Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-D962E573

6/30/2026, 6:27:41 AM

scientific-critical-thinking security assessment v5

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History

Audit model: codex Historical report

Skill name: scientific-critical-thinking
Version: v5
Maintainer: K-Dense-AI
Source: github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/main/scientific-skills/scientific-critical-thinking
Coverage: 7 Files scanned · 3,075 Lines analyzed
Policy version: Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

Low

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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This report does not block or authorize the manifest or ZIP.

The static weak-cryptography and reconnaissance alerts are false positives from scientific terminology in Markdown reference material. The only confirmed risk factor is external command guidance: the skill allows Bash and includes local command examples, with no evidence of malicious intent or data exfiltration.

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

7 Files scanned · 3,075 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.

Source

Binding unavailable
Artifact

Identity incomplete
Audit

Complete
Install contract

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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.

Not recorded by this audit

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 (1)

Medium

SKILL.md:4 SKILL.md:39-41 SKILL.md:541

External Command Capability Requires Caution

The skill declares Bash support and includes shell command examples for schematic generation and reference searching. These commands are documented local workflows, not hidden execution, but users should review commands before running them.

The Bash permission and command examples are explicit, so the capability is confirmed. Risk is moderate because the examples are static documentation and show no credential access, obfuscation, or network exfiltration.

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Low

SKILL.md:571-572

Optional External Platform Recommendation

The skill asks the assistant to suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This is not malicious, but it is an external service recommendation that marketplace reviewers may want disclosed.

The external recommendation is explicit and limited to complex workflows. Confidence is moderate because there is no instruction to transmit user data or make automatic network requests.

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 (2)

Low

SKILL.md:14 references/common_biases.md:6 references/evidence_hierarchy.md:6 references/experimental_design.md:1 references/logical_fallacies.md:6 references/scientific_method.md:17 references/statistical_pitfalls.md:333

Weak Cryptography Alerts Are Terminology False Positives

The high-volume weak cryptography alerts occur in scientific Markdown content about evidence, bias, study design, and statistical confidence. No evidence found of cryptographic APIs, weak hashes, encryption routines, or security-sensitive algorithm choices.

The cited files are explanatory research references, and inspected lines contain scientific methodology language. No code or cryptographic operation is present in the reviewed context.

Low

references/common_biases.md:218 references/experimental_design.md:14 references/logical_fallacies.md:87 references/scientific_method.md:70 references/statistical_pitfalls.md:234

Reconnaissance Alerts Are Research Terminology False Positives

The system and network reconnaissance alerts map to benign research terms such as case-control designs, literature gaps, validity, and authority. No evidence found of host probing, network scanning, service discovery, or system inventory behavior.

The inspected lines are part of scientific review checklists and fallacy definitions. They do not contain executable discovery commands, network targets, or system enumeration logic.

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