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Security audit

AI News Feed API

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward guide for querying an AI news API, with expected use of a user-provided RapidAPI key and no hidden execution or persistence behavior.

Before installing, be aware that this skill sends requests to a third-party RapidAPI service and uses your RapidAPI key. Store the key securely, avoid pasting it into shared chats or logs, and use the skill when you specifically want AI news from this feed rather than general AI strategy advice.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The manifest description says to use the skill when the user asks about 'AI news, trending AI topics, what's happening in AI/ML, or wants to build news-powered features.' Several of these triggers are broad and lack exclusion conditions, which can cause the skill to activate for general brainstorming or analysis requests that are not specifically about querying this API.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs users to provide and transmit their RapidAPI key in outbound requests to a third-party service, but it does not clearly warn that the key is a secret, that requests leave the local environment, or that the key must never be exposed in prompts, logs, or shared outputs. In an agent setting, this can lead to inadvertent credential disclosure or unsafe handling of user secrets when interacting with external services.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
79% confidence
Finding

The example Post object shows summary and description in Chinese, while the surrounding schema does not clearly indicate that this locale was explicitly user-selected in the example. Since language/locale policy violations apply to all file types, this can suggest a forced language output pattern unless the user has opted in.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.