YouTube Playlist

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: Sep 11, 2026 · 10:55 PM UTC
• Version: 0.10.7-dev

Overview

This skill does what it says, but it can use YouTube OAuth tokens to create, update, and delete account playlists without enough safety guidance.

Review this before installing if your YouTube account or channel playlists matter. Keep client_secret.json and youtube.token.json private, do not commit them to source control, and only allow delete or update commands after checking the exact playlist IDs and intended account/channel.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
• Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation: Obtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (8)

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 13)May include surrounding context.

md

bins:
        - yutu
      config:
        - client_secret.json
        - youtube.token.json
    primaryEnv: YUTU_CREDENTIAL
    emoji: "\U0001F3AC\U0001F430"

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/setup.md (reported line 20)May include surrounding context.

md

bins:
        - yutu
      config:
        - client_secret.json
        - youtube.token.json
    primaryEnv: YUTU_CREDENTIAL
    emoji: "\U0001F3AC\U0001F430"

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/setup.md (reported line 25)May include surrounding context.

md

bins:
        - yutu
      config:
        - client_secret.json
        - youtube.token.json
    primaryEnv: YUTU_CREDENTIAL
    emoji: "\U0001F3AC\U0001F430"

Credential Access

High

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/setup.md (reported line 60)May include surrounding context.

md

bins:
        - yutu
      config:
        - client_secret.json
        - youtube.token.json
    primaryEnv: YUTU_CREDENTIAL
    emoji: "\U0001F3AC\U0001F430"

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 90% confidence

Finding

The manifest description advertises delete playlist operations, but it does not warn that deletion is destructive or potentially irreversible. For markdown files, safety-relevant behaviors affecting user data should be disclosed so users understand the impact before invoking the skill.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 92% confidence

Finding

The markdown lists a delete operation but provides no caution that it modifies or removes user-owned YouTube data. This omission can leave users unaware of the risk to their data or account content when using the skill.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 94% confidence

Finding

This documentation describes a destructive operation that permanently deletes YouTube playlists but provides no warning about irreversibility, scope, or the risk of deleting the wrong resource. In an agent-skill context, concise command examples may be executed with minimal user scrutiny, so omission of safety guidance materially increases the chance of accidental destructive actions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 97% confidence

Finding

The guide instructs users to create client_secret.json and youtube.token.json but does not warn that these files are sensitive OAuth credentials and bearer tokens that grant access to the user's YouTube account. In setup documentation for an automation skill, omission of credential-handling guidance increases the chance users store, share, or commit these files insecurely, enabling account compromise if exposed.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.