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Tapo

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill coherently exposes TP-Link Tapo smart-home controls, including camera snapshots and sensor data, with disclosed setup and security guidance.

Install only if you trust the Tapo MCP server and intend your agent to control smart-home devices. Treat snapshots, trigger logs, device IDs, IPs, and sensor records as private household data; use bearer authentication, restrict allowed hosts, protect the mcporter config file, and avoid exposing the server beyond the network scope you need.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly supports capturing camera snapshots and accessing device telemetry such as trigger logs and temperature/humidity records, but it does not warn users that these actions collect potentially sensitive household and occupancy data. In a smart-home context, this can expose private images, behavior patterns, and sensor history if invoked without clear user awareness or consent, especially when an agent may automate tool use.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.