nmap-recon

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 28, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill explicitly instructs the agent and user to use sudo for various operations, such as SYN scans (-sS) and OS detection (-O). This involves running a network-facing tool with administrative rights, which increases the potential impact of any vulnerabilities in the tool or misconfigurations in the scan.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides numerous complex shell commands involving nmap, awk, and shell redirection. While intended for reconnaissance, these commands represent a capability for high-risk system-level execution. If the agent accepts unvalidated hostnames or IP ranges from a user, it could be leveraged to scan internal or unauthorized networks.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill provides a Python script to parse Nmap's XML output. This establishes a vulnerability surface where the agent processes data retrieved from external network services. A malicious host could provide crafted service banners or metadata that, when parsed and included in the agent's context, could attempt to influence the agent's subsequent logic.
  • Ingestion points: scans/lab-2026-10-20.xml is parsed using xml.etree.ElementTree in SKILL.md.
  • Boundary markers: There are no boundary markers or instructions to ignore embedded content within the parsing script.
  • Capability inventory: The skill utilizes nmap, sudo, mkdir, and file system writes (-oA, >).
  • Sanitization: The provided Python example does not include any sanitization or schema validation for the XML content before printing the service names and versions.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Oct 28, 2026, 06:46 PM