chrome-devtools-cli
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 18, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONPROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses the
chrome-devtoolsbinary to perform browser automation tasks and manage a background daemon process via a Unix socket at/tmp/chrome-devtools-daemon.sock. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill accesses sensitive local Chrome user data directories to discover debugging ports, including paths like
~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/(macOS),~/.config/google-chrome/(Linux), and%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\(Windows). - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The automation allows the agent to interact with the user's existing Chrome session, including access to logged-in accounts, cookies, and stored credentials, which could be exposed if the agent is misused or compromised.
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill provides an
evaluatecommand that allows for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript within the context of the targeted web pages in the browser. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is susceptible to indirect prompt injection. It ingests untrusted data from external websites through commands like
snapshotandevaluate, which could contain malicious instructions designed to manipulate the agent's behavior. - Ingestion points: Web page content retrieved via
snapshot,evaluate "document.body.innerText", and CSS element selection. - Boundary markers: Absent; there are no instructions or delimiters provided to help the agent distinguish between its own goals and instructions embedded in the processed web content.
- Capability inventory: High; the skill can click elements, fill form fields (including passwords), execute JavaScript, and navigate to arbitrary URLs.
- Sanitization: Absent; content retrieved from web pages is passed to the agent without filtering or escaping.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Recommends the installation of a third-party binary (
chrome-devtools-cli) from the vendor's GitHub repository using package managers like Homebrew or Cargo.
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