github-trending
Warn
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 11, 2026
Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill's instructions in
SKILL.mddirect the agent to execute Python scripts (fetch_trending.pyandwrite_trending_note.py) directly via the command line to process data. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The
fetch_trending.pyscript performs network requests togithub.com. It includes a fallback mechanism in thefetch_htmlfunction that disables SSL certificate validation (ssl.CERT_NONE) if an initial connection error occurs. This bypasses standard security protocols and makes the connection vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks in untrusted network environments. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingests untrusted content (repository names and descriptions) from the GitHub Trending page and writes it into markdown files. While it uses
strip_tagsfor HTML and basic escaping for markdown tables, it does not sanitize the text for natural language instructions, creating an indirect prompt injection surface if the agent later processes these notes.
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