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Poyo Video Upscaler

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a narrowly scoped PoYo video-upscaling helper that clearly discloses its API use and credential requirements.

Install only if you intend to use PoYo's hosted video-upscaler. Keep POYO_API_KEY in a server-side environment or secret manager, review the JSON payload before submission, and avoid sending private video or callback URLs unless that is acceptable for your workflow.

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
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (11)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

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

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 18)May include surrounding context.

Content-Type: application/json

text

Get API keys from <https://poyo.ai/dashboard/api-key>.

Recommended skill env var:

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The skill advertises shell-based execution capability via curl in metadata and explicitly references a submission script, but it does not declare an explicit tool scope such as permissions or allowed-tools. In an agent environment, that ambiguity can permit broader-than-intended shell access or make policy enforcement inconsistent, increasing the risk of unintended command execution or unsafe handling of secrets like POYO_API_KEY.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 46)May include surrounding context.

Submit Example

bash
curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/submit_video_upscaler.sh (reported line 13)May include surrounding context.

sh
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

This shell script performs an HTTP POST to a remote API and transmits the contents of the provided payload file along with an authorization token. There is no confirmation prompt, logging, comment, or docstring in the file warning the user that local data and credentials will be used in a network request.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 3)May include surrounding context.

md
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 5)May include surrounding context.

md
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 6)May include surrounding context.

md
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 47)May include surrounding context.

md
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/api.md (reported line 77)May include surrounding context.

md
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/submit_video_upscaler.sh (reported line 14)May include surrounding context.

sh
payload_file="$1"

curl --fail-with-body --request POST \
  --url "https://api.poyo.ai/api/generate/submit" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${POYO_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @"${payload_file}"

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.