DC implementing-ebpf-security-monitoring
Implements eBPF-based security monitoring using Cilium Tetragon for real-time process execution tracking, network connection observability, file access auditing, and runtime enforcement. Covers TracingPolicy CRD authoring with kprobe/tracepoint hooks, in-kernel filtering via matchArgs/matchBinaries selectors, JSON event export, and integration with SIEM pipelines. Use when building kernel-level runtime security observability for Linux hosts or Kubernetes clusters.
Implements eBPF-based security monitoring using Cilium Tetragon for real-time process execution tracking, network connection observability, file access…
As a process C 53/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, failures and branches
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.
Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.
How to improve
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 19
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 19
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerscripts/agent.py:47Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (string literal in code, not executed)"xmrig",
code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerscripts/agent.py:48Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (string literal in code, not executed)"minerd",
code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerscripts/agent.py:49Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (string literal in code, not executed)"cpuminer",
code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerscripts/agent.py:53Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (string literal in code, not executed)"ethminer",
code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerscripts/agent.py:54Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (string literal in code, not executed)"nbminer",
code literal -
medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencescripts/agent.py:329Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (string literal in code, not executed)"/etc/cron.d/",
code literal -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegereferences/api-reference.md:57Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)| `__sys_setuid` | false | Privilege escalation (setuid) |
security skill -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securityreferences/api-reference.md:57Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)| `__sys_setuid` | false | Privilege escalation (setuid) |
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cryptominerreferences/api-reference.md:82Installs or runs a cryptocurrency miner on the user's machine (documentation table row; documentation of a security skill)| `Postfix` | String suffix | `values: ["xmrig"]` |
tablesecurity skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegescripts/agent.py:160Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (detector / deny-list definition; string literal in code, not executed)"""Generate a TracingPolicy for detecting setuid(0) and commit_creds calls."""
detectorcode literal -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeSKILL.md:93Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo cp tetragon /usr/local/bin/
security skill -
low Dangerous commands
cmd-privilegeSKILL.md:94Privilege escalation / world-writable permissions (documentation of a security skill)sudo cp tetra /usr/local/bin/
security skill -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securitySKILL.md:200Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)### 6. Author TracingPolicy for Privilege Escalation Detection
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low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securitySKILL.md:202Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)Detect setuid/setgid calls that may indicate privilege escalation:
detector -
low Risky intent
intent-offensive-securitySKILL.md:309Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)### Detect Reverse Shell Connections
detector
A further 4 matches are quotations in this security skill's documentation and are not counted as findings.
Files scanned: 4. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "domain" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "subdomain" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "nist_ai_rmf" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "atlas_techniques" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "nist_csf" - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "mitre_attack"
Process rating: all ten parameters 53/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 7 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 12 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2118 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- -41 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
- -31 of 1 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 468: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 17 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 12 items
- +4Has examples (15 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 75.