azure-upgrade
Verdict safe, but 3 findings (3 medium), mainly data exfiltration, unauthorized tool use. Most recent scan 2026-10-22.
Second scanner: NVIDIA SkillSpector
The two scanners disagree: Cisco found nothing and SkillSpector says do not install. One of them has a blind spot here; read the skill before trusting either. How the two scanners compare across the whole corpus: Two scanners, one corpus.
What this skill does
Assess and upgrade Azure workloads between plans, tiers, or SKUs, or modernize Azure SDK dependencies in source code. WHEN: upgrade Consumption to Flex Consumption, upgrade Azure Functions plan, change hosting plan, function app SKU, migrate App Service to Container Apps, modernize legacy Azure Java SDKs (com.microsoft.azure to com.azure), migrate Azure Cache for Redis (ACR/ACRE) to Azure Managed Redis (AMR).
- Package
- 50 files, 331 KB
- SKILL.md
- 1007 words, 8 sections
- Code
- Python (1)
- License
- MIT
- Compatibility
- python3.10+
SKILL.md covers: Azure Upgrade · Triggers · Rules · Upgrade Scenarios · MCP Tools · Steps · References · Next
Findings
MEDIUM Undeclared network usage Unauthorized Tool Usestatic
Skill code uses network libraries but doesn't declare network requirement
SKILL.md
MEDIUM Outbound network request primitives that can transmit data externally Data Exfiltrationstatic
Pattern detected: urllib.request.urlopen(
references/languages/java/scripts/upgrade_bom.py:82
with urllib.request.urlopen(BOM_POM_URL, timeout=HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) as response:MEDIUM Bash: tainted data flows to dangerous sink Data Exfiltrationbehavioral
Variable $runFromPackage (line 2) flows to `curl` at line 4.
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/deployment-package.md:15
curl --fail --location --silent --show-error --output "$UPGRADE_DIR/source-package.zip" "$runFromPackage"What is in the package
50 files, 331 KB. Show the list.
| File | Kind | Size |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | doc | 8.7 KB |
references/global-rules.md | doc | 4.5 KB |
references/workflow-details.md | doc | 2.1 KB |
references/languages/java/INSTRUCTION.md | doc | 11 KB |
references/languages/java/README.md | doc | 3.0 KB |
references/services/redis/redis-to-amr.md | doc | 7.5 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-gradle-settings.md | doc | 6.7 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-gradle-toml.md | doc | 2.7 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-gradle.md | doc | 5.1 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-maven.md | doc | 4.7 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-migration.md | doc | 4.2 KB |
references/languages/java/bom-migration/bom-validation.md | doc | 1.5 KB |
references/languages/java/package-specific/com.microsoft.azure.eventprocessorhost.md | doc | 5.5 KB |
references/languages/java/package-specific/com.microsoft.azure.management.md | doc | 9.5 KB |
references/languages/java/rules/efficiency.md | doc | 265 B |
references/languages/java/rules/execution-guidelines.md | doc | 1.0 KB |
references/languages/java/rules/review-code-changes.md | doc | 541 B |
references/languages/java/rules/troubleshooting.md | doc | 2.5 KB |
references/languages/java/rules/upgrade-strategy.md | doc | 1.4 KB |
references/languages/java/rules/upgrade-success-criteria.md | doc | 686 B |
references/languages/java/scripts/upgrade_bom.py | script | 20 KB |
references/languages/java/templates/PLAN_TEMPLATE.md | doc | 9.4 KB |
references/languages/java/templates/PROGRESS_TEMPLATE.md | doc | 9.1 KB |
references/languages/java/templates/SUMMARY_TEMPLATE.md | doc | 8.6 KB |
references/languages/java/workflow/phase-1-precheck.md | doc | 2.3 KB |
references/languages/java/workflow/phase-2-plan.md | doc | 2.9 KB |
references/languages/java/workflow/phase-3-execute.md | doc | 2.4 KB |
references/languages/java/workflow/phase-4-summarize.md | doc | 1.1 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/linux/assessment.md | doc | 4.6 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/linux/automation.md | doc | 17 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/linux/workflow.md | doc | 12 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/assessment.md | doc | 6.8 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation.md | doc | 4.1 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/dependency-scan.md | doc | 13 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/progress-tracking.md | doc | 5.2 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/workflow.md | doc | 28 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/access-key-copy.md | doc | 2.5 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/access-key-strategy.md | doc | 2.1 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/app-creation.md | doc | 17 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/app-settings.md | doc | 12 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/built-in-authentication.md | doc | 3.3 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/cleanup-and-rollback.md | doc | 3.2 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/code-deployment.md | doc | 8.6 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/configuration-inventory.md | doc | 7.2 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/deployment-package.md | doc | 6.0 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/discovery-and-assessment.md | doc | 9.1 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/networking-and-storage.md | doc | 3.9 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/site-and-identity.md | doc | 5.0 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/trigger-safety-and-monitoring.md | doc | 12 KB |
references/services/functions/consumption-to-flex/windows/automation/validation-and-cutover.md | doc | 9.7 KB |
External hosts referenced
learn.microsoft.com github.com raw.githubusercontent.com aka.ms docs.openrewrite.org repo1.maven.org maven.apache.org management.azure.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.
Environment variables referenced
TARGET_AZURE_SDK_BOM_VERSION UPGRADE_DIR AZURE_AUTH_LOCATION AZURE_CLIENT_ID AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING AZURE_UPGRADE_DIR DEFAULT_HOST SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_AUTHENTICATION_STRING AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID AZURE_TENANT_ID JAVA_HOME JDK_HOME M2_HOME MAVEN_HOME
Package contents recorded 2026-10-22 at commit f49ac319a7d3. 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.
Scan history
| Date | Verdict | Findings | Change | Analyzers | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFE | 3 | = | static bytecode pipeline correlation behavioral trigger | JSON | |
| SAFE | 3 | first scan | static bytecode pipeline correlation behavioral trigger | JSON |
Sources
- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
- Raw scan result: microsoft-azure-skills-skills-azure-upgrade-scan.json
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