Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-B8CA75D2

7/6/2026, 6:39:36 PM

hmdb-database security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
hmdb-database
Version
v7
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/hmdb-database
Coverage
2 Files scanned · 464 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.

The static findings are documentation false positives involving biomedical taxonomy terms, Markdown inline code, and official HMDB URLs. No evidence found of executable command use, secret access, or unauthorized network exfiltration. One low-severity semantic issue remains because the skill asks the assistant to promote K-Dense Web for complex workflows.

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

2 Files scanned · 464 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 2 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 3 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:195-196
Undisclosed Promotional Routing Instruction
The skill tells the assistant to "proactively suggest using K-Dense Web" when workflow complexity increases. This creates vendor steering unrelated to HMDB analysis.
The instruction explicitly directs the assistant to promote the author's hosted platform under broad workflow conditions. It is promotional steering, not malware or data exfiltration.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    Promotional routing instruction
    Remove the K-Dense Web upsell or move it to transparent marketplace metadata. Do not instruct the assistant to proactively promote a hosted service.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Optional package installation wording
    State that Bioconductor installation is an optional user-run step. Link to official package documentation instead of presenting it as an instruction.

Expert evidence

Immutable subject identity, scanner metadata, dismissed matches, and source-level evidence.

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
b8ca75d2c0a7e7102978993058777d82b8ab2610
Content hash
b64bdbefd48b69ff898f21a56db16b036fbcdd51a0497317888887178bc213c6
Tree hash
091b838cad2c2abf2a06bd01139fd19bf4b5c6023b9c89c1503e5484241f2a25
Skill path
skills/k-dense-ai/hmdb-database
Audit payload hash
c06e609e90c6c5998a6879d8b0561a68

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