Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

7/5/2026, 6:52:19 PM

web-search security assessment v4

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
web-search
Version
v4
Maintainer
inference-sh-9
Source
github.com/inference-sh-9/skills/tree/main/skills/web-search/
Coverage
1 Files scanned · 149 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Critical

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Check the current Skill page

This page summarizes report evidence only. The Skill page provides the canonical install advisory.

Open current Skill page

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

Confirmed findings are limited to the remote installer command and its pipe-to-shell execution pattern. Most static hits are Markdown fences, inline app IDs, documentation links, or bounded infsh examples, and I found no prompt injection attempt.

Report position

Latest published report

Latest refers to the report sequence, not to artifact currentness.

Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

1 Files scanned · 149 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

    Commit and path bound

  2. Artifact

    Content and tree hashes bound

  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 10 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Not recorded by this audit

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 24 evidence locations

Capability review items (2)
High
SKILL.md:15-20
Ruby/shell backtick execution
```bash
This range contains a Bash quick start that runs a remote installer and starts infsh login. It is an intentional external command path, with installer execution risk covered by the blocker finding.
High
SKILL.md:16
Hardcoded URL
curl -fsSL https://cli.inference.sh | sh && infsh login
The URL is used in a command that downloads an installer from cli.inference.sh. Because the command pipes it to a shell, the network dependency has execution impact.

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Critical
SKILL.md:16
Pipe to shell pattern
curl -fsSL https://cli.inference.sh | sh && infsh login
The quick start downloads a remote script with curl and pipes it directly into sh. This is a critical supply-chain execution pattern because fetched content runs before independent review.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Critical
    Pipe-to-shell installer in the quick start
    Replace the one-line installer with manual download, checksum verification, and a separate execution step.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    External service data exposure
    Warn users that search queries and URLs are sent to inference.sh, Tavily, and Exa services.
  3. FIX-003
    Medium
    Executable examples mixed with documentation
    Separate install instructions from usage examples and require user confirmation before running any CLI command.

Expert evidence

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

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
a25199bc7d6b82598536822d1738eb5d5f54025b
Content hash
c9f4aff89c2de9246061f59706322b0367f0dc4082b3cb9f0a0b6f38f45790cd
Tree hash
a6899ee9b5a73f753a7ed202de0402aee2aa2e6e8ad96016453abae4420c6eb4
Skill path
skills/inference-sh-9/web-search
Audit payload hash
29b2302a88f4960a8d5813eccd83dcea

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 Source

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

Audit attestation: not_attestable