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News Summary

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This news-summary skill appears purpose-aligned, with the main consideration being that voice summaries use OpenAI text-to-speech and send summary text to an external API.

Install only if you are comfortable with the skill fetching public news feeds and, when voice output is used, sending the generated summary text to OpenAI using your API key. Avoid including private or sensitive personal context in summaries intended for TTS.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The voice-summary workflow sends generated summary text to an external OpenAI TTS API using an API key, but the skill does not disclose that user-derived content may be transmitted to a third party. If summaries ever include sensitive user context, preferences, or private data, this can cause unintended data exposure and compliance/privacy issues.

VirusTotal

63/63 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.