (Monitor), and file system access (read/write in /tmp).
  • Sanitization: No sanitization, filtering, or validation of the research report content is performed before it is processed or displayed.
Recommendations
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Aug 14, 2026, 09:41 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — research