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Cosmos Vulnerability Scanner

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trailofbits·vlatest·security·CC-BY-SA-4.0

The Cosmos Vulnerability Scanner analyzes Cosmos SDK smart contracts for potential security flaws, safeguarding your dApp and funds.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill cosmos-vulnerability-scanner -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

trailofbits

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

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  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

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    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned trailofbits/skills at 82fe822625.

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Commit
82fe822625
Manifest
plugins/building-secure-contracts/skills/cosmos-vulnerability-scanner/SKILL.md
Scanned
10 files, 2,722 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The cosmos-vulnerability-scanner skill allows AI agents to identify and report vulnerabilities in Cosmos SDK based blockchain applications. It performs static analysis of code, identifies potential security flaws, and provides detailed reports with remediation suggestions. This helps developers proactively address security risks before deployment.

When to use it

  • Pre-deployment Security Audits: Scan a new or updated Cosmos SDK application before deploying it to testnet or mainnet.
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): Integrate vulnerability scanning into your CI/CD pipeline for automated security checks.
  • Security Research: Analyze existing Cosmos SDK applications to identify potential vulnerabilities and improve overall network security.
  • Code Review Assistance: Supplement manual code reviews by automatically identifying common security patterns.

Key capabilities

  • Static analysis of Cosmos SDK application code
  • Vulnerability identification and reporting
  • Remediation suggestions for identified vulnerabilities
  • Detailed reports with findings and recommendations

Example prompts

  • "Scan this Cosmos SDK repository for vulnerabilities: [repository URL]"
  • "Analyze the validator.go file in my Cosmos app for potential security flaws."
  • "Generate a report detailing all vulnerabilities found in this code."

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires access to the codebase being scanned, either through direct access or a repository URL. The accuracy of the scan depends on the quality and completeness of the source code provided.