Caveat verdict

ali-esa-acme-ssl-skill

acme-ssl-automation-for-alibaba-cloud-esa-dns

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🟠 Risky
Significant risk patterns flagged — automated deep scan, not behavioral proof.

The skill executes acme.sh and interacts with Alibaba Cloud ESA DNS, which could potentially be risky if not properly validated.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

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security
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transparency
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maintenance

Findings (7)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · TOKEN='YOUR_STS_TOKEN

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

esa_acme_issue.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

esa_acme_issue.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

esa_acme_issue.py · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

evals/evals.json · prose · downgraded · got

Pattern match low

Sets world-executable permissions

install_cron.sh · prose · downgraded · chmod 700

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 4 environment variables. (1 sensitive: ALIBABACLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET). Requires 3 system binaries.

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