python-debugpy
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 5, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSDYNAMIC_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill instructs the user to execute
echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope. This command usessudoto escalate privileges and modifies a kernel security parameter to allow any process to attach to others via ptrace, which significantly weakens the system's security posture against process injection attacks. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill contains instructions to install external Python packages using
pip install debugpyandpip install remote-pdb. While these are well-known debugging tools, they represent the introduction of external code dependencies. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill utilizes several shell commands for system interaction and debugging, including
nc(netcat) for network connections to local ports,ssfor socket monitoring, andrg(ripgrep) for searching source files. - [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The skill promotes the use of
pdb's!stmtandinteractcommands, which allow for the dynamic execution of arbitrary Python code within the context of the debugged process.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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