azure-mgmt-apicenter-py
Verdict safe, but 1 finding (1 medium), mainly resource abuse. Most recent scan 2026-02-05.
This Azure API Center Management SDK skill is a legitimate documentation/tutorial package for Azure API management operations. The skill contains NO malicious code, data exfiltration attempts, prompt injection, or credential theft. It is primarily instructional content showing how to use the official Azure SDK. The security findings are limited to supply chain hygiene (unpinned dependencies), documentation completeness (missing manifest fields, incomplete code example), and operational guidance (environment variable validation). These are LOW to MEDIUM severity issues related to best practices rather than active threats. The skill is SAFE for use but would benefit from improved dependency management and documentation completeness.
Scanner's overall assessment (LLM analyzer)
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
SkillSpector found no issues but could not fully inspect the package, usually because SKILL.md refers to a file that is not present, so it fails closed to CAUTION instead of SAFE. Read it as "not fully checked", not as a finding. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
Azure API Center Management SDK for Python. Use for managing API inventory, metadata, and governance across your organization. Triggers: "azure-mgmt-apicenter", "ApiCenterMgmtClient", "API Center", "API inventory", "API governance".
- Package
- 2 files, 27 KB
- SKILL.md
- 473 words, 12+ sections
- Code
- None. Instructions only.
SKILL.md covers: Azure API Center Management SDK for Python · Installation · Environment Variables · Authentication · Create API Center · List API Centers · Register an API · Create API Version · Add API Definition · Import API Specification · Import from inline content · List APIs
Findings
MEDIUM Unpinned Package Dependencies Without Version Control Resource Abusellm
The skill instructs installation of 'azure-mgmt-apicenter' and 'azure-identity' packages without specifying version pins. This creates a supply chain risk where future malicious or breaking versions could be automatically installed, potentially introducing vulnerabilities or breaking functionality. The installation commands use 'pip install' without version constraints (e.g., ==1.2.3 or ~=1.2).
SKILL.md
```bash
pip install azure-mgmt-apicenter
pip install azure-identity
```What is in the package
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 6.2 KB |
references/acceptance-criteria.md | doc | 21 KB |
External hosts referenced
portal.azure.com github.com
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.
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit cfbcbbdc679c. 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.
- Behavioral analyzer. Checks what the skill asks the agent to do against what its description claims it does.
- Llm analyzer. A language model reads the skill and reports intent-level issues the rules cannot express.
- Trigger analyzer. Looks for instructions that fire on conditions the user did not ask for.
- Meta analyzer. A second model pass that validates, deduplicates and re-scores the other analyzers' findings.
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/microsoft/agent-skills
- Raw scan result: github-skills-azure-mgmt-apicenter-py-scan.json
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