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Notion Integration

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is a straightforward Notion API integration, but it warrants review because it can modify and archive workspace content while relying on a long-lived Notion token without strong safeguards.

Install only if you are comfortable giving the agent access to the Notion pages/databases you share with the integration. Use the narrowest Notion sharing scope possible, protect the token as a secret, and require a preview plus explicit confirmation before updates, comments, or archiving pages.

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
  • 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 (14)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding

The skill broadly encourages searching, reading, creating, and syncing Notion workspace content to an external API endpoint without warning users about privacy, data classification, or consent boundaries. In enterprise settings, an agent could transmit sensitive internal documents, comments, or database records to a third-party service without the operator understanding the data-handling implications.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill exposes a destructive 'archive/delete' operation but provides no requirement to confirm intent, preview the target, or warn the user before execution. In an agentic context, ambiguous page identification or prompt misunderstanding could cause unintended deletion or archival of important workspace content.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The instructions tell users to place a long-lived Notion integration token in environment variables or gateway config without emphasizing that it is a sensitive secret requiring secure storage and redaction. This increases the risk of accidental exposure in shell history, logs, screenshots, checked-in config files, or agent output, which could grant unauthorized access to shared workspace content.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 86)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 96)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 159)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 174)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 227)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 301)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 403)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 449)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 577)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 615)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% 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 829)May include surrounding context.

md
## 4. Detailed Steps — API Reference

**Base URL:** `https://api.notion.com/v1`  
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer {NOTION_TOKEN}`  
**Notion-Version:** `2022-06-28` (required in all request headers)

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.