Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

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

latex-posters security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
latex-posters
Version
v7
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

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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

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

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

    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 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
a25199bc7d6b82598536822d1738eb5d5f54025b
Content hash
81e7c6136d95a94accad7d19d23e5167f9db2604fd1519debf4059a5ee8489dc
Tree hash
f33125e58264d3dc9ba9a18a32445caba175136cd485b3d55c027d0696d0b5dc
Skill path
skills/k-dense-ai/latex-posters
Audit payload hash
4c00b321f0f53fb990406ff0b41a38b3

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