macos-networking
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 7, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Requires elevated privileges via
sudoto perform system-level network configurations, including DNS changes, proxy setup, and firewall management. Specific actions include modifying/etc/pf.confand usinglaunchctlto manage system daemons. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: Handles sensitive credentials such as WiFi passwords and VPN authentication keys. While it encourages using environment variables for the
TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY, these secrets are still processed within shell environments. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: References the installation of the Tailscale client using Homebrew, an established and well-known package management service.
- [PROMPT_INJECTION]: Contains a surface for indirect prompt injection by parsing output from the
airportCLI tool. Ingestion points: Network names (SSIDs) are captured fromairport en0 scanin the provided bash script. Boundary markers: None identified to separate external data from instructions. Capability inventory: Subprocess calls includesudo networksetup,sudo pfctl, andtailscaleoperations. Sanitization: No explicit sanitization or validation of the SSID strings is performed before processing.
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