esm
4 findings (4 high), mainly command injection. Most recent scan 2026-10-21.
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
Independent static run, no language model, over the same files as the Cisco scan above. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
Uses the Biohub esm Python SDK for ESM3 protein generation, ESMC embeddings, and ESMFold2 all-atom folding. Applies to local model inference and Biohub hosted clients, including former Forge workflows; distinguishes the separate legacy fair-esm distribution.
- Package
- 8 files, 53 KB
- SKILL.md
- 1203 words, 11 sections
- Code
- Python (1)
- License
- MIT license
- Compatibility
- Requires Python 3.12+ and esm 3.4.1.post1. Local pretrained inference needs model weights and sufficient RAM or GPU memory; hosted inference needs network access and ESM_API_KEY. Use an isolated environment, separate from fair-esm.
SKILL.md covers: ESM: protein generation, embeddings, and folding · When to use · Setup and model choice · Workflow · ESM3 completion and fresh structure prediction · A fresh sequence-only prompt prevents old coordinates conditioning the check. · ESMC embeddings with correct residue pooling · Hosted authentication and folding · Scientific checks · Verification and sources · Citing Scientific Agent Skills
Findings
HIGH Python code block uses eval/exec Command Injectionbehavioral
Code block in SKILL.md at line 109 contains potentially dangerous Python code.
SKILL.md:109
model = EsmcForMaskedLM.from_pretrained("biohub/ESMC-300M", device="cpu").eval()HIGH Python code block uses eval/exec Command Injectionbehavioral
Code block in references/biohub-platform.md at line 77 contains potentially dangerous Python code.
references/biohub-platform.md:77
model = EsmFold2Model.from_pretrained("biohub/ESMFold2", device="cuda").eval()HIGH Python code block uses eval/exec Command Injectionbehavioral
Code block in references/esm-c-api.md at line 15 contains potentially dangerous Python code.
references/esm-c-api.md:15
model = EsmcForMaskedLM.from_pretrained("biohub/ESMC-300M", device="cpu").eval()HIGH Python code block uses eval/exec Command Injectionbehavioral
Code block in references/esm-c-api.md at line 68 contains potentially dangerous Python code.
references/esm-c-api.md:68
)).eval()What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 10 KB |
references/biohub-platform.md | doc | 5.3 KB |
references/esm-c-api.md | doc | 6.5 KB |
references/esm3-api.md | doc | 6.5 KB |
references/forge-api.md | doc | 6.9 KB |
references/review.md | doc | 5.9 KB |
references/workflows.md | doc | 7.1 KB |
scripts/esm_embeddings.py | script | 4.6 KB |
External hosts referenced
github.com biohub.ai huggingface.co scikit-learn.org pypi.org arxiv.org biohub.org doi.org export.arxiv.org
Hostnames that appear in the skill's files. Referencing a host is not a finding; compare against the findings above and the skill's stated purpose.
Environment variables referenced
ESM_API_KEY
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit 593377bb0487. The scan above ran against the version current at scan time; the two can differ if the skill has since been updated.
What we checked
- Static analyzer. Pattern rules over SKILL.md and bundled files: known-bad commands, exfiltration URLs, secrets, obfuscation.
- Bytecode analyzer.
- Pipeline analyzer.
- Correlation analyzer.
- Behavioral analyzer. Checks what the skill asks the agent to do against what its description claims it does.
- Trigger analyzer. Looks for instructions that fire on conditions the user did not ask for.
What we did not check
- Runtime behaviour. The skill was not executed; findings come from reading its files.
- Anything fetched at install or run time, including remote scripts, package dependencies, and URLs the skill tells the agent to open.
- Content the analyzers cannot read: images, binaries, and some non-English text.
- Known scanner bypass classes. See the methodology and limitations page.
Sources
- Repository: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Raw scan result: skills-esm-scan.json
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