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Security audit

scraping-youtube-trending-videos

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward YouTube trending-data scraper that clearly uses Apify and does not show hidden or destructive behavior.

Install only if you are comfortable using Apify for this workflow and providing an APIFY_TOKEN to run the actor. Set the country and language parameters to match your needs, and avoid putting secrets or private data into optional inputs such as custom transformation code.

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 (3)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
### REST API fallback

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}'
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
### REST API fallback

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}'
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding
The inputs set `gl` default to `us` and `hl` default to `en`, and the run examples also hard-code those locale values. For a skill policy review, this can be read as steering output to a specific language/locale without noting opt-in, alternatives, or a region-specific justification.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.