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Google News — FlashData

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed Google News integration using FlashData; it requires a paid API key and network calls but shows no hidden, destructive, or persistent behavior.

Install only if you are comfortable giving the skill a FlashData API key and spending FlashData Credits for user-directed searches. Keep the key in protected environment configuration, review the pinned npm package if your risk tolerance requires it, and avoid sending sensitive query text because requests go to FlashData and upstream providers.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

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.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 101)May include surrounding context.

md
## Connection and responses

For hosted MCP, connect `https://data.flashdata.dev/mcp` using Streamable HTTP and an `X-API-Key` header in your client's protected settings. Keep keys out of chat and committed files.

The CLI returns `{"ok":true,"tool":"google_news","result":...}`; read the data inside `result`. MCP clients expose the same data in the tool response. Check errors before processing results. For a free quote, call `get_pricing` with `{"source":"google_news","request_count":1}`; a quote does not run the data query.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The configuration hard-codes the language parameter to "en", which imposes a specific language choice in the skill data. Under the policy, forcing a language or locale without user opt-in is a natural-language policy concern unless it is clearly justified or optional.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.