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@skillsmith/cli@0.8.16
A registry for sharing, scanning, and tracking agent skills across teams.
AI Security Review
scanned 5d ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe flagged credential flows target their respective services, and the shipped telemetry hook is separately installed and gated by explicit opt-in. The manifest has no install-time hook; its prepublishOnly script builds and tests the package.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
CLI commands make product API or GitHub requests; telemetry requires explicit hook installation and enablement.
Impact
No unauthorized credential disclosure, account action, persistence, or other harmful impact was identified.
Mechanism
Skillsmith credentials are used with the Skillsmith API client, GitHub tokens with GitHub API requests, and the telemetry hook sends limited invocation metadata after its opt-in gates pass.
AI rationale
The flagged credential flows target their respective services, and the shipped telemetry hook is separately installed and gated by explicit opt-in. The manifest has no install-time hook; its prepublishOnly script builds and tests the package.
Network endpoints3
api.skillsmith.appvrcnzpmndtroqxxoqkzy.supabase.coapi.github.com
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 98.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- The manifest exposes dist/cli.js as the CLI and declares only a prepublishOnly build/test hook.
- The API client takes SKILLSMITH_API_KEY and sends requests to its configured Skillsmith API base URL.
- The GitHub token is used as a bearer token for GitHub API requests in the repository import flow.
- The telemetry hook requires telemetry to be enabled in the user config and checks a disable switch before parsing hook input.
- The hook telemetry payload includes an anonymous ID, skill name, session ID, duration, source, framework, and platform; it omits arguments, paths, and environment variables.
- Telemetry enablement and hook installation are explicit CLI commands, and the README describes product analytics as opt-in.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsEvalFilesystemNetwork
HighEntropyStrings
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@0.8.16.
See all versions of @skillsmith/cli for other recorded verdicts.
- Review the evidence and your use of @skillsmith/cli@0.8.16 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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