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@skillsmith/cli@0.8.14
A registry for sharing, scanning, and tracking agent skills across teams.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe reviewed credential flow uses the package's own Skillsmith API key, and the telemetry hook requires user opt-in. Agent settings are changed only by the explicit telemetry hook installation command; the scanner's suspicious indicators did not establish an attack.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
The hook runs only after a user installs it and enables telemetry; the package's prepublishOnly script is not an install hook.
Impact
No unauthorized credential forwarding, agent configuration mutation, or other malicious behavior was identified.
Mechanism
The hook checks the telemetry opt-in configuration before sending invocation metadata. The reviewed credential reference is the package's own API key.
AI rationale
The reviewed credential flow uses the package's own Skillsmith API key, and the telemetry hook requires user opt-in. Agent settings are changed only by the explicit telemetry hook installation command; the scanner's suspicious indicators did not establish an attack.
Evidence
~/.skillsmith/hooks/skill-telemetry.sh~/.claude/settings.json
Network endpoints2
api.skillsmith.appvrcnzpmndtroqxxoqkzy.supabase.co/functions/v1/events
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 88.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes dist/cli.js as a CLI and declares only a prepublishOnly build-and-test lifecycle script.
- The CLI reads its own SKILLSMITH_API_KEY and uses a Skillsmith API base URL.
- The telemetry hook exits unless the user has enabled telemetry in ~/.skillsmith/config.json.
- Installing the Claude telemetry hook is an explicit CLI command.
Evidence against
- The package includes telemetry that can send skill invocation events to Skillsmith endpoints when enabled.
- The explicit telemetry hook command writes a script under ~/.skillsmith and updates Claude settings.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStringsPossibleObfuscationTelemetryUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggeddist/cli.jsView file
50function createLoggerInstance(namespace) {
L51: const useJson = process.env.LOG_FORMAT === "json";
L52: const minLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL ? parseInt(process.env.LOG_LEVEL, 10) : LogLevel.WARN;
...
L815:
L816: // ../../node_modules/powershell-utils/index.js
L817: import process5 from "node:process";
...
L850: ];
L851: executePowerShell.encodeCommand = (command) => Buffer2.from(command, "utf16le").toString("base64");
L852: executePowerShell.escapeArgument = (value) => `'${String(value).replaceAll("'", "''")}'`;
...
L932: const command = String.raw`(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice").ProgId`;
L933: const { stdout } = await executePowerShell(command, { powerShellPath: psPath });
L934: return stdout.trim();
Critical
Credential Exfiltration
Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.
dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L5050Trigger-reachable chain: manifest.bin -> dist/cli.js
L50: function createLoggerInstance(namespace) {
L51: const useJson = process.env.LOG_FORMAT === "json";
L52: const minLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL ? parseInt(process.env.LOG_LEVEL, 10) : LogLevel.WARN;
...
L815:
L816: // ../../node_modules/powershell-utils/index.js
L817: import process5 from "node:process";
...
L850: ];
L851: executePowerShell.encodeCommand = (command) => Buffer2.from(command, "utf16le").toString("base64");
L852: executePowerShell.escapeArgument = (value) => `'${String(value).replaceAll("'", "''")}'`;
...
L932: const command = String.raw`(Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice").ProgId`;
L933: const { stdout } = await executePowerShell(command, { powe
Findings
2 Critical6 High5 Medium7 Low
CriticalCredential Exfiltrationdist/cli.js
CriticalTrigger Reachable Dangerous Capabilitydist/cli.js
HighChild Processdist/cli.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/cli.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/cli.js
HighSandbox Evasion Gated Capabilitydist/cli.js
HighExternal Ai Agent Control Surface Mutationdist/cli.js
HighTrigger Reachable Credential Exfiltrationdist/cli.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/cli.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Build Helpertemplates/skill-telemetry.sh
Medium
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @skillsmith/cli@0.8.14.
See all versions of @skillsmith/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @skillsmith/cli@0.8.14 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
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