gdb
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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Feb 21, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [Command Execution] (SAFE): The skill provides instructions for standard GCC and GDB usage. These commands are necessary for the skill's primary purpose and do not contain malicious parameters.\n- [Privilege Escalation] (LOW): The skill suggests using
sudo apt install python3-gdbto install dependencies. Whilesudois normally high severity, it is downgraded here because it targets a specific, trusted system package required for the tool's core functionality.\n- [Indirect Prompt Injection] (LOW): This finding identifies an attack surface inherent to debuggers.\n - Ingestion points: User-provided binary files (
prog), core dumps, and source code.\n - Boundary markers: Absent in instructions.\n
- Capability inventory: GDB has the ability to execute shell commands (via
!) and run Python scripts that can interact with the host system.\n - Sanitization: No sanitization of the debugged program's output or state is performed.
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