AI Agent Skill Threat Landscape

Date: 2026-04-14 Audited by ClawSec

Analysis of 20857 threats detected across 2132 audited skills.

Threats by Severity

Severity Count %
CRITICAL 1149 6%
HIGH 5770 28%
MEDIUM 4360 21%
LOW 9578 46%

Top 15 Threat Types

Threat Count Severity
LLM Semantic Detection 15312 LOW
Dynamic Code Evaluation 2064 HIGH
Startup Failure (non-executable) 1819 LOW
Outbound Data Transfer 767 HIGH
Hidden Command Execution 330 MEDIUM
Private Key Extraction 109 CRITICAL
Environment Variable Exfiltration 107 CRITICAL
Base64 Encoded Payload 62 HIGH
Remote Script Execution 55 CRITICAL
Execution Crash 30 MEDIUM
Shell RC Modification 24 HIGH
Cron Job Installation 22 HIGH
Obfuscated Code 21 MEDIUM
Systemd Service Installation 19 HIGH
Cryptocurrency Wallet Access 19 CRITICAL

Threats by Verdict

Verdict Threats Avg Threats/Skill
MALICIOUS 2024 12.0
SUSPICIOUS 10930 10.5
SAFE 7872 8.6

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