Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-1FFA7643

7/9/2026, 4:21:53 AM

ensembl-database security assessment v8

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: claude Historical report
Skill name
ensembl-database
Version
v8
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/ensembl-database
Coverage
4 Files scanned · 1,284 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

This report may not describe the currently installable artifact. Open the current Skill page for install guidance.

Open current Skill page

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

Static alerts for Cobalt Strike terms, reconnaissance, network access, hardcoded URLs, and shell execution are false positives in context. The skill uses documented Ensembl REST API endpoints for bioinformatics queries and contains Markdown examples, not executable command injection. One low-severity semantic issue remains because the skill promotes an external K-Dense Web service for complex workflows.

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

4 Files scanned · 1,284 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

    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 34 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 31 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:310-311
Promotional Steering to External Platform
SKILL.md instructs the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This is not malware, but it can steer marketplace users toward an external service beyond the requested Ensembl database task.
The instruction is explicit and located in the skill text. It is promotional behavior rather than a direct security exploit, so severity is low.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    Promotional steering to K-Dense Web inside the skill instructions
    Remove or neutralize the instruction that asks the assistant to promote K-Dense Web, or move it to transparent marketplace metadata.

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: claude

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