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Instagram Reels Monitor

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does what it says: it checks an already-open Instagram DM tab for unread reel messages and saves sender IDs and reel links locally.

Install only if you are comfortable letting the agent inspect your currently authenticated Instagram DM tab and save sender IDs plus reel links in a local CSV. Review or delete instagram_reels.csv when you no longer need it.

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
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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs the agent to inspect private Instagram direct messages, extract sender identifiers and reel links, and write that data to a local CSV file without any explicit user warning, consent check, or data-handling notice. This creates a privacy and data-exfiltration risk because sensitive message-derived metadata is being collected and persisted outside the platform, and the browser automation context makes that collection easy to perform at scale on an already authenticated session.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.