Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-7A52047C

6/30/2026, 7:55:27 AM

appinsights-instrumentation security assessment v2

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History

Audit model: codex Historical report

Skill name: appinsights-instrumentation
Version: v2
Maintainer: microsoft
Source: github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/tree/main/plugin/skills/appinsights-instrumentation/
Coverage: 12 Files scanned · 374 Lines analyzed
Policy version: Unavailable

Confirmed finding summary

No confirmed security findings

The completed audit recorded no confirmed security findings. This is not proof that the Skill has no side effects.

Installation context

Historical evidence

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

Static analysis reported weak cryptography, path traversal, command execution, network, and environment access patterns. Manual review found the weak cryptography and path traversal hits are false positives from Application Insights terminology and relative documentation links. Remaining issues are low-risk operational guidance for Azure CLI commands and Application Insights connection string configuration, with no evidence of prompt injection or malicious 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

12 Files scanned · 374 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.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Not recorded by this audit

Env variables

May read values from the process environment.

Observed in 2 evidence locations

External commands

May invoke commands or programs outside the Skill.

Observed in 6 evidence locations

Capability review items (2)

Low

references/aspnetcore.md:6-8 references/nodejs.md:6-8 references/python.md:6-8

Azure CLI and Package Installation Guidance

The static command-execution findings are documentation examples for installing Azure Monitor packages and configuring Application Insights. They are legitimate for this skill, but users should review commands before execution because they can affect dependencies or cloud configuration.

The commands are static package installation examples for known Azure Monitor libraries. Risk is limited to operational changes if an assistant executes them without user approval.

Low

references/aspnetcore.md:21-24 references/nodejs.md:22-25 references/sdk/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts.md:13-16

Application Insights Connection String Handling

The skill instructs users to set APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING as an environment variable. This is expected for Application Insights, but the value is sensitive configuration and should not be committed or printed in logs.

The reviewed lines show placeholder connection string usage, not exfiltration. The security concern is secret handling hygiene around a real production value.

Risk findings

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

No confirmed security findings were recorded for this completed audit.

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:3-6 examples/appinsights.bicep:1-4 references/aspnetcore.md:19-27

Static Analyzer False Positives Confirmed

Weak cryptography detections are keyword matches against Application Insights text, and path traversal detections are relative links to local reference material. No cryptographic implementation or filesystem traversal behavior was found in the reviewed content.

Manual review confirmed these lines contain product terminology, Bicep parameter descriptions, and local documentation links. They do not implement weak cryptography or filesystem access.

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