skill-downloader

Warn

Audited by Socket on Jul 23, 2026

2 alerts found:

Securityx2
SecurityMEDIUM
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS. The stated purpose matches the behavior, but the footprint is still high risk because the skill is a transitive installer for other skills from arbitrary external sources, including third-party repos and marketplaces, without strong provenance controls. This is not confirmed malware, but it materially expands agent trust to unreviewed downstream skill content.

Confidence: 90%Severity: 84%
SecurityMEDIUM
scripts/download_from_archive.py

No explicit malicious logic (e.g., execution, exfiltration, persistence) is present in this snippet. However, the code is a high-risk supply-chain installer: it extracts untrusted ZIP/TAR archives using extractall without validating member paths (Zip Slip/Tar Slip class risk) and then installs the extracted contents wholesale into a user-controlled output directory. Additionally, SKILL.md frontmatter validation/parsing appears buggy, weakening any intended checks. Treat this as security-sensitive and require hardening (safe extraction with member-path validation, symlink/link controls, and archive integrity verification).

Confidence: 74%Severity: 70%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Jul 23, 2026, 04:45 AM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/nicepkg%2Fvsync%2Fskill-downloader%2F@c14301ca11965479b80007cd0782fa15d010ce0f5678d3ac2dc18f8c2112e660
Security Audit — socket — skill-downloader