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SocQ Reddit Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed SocQ integration for researching public Reddit data, with normal cloud API, API-key, billing, and CLI/MCP risks but no hidden or purpose-mismatched behavior found.

Install only if you are comfortable using SocQ for Reddit research, providing a SOCQ_API_KEY, and having your submitted Reddit queries, URLs, task metadata, and retrieved results processed by SocQ. For tighter reproducibility, prefer a vetted or pinned @socq/cli version instead of ad hoc npx execution, and confirm costs before large paid collections.

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
  • 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 (4)

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.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding
Using `npx @socq/cli` without a pinned version can fetch and execute the latest published package at runtime, creating a supply-chain risk if the package is compromised or a breaking/malicious version is published. In a skill intended for automated agents, this is more dangerous because it may be executed non-interactively and repeatedly across environments.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Reddit data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=reddit"
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Reddit data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=reddit"
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.exposed_secret_literal

File appears to expose a hardcoded API secret or token.

Critical
Code
suspicious.exposed_secret_literal
Location
SKILL.md:32