Are Claude skills safe in 2026? What the Snyk ToxicSkills audit actually found
The Snyk ToxicSkills audit revealed significant security vulnerabilities in the Claude Code skills ecosystem. The audit found that 13.4% of the scanned skills contained critical-level issues, and 36% had prompt-injection payloads. This raises concerns about the safety of installing skills without reviewing their source code.
- ▪The audit scanned 3,984 skills from ClawHub and skills.sh.
- ▪1,467 distinct malicious payloads were identified in the skills.
- ▪91% of confirmed malware combined natural-language jailbreaks with executable shell payloads.
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