Browser Use Pro

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed browser automation helper, but it can control logged-in browser sessions and send page context to an LLM, so users should run it with tight limits.

Install only if you are comfortable letting an agent automate browser workflows. Use a dedicated browser profile, restrict allowed domains, keep API keys in environment variables, disable vision when secrets are visible, review generated scripts before running them, and require explicit confirmation before posting, purchasing, submitting forms, or changing account data.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (1)

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The documentation asserts the skill will not silently connect to running browsers, but the provided CDP example can attach to any Chrome instance already exposing localhost:9222, regardless of how it was started. In a browser automation skill, attaching to an existing authenticated browser session can expose cookies, active sessions, and sensitive page contents, making the misleading safety claim materially risky.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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