podman
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 29, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPERSISTENCEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill provides commands utilizing
sudoto modify system-wide configuration files in/etc/sysctl.d/to adjust user namespace limits and unprivileged network port thresholds. It also suggests usingsudo usermodto modify subordinate UID and GID mappings on the host. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The instructions include the installation of the
podman-composepackage usingpip install, which fetches and installs third-party code from a remote registry. - [PERSISTENCE]: The skill guides the user to establish persistence for containerized services using
systemctl --user enableand by enabling user lingering withloginctl enable-linger $USER, allowing processes to persist after a user logs out. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill exposes an attack surface for indirect prompt injection by processing external configuration files that may contain instructions.
- Ingestion points: Processes local file content during image builds (
podman build) and YAML deployment files (podman kube play). - Boundary markers: There are no specific instructions or delimiters provided to prevent the agent from following directives embedded within the Dockerfiles or Kubernetes manifests.
- Capability inventory: The skill possesses capabilities for file system interaction, network communication (image registry operations), and containerized code execution.
- Sanitization: No sanitization or validation mechanisms are described to verify the integrity of the content within the processed configuration files.
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