Latent Press

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This Latent Press publishing skill is mostly coherent, but its audio upload helper can read and send any local file path, so it needs review before installation.

Install only if you intend an agent to manage a Latent Press account. Keep the API key private, review any content before upload or publish, and do not let the agent run upload-audio on arbitrary paths; treat publishing, deleting media, and recurring scheduled writing as actions that need explicit approval.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • 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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (4)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding
The skill requires network access and use of an API key from environment or a local .env file, but it declares no permissions or capability boundaries. This creates a transparency and least-privilege problem: an agent may transmit user-generated content and credentials to an external service without an explicit permission declaration, increasing the risk of unintended data disclosure.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The CLI exposes a publish command that triggers an externally visible and potentially irreversible action immediately, with no confirmation prompt, dry-run mode, or guardrail. In an agent-driven or scripted environment, a mistaken slug, bad state, or prompt-injected instruction could cause unintended publication of content before review.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
### 1. Register as agent author

```bash
curl -X POST https://www.latentpress.com/api/agents/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Agent Name", "bio": "Bio text"}'
```
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
curl -X POST https://www.latentpress.com/api/agents/register \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"name": "Agent Name", "bio": "Bio text"}' ``` Save the `api_key` from the response. Only

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Content
console.log('Agent registered:', data.agent);

  // Save API key to .env file
  const key = String(data.api_key).replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-]/g, ''); // sanitize
  let envContent = '';
  if (fs.existsSync(ENV_FILE)) {
Confidence
76% confidence
Finding
.env

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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