Versioned security assessment

Report ID: SA-9F814FC6

7/7/2026, 3:38:16 AM

service-mesh-observability security assessment v4

Skill Security Certification Report

Audit History
Audit model: codex Latest published report
Skill name
service-mesh-observability
Version
v4
Maintainer
sickn33
Coverage
1 Files scanned · 396 Lines analyzed
Policy version
Unavailable

Highest confirmed finding severity

High

1 confirmed security finding requires attention.

Installation context

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Open current Skill page

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

Most static external command findings are Markdown formatting false positives, and the hardcoded documentation or in-cluster URLs are benign examples. The OpenTelemetry template binds telemetry ports to 0.0.0.0, and the Kiali template uses anonymous authentication with broad namespace visibility. No prompt injection text or malicious exfiltration intent was found.

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

1 Files scanned · 396 Lines analyzed

5 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

    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 11 evidence locations

Filesystem access

May read or write local files.

Observed in 1 evidence location

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 18 evidence locations

Capability review items (4)
Medium
Hardcoded IP address
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
The OpenTelemetry template binds a receiver or exporter to 0.0.0.0, which exposes telemetry endpoints on all container interfaces if deployed without network controls. This can be legitimate in Kubernetes, but it needs explicit access restrictions.
Medium
Hardcoded IP address
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
The OpenTelemetry template binds a receiver or exporter to 0.0.0.0, which exposes telemetry endpoints on all container interfaces if deployed without network controls. This can be legitimate in Kubernetes, but it needs explicit access restrictions.
Medium
Hardcoded IP address
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9411
The OpenTelemetry template binds a receiver or exporter to 0.0.0.0, which exposes telemetry endpoints on all container interfaces if deployed without network controls. This can be legitimate in Kubernetes, but it needs explicit access restrictions.
Medium
Hardcoded IP address
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:8889
The OpenTelemetry template binds a receiver or exporter to 0.0.0.0, which exposes telemetry endpoints on all container interfaces if deployed without network controls. This can be legitimate in Kubernetes, but it needs explicit access restrictions.

Risk findings

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

Confirmed security concerns (1)

RISK-001 High
Insecure Kiali Dashboard Configuration
The Kiali template sets anonymous authentication and grants visibility across all namespaces. If deployed as written, it can expose mesh topology and workload metadata to unauthorized users.
The YAML explicitly sets auth.strategy to anonymous and accessible_namespaces to ** in the same Kiali configuration block. This is a clear insecure default for shared or production clusters.

Remediation

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

  1. FIX-001
    High
    Kiali is configured with anonymous authentication and cluster-wide namespace visibility.
    Use token or OpenID authentication and limit accessible_namespaces to the required namespaces only.
  2. FIX-002
    Medium
    OpenTelemetry receivers and exporter bind to 0.0.0.0 in the example configuration.
    Add guidance to expose these ports only inside the cluster and protect them with Kubernetes NetworkPolicy or equivalent controls.
  3. FIX-003
    Low
    The Linkerd install example pipes generated manifests directly into kubectl apply.
    Recommend version pinning and reviewing generated manifests before applying them to a cluster.

Expert evidence

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

Artifact subject

Marketplace commit
9f814fc6a43fd99946f2da5e0df231c65a38bc76
Content hash
55a9dfff8e9092a8165e61e8a8f07eb590b4f831d77a9b5c6349a3e99f6136dc
Tree hash
dfaa4f4e2185fed8973dbf45e9fc365ef2716945e3338cdeaaa9116cee398c76
Skill path
skills/sickn33/service-mesh-observability
Audit payload hash
39901735b609c06cc152ca2a633189e3

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

The manifest and lockfile bind install artifacts to cryptographic hashes. This integrity claim is separate from the security assessment.

Audit attestation: not_attestable