Caveat verdict
x2strategy
Quantitative strategy research tool that extracts trading strategies from documents and generates Backtrader code; credential access is for reading environment variables needed for local backtesting, matching stated purpose.
⚠ 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.
Permission integrity
credential_access
Findings (9)
Unicode homoglyph detected — uses lookalike characters to evade pattern matching
examples/pairs_trading_content.json · prose
Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code
SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | python
Possible hardcoded credential
tests/test_real_e2e.py · prose · downgraded · API_KEY="):
os.environ[
Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness
SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · silently
Popular HTTP library — network access
SKILL.md · code · got
Python os.getenv — reads environment variable
paper2spec/config.py · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(
Python urllib.request — network access
paper2spec/search.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable
scripts/analyze.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(
Python shutil file operation — copies/moves/deletes files
tests/test_real_e2e.py · prose · downgraded · shutil.rmtree(
Permissions & capabilities
No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.
credential_access Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.