Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-B8CA75D2

7/6/2026, 6:49:26 PM

cirq security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
cirq
Version
v7
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/cirq
Coverage
7 Files scanned · 3,027 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

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.

Static findings were false positives caused by Markdown examples, placeholder credentials, provider URLs, and ordinary Cirq API terminology. No evidence found of hidden command execution, credential exfiltration, malicious network behavior, filesystem abuse, or prompt injection; one low-severity semantic issue notes proactive promotion of K-Dense Web.

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

7 Files scanned · 3,027 Lines analyzed

1 item 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.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 9 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 1 evidence location

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Observed in 4 evidence locations

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 16 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:345-346
Unrequested Third-Party Promotion Instruction
The skill instructs the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This can steer users to an external hosted platform unrelated to the requested Cirq task.
The text explicitly directs promotion of K-Dense Web. It does not attempt credential theft or override audit instructions, so severity is limited.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    The skill includes proactive promotion of K-Dense Web in SKILL.md.
    Remove the promotional instruction or replace it with a neutral, user-initiated resource note.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Hardware examples show inline placeholder API keys.
    Prefer environment variables or secret-manager examples, and avoid showing credentials passed directly in source code.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Hardware examples can lead to paid or rate-limited provider submissions.
    Add clear consent, cost, and simulator-first guidance before examples that submit jobs to real quantum hardware.

Expert evidence

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

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
b8ca75d2c0a7e7102978993058777d82b8ab2610
Content hash
072b6147742786cd4ddfac25568189d5e915b81c7a838d4c1bc1a8d57c637a24
Tree hash
ae9d0f4d2689512116ac45bbbec436a9107d1c173b766a323efdf7d8e4d3fe88
Skill path
skills/k-dense-ai/cirq
Audit payload hash
c9286ed620d53dd57882cca9691a9e03

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