T03 · Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution
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SKILL.md:14- Finding
Remote Installer Is Downloaded and Executed Without Prior Verification
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The skill's SEO workflow is mostly coherent, but its setup instructions ask users to execute a mutable remote installer and optional unpinned installs, which need careful review before use.
Review the installer before running it, prefer a manual or pinned installation path with independent checksum or signature verification, and avoid the optional related-skill `npx` installs unless you can pin and audit the exact versions. Expect the skill to send search queries and extracted URLs through inference.sh-backed apps as part of normal SEO research.
SKILL.md:14Remote Installer Is Downloaded and Executed Without Prior Verification
SKILL.md:274Related Skills Are Installed Through Unpinned Third-Party References
Piping a remotely fetched script directly into sh executes untrusted network content immediately, creating a classic supply-chain and remote code execution risk. Even with accompanying claims about checksum verification, the dangerous behavior occurs before the user can independently inspect or validate the script, and the SEO/content-brief context does not justify such a risky install pattern.
curl -fsSL https://cli.inference.sh | sh && infsh login
# Research target keyword
infsh app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{
This markdown file declares many trigger phrases in the description, including generic terms like "content brief," "keyword research," "content strategy," and "content planning." These are broad enough to match ordinary user requests outside this specific skill, and the file does not provide exclusion conditions or tighter activation constraints.
npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.
npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.
npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.
The manifest describes the skill as focused on SEO content briefs, keyword research, SERP analysis, and content structure. The included workflow also instructs users to generate an infographic image, which is a content asset creation capability rather than a core content-briefing activity.
No suspicious patterns detected.