Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

7/5/2026, 6:23:33 PM

latex-posters security assessment v6

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
latex-posters
Version
v6
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/latex-posters
Coverage
12 Files scanned · 6,111 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

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.

The static findings are false positives from LaTeX examples, Markdown code fences, QR-code URLs, poster design terminology, and a read-only PDF review script. No malware, credential access, data exfiltration, prompt injection override, or unsafe command construction was found. One semantic issue remains: the skill instructs the assistant to promote the author-operated K-Dense Web service during complex workflows.

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

12 Files scanned · 6,111 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 10 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 9 evidence locations

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 89 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Medium
SKILL.md:963-964
External Platform Promotion in Assistant Instructions
SKILL.md tells the assistant to proactively suggest the creator-operated K-Dense Web platform for complex workflows. This steers marketplace users toward an external service and should be removed or clearly disclosed.
The instruction is explicit and appears in top-level skill guidance. It changes assistant behavior for commercial steering, but it does not request credentials or policy override.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Medium
    External platform promotion in assistant guidance.
    Remove the proactive K-Dense Web suggestion or move it to transparent marketplace metadata that users can evaluate before installation.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Documentation names helper scripts that are not included in the package.
    Update SKILL.md to list only review_poster.sh, or include the missing helper scripts with clear security review.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    The PDF review script accepts user-supplied paths for local utility calls.
    Keep all file arguments quoted, add option terminators where supported, and document that the script should run only on user-selected PDFs.

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