pp-drudgereport
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 3, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSDATA_EXFILTRATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill instructions direct the agent to download and execute code from an external source using
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install drudgereport --cli-only. - This pattern executes remote code directly on the host system during the installation phase.
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill requires downloading external dependencies via
npx(Node Package Manager) andgo installfrom a GitHub repository (github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library). While these are vendor resources, they are not hosted by a pre-verified trusted organization. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill exposes a
--deliver webhook:<url>capability that allows command results to be transmitted to an arbitrary remote server via HTTP POST. - This functionality provides a direct mechanism for data exfiltration if an attacker-controlled URL is provided.
- Additionally, the skill describes a feedback mechanism that can automatically send data to a remote URL defined in the
DRUDGEREPORT_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINTenvironment variable. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill's primary function is to execute the
drudgereport-pp-clibinary with various subcommands, which requires access to the host's shell environment. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes news content and headlines from external sources, which could contain adversarial text.
- Ingestion points: Data is fetched from the Drudge Report website and an unofficial community RSS feed (SKILL.md).
- Boundary markers: The instructions do not define delimiters or specific isolation strategies for handling the fetched content.
- Capability inventory: The skill uses the
bashtool to run CLI commands that interact with the network and a local SQLite database. - Sanitization: There is no mention of sanitizing or filtering the scraped news content before it is processed by the agent.
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