mailpit-testing
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 12, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill provides installation instructions for the Mailpit tool using a 'curl-to-pipe' shell execution pattern. This bypasses standard package verification and executes remote content directly.
- Evidence:
sudo sh < <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axllent/mailpit/develop/install.sh)in SKILL.md. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The recommended remote installation script is executed with
sudo, providing root access to the host system for any code fetched from the network. - Evidence: Use of
sudo shandsudo INSTALL_PATH=/usr/binin SKILL.md. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill documents the use of various CLI tools for installation and service management.
- Evidence:
brew install mailpit,go install github.com/mailhog/MailHog@latest,docker run -d ... mailhog/mailhog. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads binaries and scripts from GitHub and references third-party services like
mail-tester.comanddmarcian.comfor deliverability testing. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The evaluation files provided with the skill (
evals/) explicitly detail numerous vulnerability surfaces for indirect prompt injection. - Ingestion points: The skill facilitates retrieving email content (headers, subjects, and bodies) via the Mailpit REST API (
/api/v1/searchand/api/v1/message/). - Boundary markers: Several code examples lack sufficient delimiters when interpolating untrusted email data into test assertions.
- Capability inventory: The skill has the capability to perform network requests, execute shell commands, and interact with local services.
- Sanitization: Documentation within the evaluations identifies critical gaps where data from external mail is trusted without verification (e.g., trust-chain issues with DKIM headers as discussed in
evals/auditor-checklist...).
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata