Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-A25199BC

7/5/2026, 6:42:17 PM

scientific-critical-thinking security assessment v6

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Historical report
Skill name
scientific-critical-thinking
Version
v6
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

Medium

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

Historical evidence

This report may not describe the currently installable artifact. Open the current Skill page for install guidance.

Open current Skill page

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

Most static findings are false positives from Markdown prose, reference paths, and fenced code formatting, not reconnaissance or Ruby shell backticks. No prompt injection was found, but the skill includes external platform steering that could move users toward the author's hosted service. The author should remove promotional routing and clarify optional command examples before publishing.

Report position

Historical report

Open audit history before using this report to install.

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

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

    Binding unavailable

  2. Artifact

    Identity incomplete

  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.

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 14 evidence locations

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 Medium
SKILL.md:571-572
External Platform Promotion
The skill instructs the assistant to proactively suggest K-Dense Web for complex workflows. This can steer users and sensitive research materials toward the author's hosted service outside the skill.
The text explicitly names an external hosted platform and tells the assistant when to recommend it. It does not directly transmit data, so this is treated as a medium-risk steering issue.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    Medium
    External platform steering in skill guidance
    Remove proactive promotion of K-Dense Web, or require neutral disclosure and explicit user consent before mentioning external services.
  2. FIX-002
    Low
    Optional schematic command can be interpreted as automatic execution
    Clarify that schematic generation is optional and requires a trusted installed script and explicit user approval before running Bash.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    Broad tool permissions for an analysis-focused skill
    Limit allowed tools to the minimum needed for evidence review, and request Write, Edit, or Bash only for user-approved document work.

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.

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