Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-26421118

7/9/2026, 2:55:08 PM

clinpgx-database security assessment v8

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
clinpgx-database
Version
v8
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/clinpgx-database
Coverage
3 Files scanned · 1,915 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

2 confirmed security findings require 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 from Markdown code fences, API examples, and reference documentation. The executable helper performs legitimate HTTPS ClinPGx requests and optional cache writes, which require privacy and filesystem safeguards rather than a publication block. Semantic review also found external health-data privacy considerations and promotional steering to K-Dense Web.

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

3 Files scanned · 1,915 Lines analyzed

6 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

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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 91 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 76 evidence locations

Capability review items (4)
Medium
scripts/query_clinpgx.py:105
Python file write/append
with open(cache_path, 'w') as f:
The helper writes API results to a caller-supplied cache file and creates parent directories. This is intended caching, but unsafe paths could overwrite local files.
Low
scripts/query_clinpgx.py:36
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
The executable helper performs HTTPS requests to the public ClinPGx API. The endpoint is expected, but gene and drug query terms leave the local environment.
Low
scripts/query_clinpgx.py:55
Python HTTP libraries
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10)
The executable helper performs HTTPS requests to the public ClinPGx API. The endpoint is expected, but gene and drug query terms leave the local environment.
Low
scripts/query_clinpgx.py:20
Hardcoded URL
BASE_URL = "https://api.clinpgx.org/v1/"
The helper hardcodes the ClinPGx API base URL used for external requests. This is expected behavior, but it creates a third-party network dependency.

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (2)

RISK-001 Medium
SKILL.md:600-611scripts/query_clinpgx.py:36-55
Sensitive Health Query Data Sent to External API
The skill includes workflows for patient medications and genotypes, and the helper sends query parameters to api.clinpgx.org. This is legitimate API use, but users need a clear warning not to include identifiers or unnecessary health details.
The medication therapy workflow and executable request helper are present. I found no evidence of secret exfiltration, but external queries can reveal sensitive gene, drug, or medication context.
RISK-002 Low
SKILL.md:637-638
Promotional Steering to Hosted Platform
The skill instructs the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This is not a direct prompt-injection override, but it steers user behavior toward the author's hosted service outside the core ClinPGx task.
The instruction is explicit and appears in the skill text. It does not claim system authority, but it is clear promotional steering.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Medium
    External API privacy
    Add a clear notice that gene, drug, genotype, and medication queries may be sent to ClinPGx, and instruct users to remove identifiers.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    Cache file writes
    Constrain cache and export paths to a user-approved directory, and warn before overwriting existing files.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Promotional steering
    Remove proactive K-Dense Web promotion or move it to a neutral resource link shown only when requested.

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