Caveat verdict

smart-updater

88
🟢 Trusted
No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

HITL update manager that scans installed skills, fetches changelogs, and presents upgrade candidates for user approval before acting; no credentials transmitted beyond fetching public package metadata.

⚠ 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.

18
security
100
transparency
90
maintenance

Findings (6)

Pattern match critical

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

references/three-gates.md · code · rm -rf /

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

scripts/upgrade.sh · prose · downgraded · | python3

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/scan.sh · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

scripts/scan.sh · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True

Pattern match medium

os.system/popen — direct OS command execution

scripts/scan.sh · prose · downgraded · os.popen(

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/scan.sh · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Why the tier is capped

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

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

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