T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices
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SKILL.md:55- Finding
API Credentials and Query Data Transmitted over Plaintext HTTP
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The skill has a clear healthcare intelligence purpose, but it tells users to send an API token over unencrypted HTTP and optionally store it persistently in a shell profile.
Install only if you are comfortable sending API keys and healthcare or investment research queries to the listed service over plaintext HTTP. Prefer not to store the token in ~/.zshrc, use a temporary environment variable or a more secure secret store, and rotate the token if it has already been used on an untrusted network.
SKILL.md:55API Credentials and Query Data Transmitted over Plaintext HTTP
The skill instructs users to obtain and use an API token over plain HTTP endpoints, including sending the token in the X-API-Key header to an http:// API base. Because HTTP provides no transport encryption or server authentication, the token and returned data can be intercepted or modified by any on-path attacker, leading to credential theft and tampering.
The documentation explicitly requires transmitting the SANO_TOKEN to an external service in an X-API-Key header over plain HTTP. This creates direct external transmission of a secret without encryption, making credential exposure especially likely on untrusted networks and enabling unauthorized API access or account abuse.
## 数据查询方式
所有查询通过 curl 调用 Sano Intel API,**必须带上** `X-API-Key: $SANO_TOKEN` header。
API Base:`http://47.102.196.1:8081`
The instructions state that when the user asks in Chinese, the skill should automatically choose an interface and return results summarized in Chinese. This imposes a language behavior without indicating that users can choose another language, which is a natural-language locale policy concern.
No suspicious patterns detected.