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SocQ YouTube Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a coherent SocQ integration for public YouTube research, with expected external API use and API-key authentication disclosed.

Install this only if you intend to send YouTube research inputs to SocQ and use a SocQ API key. Prefer a pinned or preinstalled @socq/cli if your environment requires strict supply-chain controls, and review credit costs before authorizing large or multi-endpoint jobs.

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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (5)

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
91% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs use of `npx @socq/cli` without a pinned version, which can fetch the latest package at execution time. That creates a supply-chain risk: a compromised, malicious, or breaking upstream release could be pulled into the agent environment and run with access to environment variables such as `SOCQ_API_KEY`.

External Transmission

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

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The markdown includes a hard-coded transcript language value of "en" in the validated example. This can be interpreted as forcing a specific language/locale without user opt-in, and the file does not document that English is optional or required for a justified region-specific reason.

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