docker-troubleshooting
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 20, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONPERSISTENCEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill instructs the agent to recommend adding the current user to the
dockergroup usingsudo usermod -aG docker $USER. On Linux systems, membership in thedockergroup is functionally equivalent to root access, as it allows users to run containers that can mount and modify any file on the host filesystem. - [PERSISTENCE]: The instructions suggest setting up a persistent scheduled task via cron (
0 3 * * 0 docker image prune ...) to automate disk cleanup. While intended for maintenance, modifying crontabs is a method used to maintain persistence on a system. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill defines a workflow for ingesting and analyzing potentially untrusted data from external sources.
- Ingestion points: The skill reads
docker logsand container error messages to diagnose issues. - Boundary markers: No specific delimiters or instructions are provided to help the agent distinguish between diagnostic data and potentially malicious instructions embedded within logs.
- Capability inventory: The skill has access to powerful system tools including
sudo,dockermanagement commands, and service control utilities (systemctl). - Sanitization: There are no requirements for the agent to sanitize or validate the content of container logs before processing them, which could allow a malicious log entry to influence agent behavior.
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