AI Agent Skill Threat Landscape

Date: 2026-03-28 Audited by ClawSec

Analysis of 13586 threats detected across 1403 audited skills.

Threats by Severity

Severity Count %
CRITICAL 601 4%
HIGH 3725 27%
MEDIUM 2664 20%
LOW 6596 49%

Top 15 Threat Types

Threat Count Severity
LLM Semantic Detection 9870 LOW
Startup Failure (non-executable) 1402 LOW
Dynamic Code Evaluation 1353 HIGH
Outbound Data Transfer 459 HIGH
Hidden Command Execution 234 MEDIUM
Environment Variable Exfiltration 60 CRITICAL
Private Key Extraction 48 CRITICAL
Base64 Encoded Payload 34 HIGH
Remote Script Execution 33 CRITICAL
Systemd Service Installation 14 HIGH
Cron Job Installation 14 HIGH
Shell RC Modification 13 HIGH
Obfuscated Code 12 MEDIUM
Webhook Data Send 9 MEDIUM
SSH Key Access 8 HIGH

Threats by Verdict

Verdict Threats Avg Threats/Skill
MALICIOUS 1146 11.7
SUSPICIOUS 6974 10.4
SAFE 5450 8.6

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