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Security audit

Pinata API

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a documentation-only Pinata API skill whose sensitive actions are disclosed and aligned with managing a Pinata account.

Install only if you want an agent to operate your Pinata account through the API. Use a dedicated least-privilege Pinata JWT where possible, avoid uploading secrets or regulated data unless intended, and manually confirm delete operations, signed links, vectorization, and x402 payment instruction changes before allowing them.

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 (3)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
87% confidence
Finding
The skill documents destructive DELETE operations for files without any caution about permanence, authorization scope, or confirmation requirements. In an agent setting, this increases the chance of accidental or over-broad deletion of user data because the documentation normalizes destructive actions without safety guardrails.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The upload and vectorization-related documentation omits any privacy or data-handling warning even though files and query text may contain sensitive information that will be transmitted to a third-party service. In an agent workflow, users may unknowingly send confidential documents or proprietary text for storage and semantic indexing.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs use of a bearer JWT and gateway values but does not include handling guidance for sensitive credentials. This raises the risk that agents, logs, prompts, or debugging output may inadvertently expose reusable authentication tokens.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.