skills/mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills/performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus/Gen Agent Trust Hub
performing-vulnerability-scanning-with-nessus
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Apr 7, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [SAFE]: The skill uses environment variables NESSUS_ACCESS_KEY and NESSUS_SECRET_KEY for API authentication, which is a standard and secure method for managing sensitive credentials without hardcoding them.
- [SAFE]: All network interactions are performed using the requests library and are directed exclusively to the URL defined in the NESSUS_URL environment variable.
- [SAFE]: No remote code execution or suspicious external download patterns were identified; the skill only interacts with the Nessus API as described in its functional documentation.
- [SAFE]: The Python implementation uses standard libraries (requests, urllib3) for its functionality and includes proper timeout settings and error handling for API calls.
- [SAFE]: The provided documentation includes necessary security considerations, such as the requirement for authorization and warnings about scanning fragile systems.
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