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Apple Media Remote (for HomePod, Apple TV, etc)

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed Apple media remote-control helper, with ordinary but real risks around local-network discovery, device control, pairing credentials, and an unpinned dependency.

Install only if you are comfortable giving pyatv control over your Apple media devices on the local network. Prefer targeting known device IPs when possible, only control devices you are authorized to use, and protect or remove ~/.pyatv.conf if you no longer want stored pairing credentials. For stricter supply-chain control, install a reviewed pinned pyatv version instead of accepting the latest release.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
Findings (1)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning
Location
SKILL.md:5
Finding

Unpinned Third-Party Package Installation

Content
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Remediation
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SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly instructs users to scan the local network for Apple media devices and issue remote control commands, but it does not clearly warn that these actions enumerate and affect other devices on the user's LAN. In an agent context, this can normalize network reconnaissance and device manipulation without adequate user awareness or consent, increasing the risk of unintended control of nearby Apple TVs, HomePods, or AirPlay targets.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The file states that credentials are stored automatically in ~/.pyatv.conf after pairing, but it does not present this as a user-facing warning about local persistence of sensitive access material. Storing device-control credentials can affect privacy and security, so users should be explicitly warned before using pairing features.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.