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Security audit

huawei-cloud-daily-hot-topics

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill fetches public trending topics as described, without accessing credentials, uploading private files, or running background services.

No cloud account or credentials are needed. Public providers receive ordinary network requests; use --offline to avoid them. Live provider content was not verified, so treat returned titles and links as untrusted. Check sample-data warnings and choose --output carefully because it can overwrite files.

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
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (2)

Skill declares no tool scope ('permissions' or 'allowed-tools') but code capabilities were detected: file_read, file_write, network.

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Without declared permissions the skill's intent is opaque and cannot be validated.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
60% 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 · scripts/fetch_hot_topics.py (reported line 47)May include surrounding context.

python
"weibo": {"label": "微博热搜", "url": "https://60s.viki.moe/v2/weibo"},
    "zhihu": {"label": "知乎热榜", "url": "https://60s.viki.moe/v2/zhihu"},
    "douyin": {"label": "抖音热点", "url": "https://60s.viki.moe/v2/douyin"},
    "vvhan": {"label": "综合热榜", "url": "https://api.vvhan.com/api/hotlist/all"},
}

# Candidate keys used when normalising heterogeneous provider payloads.