Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-B9E5AE9C

7/10/2026, 2:51:24 PM

venue-templates security assessment v8

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
venue-templates
Version
v8
Maintainer
davila7
Source
github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/main/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/venue-templates
Coverage
14 Files scanned · 5,518 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

High

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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This report does not block or authorize the manifest or ZIP.

Most static findings are false positives caused by LaTeX syntax, Markdown formatting, ordinary publication language, and documented URLs. Two unrestricted file writes are confirmed, and template lookup also permits path traversal to arbitrary readable files.

Report position

Historical report

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Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

14 Files scanned · 5,518 Lines analyzed

3 items shown for review

Limitations

This report does not claim runtime or sandbox execution and does not prove the absence of side effects.

Evidence chain

Follow the evidence from source binding to the install contract. Available evidence supports verification; it is not a safety guarantee.

  1. Source

    Binding unavailable

  2. Artifact

    Identity incomplete

  3. Audit

    Complete

  4. Install contract

    Open manifest to verify

    Open manifest

Capabilities observed

Observed means this report recorded supporting evidence. Not recorded does not prove that a capability is absent.

Contains scripts

May execute code included with the Skill.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 12 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 3 evidence locations

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Not recorded by this audit

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 48 evidence locations

Capability review items (2)
Medium
scripts/customize_template.py:76
Python file write/append
with open(output_path, 'w') as f:
The output path is user-controlled and opened with write mode. Existing writable files can be truncated without path restriction or confirmation.
Medium
scripts/validate_format.py:196
Python file write/append
with open(report_path, 'w') as f:
The report path is user-controlled and opened with write mode. The script can overwrite any existing file writable by the current user.

Risk findings

Confirmed security concerns are separated from items that still need review.

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 High
scripts/customize_template.py:28-31
Unrestricted Template Path Resolution
The template argument accepts absolute paths and traversal segments. A crafted value can select any readable file and copy its contents to an output file.
Path joins do not reject absolute or parent-relative input, and existence is the only validation before the file is read.

Remediation

Suggested fixes recorded by this audit. Applying them is the maintainer’s responsibility.

  1. FIX-001
    High
    Template names can escape the bundled assets directory.
    Reject absolute paths and traversal segments, then verify resolved templates remain under the assets directory.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    Customization output can overwrite any writable path.
    Restrict outputs to a chosen workspace and refuse existing files unless the user confirms replacement.
  3. FIX-003
    Medium
    Validation reports can overwrite any writable path.
    Validate report destinations and use exclusive creation or explicit overwrite confirmation.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
Unavailable
Content hash
Unavailable
Tree hash
Unavailable
Skill path
Unavailable
Audit payload hash
Unavailable

Analysis metadata

Audit model: codex

Analysis state: Complete

Scope is limited to the recorded files, lines, methods, and evidence. No runtime or sandbox execution is claimed.

Verify and export

JSON report CITATION.cff SARIF 2.1.0 Signed installation manifest

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable