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SkillSpector · review

independent scanner by NVIDIA · skill by shenxingy · how it works ↗

CAUTIONmax severity: MEDIUMrisk score: 39

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, a…; Skill allows unbounded resource consumption (API calls, storage, compute). Without rate limits or quotas, a compromised or misbehaving agent can cause denial…; Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.; +1 more

scanned 2026-08-23

Findings (5)

MEDIUMAgent Snoopingconfidence: 0.8

Skill enumerates or reads other installed skills. Access to other skills' SKILL.md files or the skills directory reveals prompt instructions, capabilities, and secrets that should be invisible to peer skills.

prompt.md

MEDIUMExcessive Agencyconfidence: 0.75

Skill allows unbounded resource consumption (API calls, storage, compute). Without rate limits or quotas, a compromised or misbehaving agent can cause denial-of-service or cost overruns.

prompt.md

HIGHPrivilege Escalationconfidence: 0.6

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

prompt.md

MEDIUMRogue Agentconfidence: 0.6

Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.

prompt.md

MEDIUMRogue Agentconfidence: 0.6

Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.

prompt.md

What the verdicts mean

SkillSpector reports on SkillMD's shared five-tier scale. See how SkillSpector works ↗.

PASS

Overall severity LOW (risk score in the safe range)

CAUTIONthis skill

Overall severity MEDIUM

WARNING

Overall severity HIGH

FAIL

Overall severity CRITICAL

INCONCLUSIVE

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