Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

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

fda-database security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
fda-database
Version
v7
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

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.

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

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

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

    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 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
a25199bc7d6b82598536822d1738eb5d5f54025b
Content hash
953adcd5e9ba43e9688259d088eb1261f0da667f07ce523297d58fd276ce54b7
Tree hash
c0084fb1390455085686ad26498913374cc9e716287ccc417cdded6ec4ee9319
Skill path
skills/k-dense-ai/fda-database
Audit payload hash
501cb0c2ed889700554d06641b9cf063

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