byted-viking-cli

Fail

Audited by Snyk on Apr 21, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis

HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

  • Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill instructs the agent to produce and execute viking-cli commands and explicitly shows usage with --api-key <api_key> and passing AK/SK, which encourages embedding secret values directly in generated commands (verbatim), creating an exfiltration risk.

CRITICAL E005: Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

  • Suspicious download URL detected (high risk: 0.80). The URL is a direct link to an install.sh shell script hosted on an object-storage subdomain (viking-skills.tos-cn-beijing.volces.com) that appears consistent with VolcEngine/ByteDance tooling in the skill context, but delivering an executable shell script for curl|bash installation from an external storage domain is inherently risky and can be used to distribute malware unless you can verify the publisher and integrity of the script.

MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).

  • Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 0.80). The SKILL.md explicitly supports ingesting external URIs ("knowledge add-doc --uri ") and includes retrieval/service-chat commands ("knowledge search-knowledge", "knowledge service-chat") that will read and act on that user-provided / public web content, so untrusted third‑party content can influence the agent's subsequent decisions and actions.

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).


MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 0.80). The skill includes commands to fetch and run a remote install script (curl | bash) and even an explicit sudo-install example to write into system directories, which encourages obtaining elevated privileges and modifying system files, so it can compromise the host.

Issues (5)

W007
HIGH

Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

E005
CRITICAL

Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

W011
MEDIUM

Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

W013
MEDIUM

Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Apr 21, 2026, 10:40 AM
Issues
5
Security Audit — snyk — byted-viking-cli