Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-47A07007

6/30/2026, 6:24:12 AM

market-research-reports security assessment v5

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
market-research-reports
Version
v5
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/market-research-reports
Coverage
9 Files scanned · 6,622 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Medium

2 confirmed security findings require attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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Static analysis reported many critical and high patterns, but most are false positives from LaTeX syntax, Markdown examples, and market sizing terms. The confirmed concern is operational: the visual generation helper invokes local Python tools and writes to a user-supplied output directory, so publication should include a filesystem 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

9 Files scanned · 6,622 Lines analyzed

2 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

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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.

Observed in 1 evidence location

Network access

May connect to external services.

Not recorded by this audit

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 2 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 2 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (2)

RISK-001 Medium
scripts/generate_market_visuals.py:410-445scripts/generate_market_visuals.py:363-367
User-Controlled Output Directory Writes
The helper script accepts --output-dir, creates that directory, and writes generated images there. This is legitimate report generation behavior, but it can write outside the workspace if the user supplies an unsafe path.
The file write behavior is clear and tied to user-controlled path input. Confidence is not higher because the action is expected for this reporting skill and does not show malicious intent.
RISK-002 Medium
scripts/generate_market_visuals.py:344-380
Local External Tool Invocation
The helper script calls local scientific-schematics and generate-image Python scripts with subprocess.run. The command uses an argument array and no shell, so command injection is unlikely, but it executes additional local tooling.
The subprocess call is confirmed, but the implementation avoids shell=True and uses fixed tool paths. The remaining risk is dependency behavior and filesystem side effects.

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 (4)
Low
assets/FORMATTING_GUIDE.md:39-44SKILL.md:62-85
Static External Command Alerts Are Mostly Documentation
Many external command alerts point to Markdown code fences, inline LaTeX names, and example shell commands. These are documentation examples, not Ruby backtick execution.
Representative lines show Markdown or LaTeX examples. I did not find Ruby backtick execution in the reviewed context.
Low
assets/market_report_template.tex:322-333SKILL.md:48-50
Static SAM Alerts Are Market Terminology
Critical sensitive-data alerts for SAM refer to Serviceable Addressable Market in the TAM/SAM/SOM framework. No evidence found for Windows SAM database access.
The cited text defines market-sizing terms and generated visual labels. No Windows credential store paths or access behavior were found.
Low
assets/market_report_template.tex:37-49SKILL.md:712-723
Static Path Traversal Alerts Are LaTeX Figure Paths
The reported ../ sequences are hardcoded LaTeX figure references in templates. They are not used to read arbitrary user-supplied files.
The lines are template paths for figures and report assets. They are still worth noting because generated reports may include parent-directory image references.
Low
SKILL.md:1-8
No Prompt Injection Evidence Found
Searched the listed skill files for common prompt-injection phrases and claims of special authority. No evidence found.
The scan found no matching prompt-injection phrases in the reviewed files. Confidence is limited by semantic review scope, but no suspicious instruction block was observed.

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