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Apex Evolution Insight

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This paid crypto-signal skill is coherent, but it asks agents to use a raw wallet private key for automatic paid requests without clear spending controls or private-key safety guidance.

Install only if you are comfortable letting an agent use an EVM private key for paid x402 calls. Use a dedicated low-balance wallet on Base, expect about $15 per call before discounts, and require your agent to confirm before each request.

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
95% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs the agent to use an EVM private key from the environment to authorize an x402-paid request, but it provides no explicit warning that this can spend on-chain funds or that exposing/misusing the private key could compromise the wallet. In the context of an agent skill, this is dangerous because users may run it with a funded wallet and unknowingly authorize paid calls or broader wallet abuse if the key is reused elsewhere.

VirusTotal

63/63 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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