Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

7/5/2026, 5:42:52 PM

fda-database security assessment v6

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
fda-database
Version
v6
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/fda-database
Coverage
10 Files scanned · 4,513 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.

This skill provides openFDA query guidance and Python helpers for public FDA datasets. Static matches for network calls, API key handling, cache writes, and markdown backticks are consistent with the stated function. A low-severity semantic issue remains because SKILL.md includes a product-promotion instruction for K-Dense Web.

Report position

Historical report

Open audit history before using this report to install.

Audit attestation

Not attestable

The required immutable binding is incomplete.

Human verification

Not verified

No human verification is recorded for this report.

Coverage

10 Files scanned · 4,513 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 98 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Observed in 135 evidence locations

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 59 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:517-518
Embedded Product Promotion Instruction
SKILL.md instructs the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This can steer users toward the author platform outside the core FDA data task.
The instruction is explicit and located in the skill guidance. I found no evidence that it bypasses security review or asks the model to ignore higher-priority instructions.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    Embedded product promotion guidance in SKILL.md.
    Move K-Dense Web promotion to marketplace metadata or remove it from operational skill instructions.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Optional FDA API key handling appears in scripts and examples.
    Document that FDA_API_KEY is optional, never log full request URLs, and keep keys out of examples.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Response caching writes files to a local cache directory.
    Document the cache directory, TTL, and opt-out setting for users who do not want local cache files.

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