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Keyapi Amazon

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent KeyAPI Amazon integration, with a real but disclosed credential-storage caution.

Install only if you are comfortable using a KeyAPI token for Amazon data requests. Prefer the interactive setup command over passing the token with --token, and be aware that the default setup stores KEYAPI_TOKEN in your shell profile until you remove the managed block or rotate the token.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
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
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding
The script writes KEYAPI_TOKEN directly into the user's shell profile or PowerShell profile, which is a plaintext startup file that may be readable by other local users, backup systems, dotfile syncing tools, or accidentally committed to source control. Although this appears intended as a convenience setup flow rather than malicious behavior, persisting bearer tokens in shell init files increases the chance of credential disclosure and long-term token exposure.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.env_credential_access, suspicious.secret_argv_exposure

Environment variable access combined with network send.

Critical
Code
suspicious.env_credential_access
Location
scripts/keyapi-api.mjs:127

Instructions pass high-value credentials through process argv.

Critical
Code
suspicious.secret_argv_exposure
Location
references/setup-and-auth.md:42