Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-F50B54F0

6/30/2026, 5:56:14 AM

peer-review security assessment v6

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
peer-review
Version
v6
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/peer-review
Coverage
3 Files scanned · 1,415 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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Static analysis reported many high-risk weak-cryptography and reconnaissance patterns, but review showed these are false positives from scientific review terminology and reference links. The remaining concern is legitimate but elevated: this community skill allows Bash and includes local Python command examples for schematic generation and slide conversion, so users should review commands before execution.

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

3 Files scanned · 1,415 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

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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.

Not recorded by this audit

Network access

May connect to external services.

Observed in 13 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

Capability review items (2)
Medium
SKILL.md:4SKILL.md:39-41SKILL.md:400-404
Bash-Enabled Workflow Examples
The skill declares Bash as an allowed tool and includes command examples that run local Python scripts for schematic generation and PDF-to-image conversion. This is not malicious, but it increases risk because a community skill may cause command execution against user-provided files.
The command examples and Bash permission are directly visible. Confidence is not higher because the examples target local workflow helpers and do not show exfiltration or destructive behavior.
Low
references/reporting_standards.md:20references/reporting_standards.md:36references/reporting_standards.md:53references/reporting_standards.md:187
Reference URLs Flagged as Network Activity
The hardcoded URLs are citations to reporting standards such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, and other scientific guidelines. They are documentation references, not network requests or hidden callbacks.
The lines contain plain reference links only. No code path, fetch call, credential access, or automated network behavior was found.

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
references/common_issues.md:28references/reporting_standards.md:44SKILL.md:347
Reconnaissance Alerts Are Scientific Review Language
The system and network reconnaissance alerts are caused by benign phrases about statistical tests, search strategy, scanner parameters, and review workflows. No evidence found of host enumeration, port scanning, or network discovery instructions.
The cited lines are peer-review guidance and reporting checklist language. No reconnaissance tooling or operational discovery workflow was present.

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:3references/common_issues.md:65references/reporting_standards.md:10
Weak Cryptography Alerts Are Terminology False Positives
The high-severity weak-cryptography alerts correspond to peer-review terms such as methods, design, confidence intervals, controls, and reporting standards. No cryptographic API, hash routine, cipher selection, or password handling was found.
Manual review found checklist prose, not crypto implementation. The evidence supports a false-positive assessment across the sampled flagged 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