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setup-service-mesh

Enables secure service-to-service communication and traffic management in Kubernetes with Istio or Linkerd service mesh deployment.

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The setup-service-mesh skill was audited on Mar 3, 2026 and we found 8 security issues across 3 threat categories, including 1 high-severity. Review the findings below before installing.

Categories Tested

Security Issues

high line 60

Piping content to sh shell

SourceSKILL.md
60curl -sL https://run.linkerd.io/install | sh
medium line 53

Curl to non-GitHub URL

SourceSKILL.md
53curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.20.2 sh -
medium line 60

Curl to non-GitHub URL

SourceSKILL.md
60curl -sL https://run.linkerd.io/install | sh
medium line 214

Curl to non-GitHub URL

SourceSKILL.md
214for i in {1..100}; do curl -s http://api.example.com/api/v2 | grep version; done | sort | uniq -c
medium line 131

Webhook reference - potential data exfiltration

SourceSKILL.md
131- Verify mutating webhook is active: `kubectl get mutatingwebhookconfiguration`
low line 53

External URL reference

SourceSKILL.md
53curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.20.2 sh -
low line 60

External URL reference

SourceSKILL.md
60curl -sL https://run.linkerd.io/install | sh
low line 214

External URL reference

SourceSKILL.md
214for i in {1..100}; do curl -s http://api.example.com/api/v2 | grep version; done | sort | uniq -c
Scanned on Mar 3, 2026
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