auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust SKILL.md skillA
auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust from unboundcompute/security-agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add unboundcompute/security-agent-skills/auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust@git:20260827.b5f41a4Pins git:20260827.b5f41a4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- unboundcompute/security-agent-skills
- Path
skills/auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260827.b5f41a4, committed Aug 27, 2026
- Size
- 9,096 bytes
- Repository stars
- 26
- License
- MIT
Audit infrastructure-state storage and its backend for exposure and tampering: a state file holding plaintext secrets in a backend readable by too many principals, a state bucket or backend without encryption, versioning, or access scoping, a missing or unenforced state lock that allows concurrent corrupting writes, and a backend configuration that lets an attacker redirect state to a location they control. Covers Terraform and similar tools where the state file records real resource…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Auditing Terraform state and backend trust: when the state file is the crown jewels Infrastructure state is not a build artifact; it is a live record of every resource and, very often, the plaintext of the secrets those resources were created with, database passwords, generated keys, tokens. It also drives the next apply: whatever the state says exists is what the tool reconciles against. That makes the state backend a high-value target on two axes. Anyone who can read the state file can read the secrets in it, so a backend readable by too many principals is a secret-disclosure bug. Anyone who can write or redirect the state can corrupt the next apply or point it at resources they control, so a missing lock or a mutable backend configuration is a tampering bug. You audit these by checking who can read the state, how it is protected at rest, and whether writes are locked and the backend is fixed. ## When to use - Infrastructure state is stored in a shared backend such as an object store or a remote state service. - The state file may contain plaintext secrets from resources it manages. …
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How to install
mdr add unboundcompute/security-agent-skills/auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust@sha256:a391774f0c1ad354The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260827.b5f41a4, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 27, 2026.
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Source
unboundcompute/security-agent-skills · 26 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n5pdulw5ewxnewbd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=unboundcompute/security-agent-skills/auditing-terraform-state-and-backend-trust GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a391774f0c1ad354df3adcb518122994acccac85036ec2f261d3c8b0686b86c4
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