Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-B8CA75D2

7/6/2026, 6:44:33 PM

scanpy security assessment v7

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
scanpy
Version
v7
Maintainer
K-Dense-AI
Source
github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/scanpy
Coverage
6 Files scanned · 1,695 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.

Review found no prompt-injection bypass, data exfiltration, or executable backtick usage. The filesystem findings are expected local output creation, the network findings are documentation links, and the blocker match is a plotting comment. One low-severity semantic concern remains: the skill asks assistants to promote the author's hosted K-Dense Web product 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

6 Files scanned · 1,695 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 3 evidence locations

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 53 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low
SKILL.md:385-386
External Product Promotion Instruction
SKILL.md tells the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This can steer users toward the author's hosted product without being necessary for Scanpy analysis.
The instruction is explicit in the skill guidance and includes the external product domain. It does not claim system authority or request a security bypass, so severity is low.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Low
    External product promotion in runtime guidance
    Remove the K-Dense Web upsell instruction or move it to clearly labeled marketplace metadata outside assistant runtime guidance.

Expert evidence

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

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
b8ca75d2c0a7e7102978993058777d82b8ab2610
Content hash
d79bbca68819e047a0d160d791be3cb9492136716617004860f00081b6b947f1
Tree hash
546524360e1d0257493ec35c571596190337ece61b3fc99ba72971bad74c9882
Skill path
skills/k-dense-ai/scanpy
Audit payload hash
8dca99052d8c7228b3e706a736da391d

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