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deepseek-web-search

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed DeepSeek-powered web search helper that uses network access and an API key for its stated purpose.

Before installing, understand that your searches and API authentication are sent to DeepSeek to perform the web search, and the one-line installer installs into multiple agent skill directories unless you choose a single target flag.

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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

VirusTotal

63/63 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.env_credential_access

Environment variable access combined with network send.

Critical
Code
suspicious.env_credential_access
Location
search.mjs:15