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Security audit

Crypto Alpha Daily Intelligence

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed crypto-news automation skill with no bundled executable code or hidden behavior, though users should treat scheduling and future account-connected extensions carefully.

Before installing, verify the actual implementation if one is later provided, use scoped API keys, keep scheduled runs opt-in, and require manual approval before enabling any future social posting, messaging, or trading features.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • 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
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (3)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · README.md (reported line 62)May include surrounding context.

md
│
├── index.js # Entry point
├── agent.config.json
├── .env
├── package.json
├── skill.md
└── README.md

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

The README promotes automated scheduling and explicitly proposes future integrations for social posting, broadcast bots, and auto-trading without strong safety guidance, approval gates, or warnings about autonomous actions against external systems. In an agent context, this can normalize deployment of unattended actions that may post content, send messages, or eventually place trades, increasing the risk of account misuse, financial loss, or unintended automation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly describes automatic external news fetching and later scheduled autonomous execution, but it does not disclose network access, data egress, source trust boundaries, or require user acknowledgment. This creates a real security and transparency issue because users may enable a skill that performs unattended outbound requests and consumes untrusted remote content, which can lead to privacy, compliance, cost, or downstream prompt/content-manipulation risks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.