pentest-tools

Fail

Audited by Snyk on Jul 17, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis

CRITICAL E005: Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

  • Suspicious download URL detected (high risk: 1.00). Yes — the list includes many direct links to attacker-controlled executables and scripts (PowerShell .ps1, .exe, .hta/.sct, hosted JS and raw payload files) which are high-risk download sources commonly used to distribute malware or bootstrap malicious agents.

CRITICAL E006: Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.

  • Malicious code pattern detected (high risk: 1.00). The repository contains extensive, actionable offensive tooling and payloads (remote code execution, webshells, credential/metadata access, DNS/HTTP exfiltration, C2 usage and EDR/AMSI/ETW bypasses) that enable deliberate malicious compromise and data exfiltration beyond benign security guidance.

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.80). The skill states that if the local payloads directory is empty it will automatically download and extract payloads from SecLists (https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists), meaning content from that external URL can be fetched at runtime and injected into the agent's testing context (controlling prompts/payloads).

Issues (3)

E005
CRITICAL

Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

E006
CRITICAL

Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Jul 17, 2026, 09:29 AM
Issues
3
Security Audit — snyk — pentest-tools