AI Agent Skill Threat Landscape

Date: 2026-04-10 Audited by ClawSec

Analysis of 20813 threats detected across 2105 audited skills.

Threats by Severity

Severity Count %
CRITICAL 1052 5%
HIGH 5825 28%
MEDIUM 4178 20%
LOW 9758 47%

Top 15 Threat Types

Threat Count Severity
LLM Semantic Detection 15201 LOW
Dynamic Code Evaluation 2018 HIGH
Startup Failure (non-executable) 1947 LOW
Outbound Data Transfer 765 HIGH
Hidden Command Execution 342 MEDIUM
Private Key Extraction 107 CRITICAL
Environment Variable Exfiltration 107 CRITICAL
Base64 Encoded Payload 58 HIGH
Remote Script Execution 54 CRITICAL
Execution Crash 26 MEDIUM
Shell RC Modification 24 HIGH
Cron Job Installation 22 HIGH
Obfuscated Code 20 MEDIUM
Systemd Service Installation 19 HIGH
Cryptocurrency Wallet Access 19 CRITICAL

Threats by Verdict

Verdict Threats Avg Threats/Skill
MALICIOUS 2065 12.0
SUSPICIOUS 10744 10.6
SAFE 7988 8.7

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