T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices
- Location
references/auth-setup.md:60- Finding
Authentication credentials are written to insufficiently protected temporary files
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This YouTube transcript skill is mostly purpose-aligned, but its setup flow asks the agent to handle and persist long-lived API credentials too broadly.
Install only if you are comfortable giving this skill a TranscriptOut API key and letting it send YouTube queries, video IDs, channel names, playlist IDs, and signup/auth data to TranscriptOut. Prefer creating the account and key yourself in the browser, store the key in a dedicated secret manager rather than a global shell profile, and avoid bulk jobs unless you intend to spend the listed credits.
references/auth-setup.md:60Authentication credentials are written to insufficiently protected temporary files
references/auth-setup.md:8API key persistence is overbroad and lacks mandatory secret-storage controls
The skill’s invocation description is broad enough to trigger on generic research, summary, quote, or translation requests, causing the agent to route unrelated user content to this external YouTube/transcript service. That increases the chance of unnecessary third-party data transmission and unexpected API-key use, even when the user did not explicitly ask for YouTube handling.
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
## API Reference
Base URL: `https://api.transcriptout.com/v1`. Full reference with the latest parameters and schemas: [transcriptout.com/docs](https://transcriptout.com/docs).
## Transcript · 1 credit