AI Agent Skill Threat Landscape

Date: 2026-05-13 Audited by ClawSec

Analysis of 22141 threats detected across 2274 audited skills.

Threats by Severity

Severity Count %
CRITICAL 1348 6%
HIGH 6065 27%
MEDIUM 4767 22%
LOW 9961 45%

Top 15 Threat Types

Threat Count Severity
LLM Semantic Detection 16349 LOW
Dynamic Code Evaluation 2239 HIGH
Startup Failure (non-executable) 1820 LOW
Outbound Data Transfer 803 HIGH
Hidden Command Execution 329 MEDIUM
Private Key Extraction 111 CRITICAL
Environment Variable Exfiltration 109 CRITICAL
Base64 Encoded Payload 65 HIGH
Remote Script Execution 59 CRITICAL
Execution Crash 35 MEDIUM
Shell RC Modification 24 HIGH
Cron Job Installation 23 HIGH
Obfuscated Code 22 MEDIUM
Systemd Service Installation 19 HIGH
Cryptocurrency Wallet Access 19 CRITICAL

Threats by Verdict

Verdict Threats Avg Threats/Skill
MALICIOUS 2083 11.8
SUSPICIOUS 11700 10.4
SAFE 8299 8.6

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