Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-29A50DC6

6/30/2026, 5:45:00 AM

gwas-database security assessment v5

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
gwas-database
Version
v5
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/gwas-database
Coverage
2 Files scanned · 1,402 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

3 confirmed security findings require attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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

Static analysis flagged many Markdown backticks, URLs, and GWAS scientific notation as high-risk patterns, but these are largely documentation false positives. The real risks are legitimate public network access, an FTP/wget download example, and a local file write example for summary statistics, so publication is acceptable with a network and download warning.

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

2 Files scanned · 1,402 Lines analyzed

3 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

    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 4 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 1 evidence location

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 1 evidence location

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (3)

RISK-001 Medium
SKILL.md:91-92SKILL.md:105-106references/api_reference.md:510-514
Public Network Requests to GWAS Catalog APIs
The skill documents Python requests calls to NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog endpoints. This is expected for the skill, but it sends user-selected query terms, variant IDs, and trait IDs to an external public service.
The network calls are explicit and repeated, and the destination is the official GWAS Catalog domain. I did not find evidence that credentials or local secrets are collected or transmitted.
RISK-002 Medium
SKILL.md:405-407references/api_reference.md:760-770
Bulk Summary Statistics Download Examples
The skill includes examples for downloading GWAS summary statistics with FTP or streamed HTTP. This can retrieve large files and should be run only when the user expects external downloads.
The download behavior is directly shown in documentation examples. It targets EBI public data, so the risk is operational rather than malicious.
RISK-003 Low
references/api_reference.md:766-774
Local File Write in Download Helper Example
The reference documentation writes a downloaded compressed summary statistics file to a user-provided output directory. The pattern is expected for a downloader, but users should choose output paths deliberately.
The file write is explicit and limited to saving downloaded data. I did not find evidence of overwriting sensitive paths or writing executable content.

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.

Static false positives ignored (1)
Low
SKILL.md:42-44references/api_reference.md:23-30references/api_reference.md:486-491
Static Backtick and Weak-Crypto Alerts Are Documentation False Positives
Many external command and weak cryptography alerts point to Markdown inline code, code fences, REST terminology, GWAS names, endpoint text, p-value notation, or HTTP status documentation rather than executable risky code.
Line-number review shows Markdown documentation and examples, not Ruby execution or cryptographic implementation. No executable skill script is present in the scanned files.

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